A very bumpy, grueling road to Colle della Ciabra

Colle della Ciabra is a high mountain pass at an elevation of 1.712m (5,616ft) above the sea level, located in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont.

Colle della Ciabra

The road to the pass is very poor even though asphalted as it is very thinly asphalte. It’s extremely narrow and lonely. The Ciabra pass sign and actual pass is 100m after the asphalt ends. Starting from Brossasco, the ascent is 19.7 km long. Over this distance, the elevation gain is 1.117 meters. The average percentage is 5.7 %.
The pass can be reached by the challenging road Varaita-Maira-Kammstraße/Strada dei Cannoni