Col d'Ornon

The Col d' Ornon seen in the spring, from the north

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The Col d' Ornon is a French Alpine pass in the Isere department in the Rhône- Alpes region.

The motorable pass road connects approximately in a north-south direction located along the 728 m altitude village of Le Bourg d'Oisans in the valley of the Romanche (south of L' Alpe d' Huez ), about the eponymous hamlet Ornon in the north and on to Chantelouve in the south, with the municipality or the Entraigues located at 673 m altitude place Valbonnais, capital of the eponymous canton Valbonnais, in the valley of the River Drac.

The pass is at an altitude of 1367 m. The maximum slope is 8%. To the west lies the Massif du Taillefer, to the east of the Massif des Ecrins. Distance between Bourg d'Oisans and Entraigues is around 30 km. Col d' Ornon is also a small winter sports area.