The Col du Petit St.
Bernard is 2.188 metres and is located on the
south of the Mont Blanc
Massif.
From Pré-Saint-Didier in the Aosta Valley is the Col du
Petit St. Bernard 22,6 kilometres long and climbs over
this distance 1.196 metres ( an average slope of 5,3
percent ). After reaching the saddle at the French side
of the French-Italian border you descent to
Bourg-Saint-Maurice.
Although damaged by a road that runs through it, the Col
du Petit St. Bernard is the site of a stone circle
measuring 72 metres in diameter. A standing stone once
stood in the middle. It has not been precisely dated but
from coin finds it has been attributed to the Iron Age.
A Roman temple dedicated to Jupiter was later erected
nearby along with a Roman mansio serving travellers
along the pass. It is thought that Carthaginian general
Hannibal used the route over the Col du Petit St.
Bernard. |
| Height |
2.188 m. |
| Distance |
22,6 km |
| Height difference |
1.196 m. |
| Average percentage |
5,3
% |
| Maximum percentage |
9,4 % |
|
