Col du Galibier

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Col du Galibier is a high mountain pass in the French Alps, famed as one of the most iconic and challenging climbs in the Tour de France.

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Label Occurrences
Col du Galibier canonical 6
fr:Col du Galibier 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain pass
road pass
averageGradientFromColDuLautaretApprox 6.3%
averageGradientFromValloireApprox 6.9%
connects Champsaur valley
surface form: Briançon Valley

Col du Lautaret
Col du Télégraphe
Maurienne Valley
countryCode FR
elevation 2642 m
8668 ft
featuredInEvent Tour de France
firstUsedInTourDeFrance 1911
hasCategoryInTourDeFrance Hors Catégorie
hasCommemorativeMonument Col du Galibier memorial to Henri Desgrange
surface form: Henri Desgrange memorial
hasSnowRisk high
hasTunnel Galibier road tunnel
hasViewOf La Meije
Écrins massif
surface form: Massif des Écrins
isFamousFor Alpe d’Huez
surface form: Tour de France stage climb

cycling climb
high altitude
steep gradients
isIconicClimbOf professional road cycling
lengthOfClimbFromColDuLautaretApprox 8.5 km
lengthOfClimbFromValloireApprox 18 km
locatedIn French Alps
locatedInCountry France
locatedInDepartment Hautes-Alpes
Savoie
locatedInRegion Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
maxGradientApprox 10.1%
mountainRange Alps
namedInLanguage Col du Galibier self-linksurface differs
surface form: fr:Col du Galibier
nearbyTown Le Monêtier-les-Bains
Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne
Valloire
partOf Route des Grandes Alpes
roadOpenSeason late spring to early autumn
roadSurface asphalt
summitClosedInWinter true
tourismType mountain tourism
traversedBy D902 road
tunnelElevation 2556 m
usedFor hiking
motorcycling
road cycling
scenic driving

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maurienne Valley containsPass Col du Galibier
Dauphiné notablePass Col du Galibier
Briançonnais area hasMountainPass Col du Galibier
French Alps hasFamousPass Col du Galibier
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne locatedNear Col du Galibier
Col du Galibier namedInLanguage Col du Galibier self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: fr:Col du Galibier