Col d'Izoard
The classic north side: about 19 km from Briançon through Cervières. It starts at about 6%, then flattens with a short descent, and from Le Laus (km 11) climbs in hairpins through a larch forest, often at about 8%, with a maximum of 11%.
- Start: Briançon
- Length: 19.1 km
- Elevation gain: 1,154 m
- Average gradient: 6%
- Max gradient: 11%
- The Casse Déserte, the lunar scree field on the other, southern side of the col, is the backdrop of famous Tour photographs of Coppi and Bobet.
- The first Tour de France summit finish here was in 2017, won by Warren Barguil.
- One kilometre below the top you pass the Refuge Napoléon, where the road leaves the forest for the stony slopes.
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