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Pass · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Col de la Bonette

2,641 m8,665 ft
Tonight
-8°CFog · Wind 13 km/h NW

Col de la Bonette is a mountain pass at 2,641 m in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

All facts
Saddle
2,641 m
Lowest point
2,010 m / 2,124 m
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Col de la Bonette 3D map

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Topographic map

Col de la Bonette topographic map

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

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Col de la Bonette elevation profile

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Pass

Col de la Bonette: the climb from each side

Saddle 2,641 meast side 2,010 m+631 m · 3.0 kmsouthwest side 2,124 m+517 m · 2.7 km

No mapped road or trail crosses the saddle.

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

Weather

Col de la Bonette weather

Tonight · Fog · -8°C (18°F) · Wind 13 km/h NW

Col de la Bonette forecast for about 2,641 m.

  • Tonight-8°–13 km/h NW
  • Today-8°-2°–10 km/h N
  • Sun-6°4°0.3 mm17 km/h W
  • Mon-2°9°–10 km/h W
  • Tue0°13°–6 km/h SW
  • Wed-5°10°–7 km/h NE
  • Thu-3°7°–6 km/h SW
  • Fri-4°7°–8 km/h W
  • Sat-4°5°–5 km/h W
  • Sun-6°5°–11 km/h W

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
24.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
43.9%
Steep, 30–45°
30.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
2.0%
Steeper than 30°
32.0% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
1,085 m low point 1,793 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 70.7%Bare rock / sparse 20.3%Trees 7.5%Moss & lichen 1.4%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Col de la Bonette.

NESW2 km5 km12345678
Summit list 8
  1. 1Cime de la Bonette2,860 m 0.7 km S
  2. 2Sommet de Restefond2,795 m 1.2 km N
  3. 3Le Restefond2,794 m 1.2 km N
  4. 4Caire Brun - Antécime Est2,812 m 1.8 km W
  5. 5Le Mourre Haut2,872 m 2.0 km N
  6. 6Caïre Brun2,823 m 2.1 km W
  7. 7Le Jas du Chamois2,811 m 3.4 km N
  8. 8Le Chevalier2,886 m 3.9 km W
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 542 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Berardia lanuginosa60
  • Club-legged Grasshopper50
  • Anonconotus occidentalis47
  • European Common Frog46
  • Cottian Toothed Grasshopper42
  • Alpine Toadflax41
Where it sits

Where Col de la Bonette sits

Range
Alps751Western Alps353Southwestern Alps44Maritime Alps and Nice Prealps10Maritime Alps9
Region
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur19France176Europe2,143
Protected area
Mercantour National Park3
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Maritime Alps 6
See all 9 in the Maritime Alps →
Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-22)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · Wikipedia