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Col du Télégraphe

1,547 m5,075 ft

Connects: Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne – Albanne
Tonight: -1°CSnow · Wind 13 km/h NW

Col du Télégraphe is a mountain pass at 1,547 m in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. It links Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne and Albanne.

All facts

Saddle: 1,547 m
Lowest point: 714 m / 1,027 m

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Pass

Col du Télégraphe: the climb from each side

Crossed by: D 902 Route du Télégraphe, Route Forestière des Trois Croix

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

3D map

Col du Télégraphe 3D map

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Surface

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Col du Télégraphe 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 du Télégraphe elevation profile

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Weather

Col du Télégraphe weather

Tonight · Snow · -1°C (30°F) · 2.5 mm · Wind 13 km/h NW

Col du Télégraphe forecast for about 1,547 m.

Tonight-1°2.5 mm13 km/h NW
Today-1°1°5.1 mm11 km/h NW
Sun-5°7°18.6 mm8 km/h NE
Mon-1°12°–6 km/h S
Tue4°17°–5 km/h NW
Wed0°12°–6 km/h S
Thu3°14°–5 km/h NW
Fri3°12°–5 km/h N
Sat3°9°0.6 mm5 km/h NW
Sun0°7°2.4 mm7 km/h N

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 du Télégraphe

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

Nearest parking
0.0 km W
+2 more within 1.1 km
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Nearest caravan site
Aire du Col du Télégraphe
0.1 km NW · +1 more within 4.6 km
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Nearest campsite
Le Marintan
3.0 km ENE · +1 more within 3.8 km
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Nearest hut
Cabane des chasseurs
6.6 km WNW · +1 more within 6.9 km
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Parking	0.0 km W
Parking	0.0 km NE
Aire du Col du TélégrapheCaravan site	0.1 km NW
Parking	1.1 km SSW
Le MarintanCampsite	3.0 km ENE
Camping Caravaneige de Sainte-ThècleCampsite	3.8 km SSW
Aire de stationnement Camping Car ValmeinierCaravan site	4.6 km SE
Cabane des chasseursHut	6.6 km WNW
Baraque de BonnantHut	6.9 km N

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°

15.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

53.8%

Steep, 30–45°

26.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

4.0%

Steeper than 30°: 30.9% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 1,876 m low point 653 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 67.8%Grassland 25.7%Built-up 3.7%Bare rock / sparse 1.9%Water 0.6%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Col du Télégraphe.

Summit list 3

1Le Pas du Roc975 m 2.6 km NNE
2Le Pain de Sucre1,980 m 2.7 km WSW
3Sur le Poingt975 m 2.8 km NNE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 549 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Marbled White20
Saddleback Harvestman10
Four-spotted Skimmer9
Great Yellow Gentian9
Great Sooty Satyr8
Liverleaf8

Where it sits

Where Col du Télégraphe sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Print & wall

JPGCol du Télégraphe satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-24.

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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 2026-07-24)
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 · Wikipedia

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