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Col de Tende

1,805 m5,922 ft

Connects: Vallon Romanin – Tetti Virulà
Tonight: -1°CPartly cloudy · Wind 5 km/h NW

Col de Tende is a mountain pass at 1,805 m in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. It links Vallon Romanin and Tetti Virulà.

All facts

Saddle: 1,805 m
Lowest point: 1,169 m / 1,316 m

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Pass

Col de Tende: the climb from each side

Crossed by: Ex strada militare

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

3D map

Col de Tende 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Col de Tende terrain and contours

100 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.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Col de Tende elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Col de Tende weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -1°C (30°F) · Wind 5 km/h NW

Col de Tende forecast for about 1,805 m.

Tonight-1°–5 km/h NW
Today-2°7°–11 km/h NW
Sun0°10°–9 km/h S
Mon3°13°–8 km/h S
Tue3°14°–6 km/h S
Wed3°14°–9 km/h N
Thu2°11°0.1 mm4 km/h SE
Fri3°9°0.1 mm6 km/h S
Sat3°8°0.4 mm6 km/h S
Sun1°8°1.0 mm9 km/h S

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Col de Tende

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Col de Tende, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.1 km SW
+2 more within 0.4 km
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Nearest caravan site
Area sosta camper Limonetto
1.9 km NNW
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Nearest hut
Patatouc Country House
3.0 km NNW · +2 more within 6.6 km
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Nearest campsite
Luis Matlas
6.6 km N · +1 more within 7.2 km
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Parking	0.1 km SW
Parking	0.4 km ENE
Parking	0.4 km ENE
Area sosta camper LimonettoCaravan site	1.9 km NNW
Patatouc Country HouseHut	3.0 km NNW
Asile ArnaldiHut	4.3 km SW
Capanna MorgantiniHut	6.6 km ENE
Luis MatlasCampsite	6.6 km N
Camping Municipal Saint-JacquesCampsite	7.2 km SSE

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°

10.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

45.3%

Steep, 30–45°

42.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

2.2%

Steeper than 30°: 44.2% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 1,566 m low point 926 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 53.1%Trees 45.3%Bare rock / sparse 1.1%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 674 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Strinati's Cave Salamander48
Thick-leaved Saxifrage24
Corneola crombezi19
Silver-edged primrose14
Fireweed14
Spring gentian13

Where it sits

Where Col de Tende sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGCol de Tende satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-10.

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GIS & GPS

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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 2026-08-10)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Col de Tende

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