{"id":13746,"date":"2025-07-23T18:40:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T16:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.praloup.com\/toutes-les-experiences\/the-brevet-des-7-cols-a-cycling-challenge\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T15:13:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:13:19","slug":"the-brevet-des-7-cols-a-cycling-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.praloup.com\/en\/the-brevet-des-7-cols-a-cycling-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brevet des 7 Cols: a cycling challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-ws-library-ws-header-interne alignfull\"><div class=\"header-container\"><div class=\"group-media has-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.praloup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/velo-de-route-col-de-la-cayolle-thomas-bruno-2025-62-1920x640.jpg\" alt=\"Col de la Cayolle Pra Loup Ubaye Mercantour V\u00e9lo de route\" class=\"image_large_square wp-image-11166 \"\/><\/div><div class=\"group-content\"><div class=\"title\"><h1>The Brevet des 7 Cols: a cycling challenge<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.praloup.com\/en\/pra-loup-the-ski-experience-at-the-gateway-to-the-mercantour-national-park\/\">Home<\/a><\/span>  <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.praloup.com\/en\/experiences\/\">All experiences<\/a><\/span>  <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">The Brevet des 7 Cols: a cycling challenge<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you looking for an exceptional challenge on a bike? Welcome to the Ubaye Serre-Pon\u00e7on Valley, a real playground for cycling enthusiasts. Here awaits you a legendary challenge: <strong>the Brevet des 7 Cols<\/strong>, a course of more than <strong>400 km<\/strong> with <strong>a total of 7,000 m of elevation gain<\/strong>. A personal challenge, without a time or ranking, but with immense satisfaction at stake.   <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ws-library-ws-columns alignfull has-2-columns are-vertically-aligned-center layout-5050 is-style-background-texture\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ws-library-ws-column\"><div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ws-library-ws-title\"><h2>A cycling adventure <strong>in the heart of the Ubaye<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You don&#8217;t have to be a pro racer to try the adventure. The Brevet des 7 Cols is <strong>free and not timed<\/strong> : you can do it at your own pace, over a day (if you are very trained) or in several stages. You choose your approach, your tempo, your adventure.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The important thing? Treat yourself, push your limits, and discover breathtaking landscapes as the kilometers go by. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ws-library-ws-column\"><div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ws-library-ws-image\"><div class=\"wrapper\"><div class=\"group-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.praloup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/velo-de-route-col-de-la-cayolle-thomas-bruno-2025-1-900x570.jpg\" alt=\"Col de la Cayolle Pra Loup Ubaye Mercantour Road Bike\" class=\"single_image ws-image-11136\"><div class=\"credits\">Thomas Bruno<\/div><\/div><p class=\"caption\"><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ws-library-ws-title\"><h3><em>Objective<\/em>The 7 great passes of the Ubaye valley<\/h3><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Brevet offers you a varied and wild route, linking <strong>7 emblematic passes<\/strong> of the Southern Alps, each more impressive than the last:<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Col de la Bonette (2802 m):<\/strong> the highest asphalt road in Europe. Departure from Jausiers for a cycling legend. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Col de Vars (2109 m):<\/strong> a mineral crossing between Ubaye and Queyras.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Col de la Cayolle (2326 m):<\/strong> a superb road in the Mercantour National Park.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Col de Pontis (1301 m)<\/strong> and <strong>Col Fillys (1322 m):<\/strong> two little-known climbs with spectacular panoramas of the Serre-Pon\u00e7on lake.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Col d&#8217;Allos (2247 m):<\/strong> historic, technical and often used by the Tour de France.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mont\u00e9e de Pra Loup (1600 m):<\/strong> short but intense, mythical finish of the Tour stage in 1975.<br\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ws-library-ws-banner alignfull\"><div class=\"wrapper\"><div class=\"group-media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.praloup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/26915-pnm-turpaud-anthony-ecr-1280x480.jpg\" alt=\"Col de la Bonnette Ubaye\" class=\"single_image wp-image-11230\"><div class=\"credits\">Anthony Turpaud (PNM)<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"group-content\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Brevet route takes you through incredibly varied <strong>landscapes: larch forests, alpine ridges, suspended roads, deep gorges, hilltop villages&#8230;<\/strong> Each pass has its own atmosphere, its own challenge, its own setting.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the whole spirit <strong>of mountain cycle tourism<\/strong> : savouring the effort, contemplating the beauty of the place, feeling free on the most beautiful roads in the Alps.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ws-library-ws-title\"><h2><em>Practical information<\/em> 7 Passes Patent<\/h2><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When?  <\/strong>From June to October (check the opening of the passes with the Tourist Office on the seasonal wings)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Starting point<\/strong> : Barcelonnette or Jausiers<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Route map<\/strong> : to be collected at the Tourist Office or from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.club-cycliste-ubaye.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Ubaye Cycling Club<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ws-library-ws-featured-content alignfull is-style-picto-topo\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ws-library-ws-title\"><h3>Obtaining your patent<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Have you completed the course? Well done! <\/strong>  A diploma and symbolic recognition await you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pick up your <strong>composting card<\/strong> at a Tourist Office, then stamp it at the top of each pass using the dedicated terminals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once you have climbed the 7 passes, come back to see us: your <strong>Brevet des 7 Cols diploma<\/strong> is waiting for you!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ws-library-ws-title\"><h3>Do you like cycling?<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"is-style-card-portrait wp-block-ws-library-ws-list-content\"><div class=\"list-items\"><div class=\"item\"><div class=\"card \"><div class=\"group-media\"><div class=\"field-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"337\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.praloup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/vtt-gimette-thomas-bruno-2025-81-337x475.jpg\" class=\"winter all-seasons wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-season=\"all-seasons\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"group-content\"><h3 class=\"field-title\">Mountain biking in de Pra Loup<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"field-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.praloup.com\/en\/activities\/mountain-biking-around-pra-loup\/\" class=\"cardlink\">Mountain biking in de Pra Loup<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"item\"><div class=\"card \"><div class=\"group-media\"><div class=\"field-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"337\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.praloup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img-0156-337x475.jpg\" class=\"winter all-seasons wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-season=\"all-seasons\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"group-content\"><h3 class=\"field-title\">Bike Park de Pra Loup<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"field-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.praloup.com\/en\/activities\/bike-park-de-pra-loup\/\" class=\"cardlink\">Bike Park de Pra Loup<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"item\"><div class=\"card \"><div class=\"group-media\"><div class=\"field-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"337\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.praloup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/velo-de-route-col-de-la-cayolle-thomas-bruno-2025-59-337x475.jpg\" class=\"winter all-seasons wp-post-image\" alt=\"Col de la Cayolle Pra Loup Ubaye Mercantour V\u00e9lo de route\" data-season=\"all-seasons\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"group-content\"><h3 class=\"field-title\">The Randonn\u00e9e des Trois Cols: the cycling event of the summer<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"field-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.praloup.com\/en\/the-randonnee-des-trois-cols-the-cycling-event-of-the-summer\/\" class=\"cardlink\">The Randonn\u00e9e des Trois Cols: the cycling event of the summer<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"item\"><div class=\"card \"><div class=\"group-media\"><div class=\"field-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"337\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.praloup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/velo-de-route-col-de-la-cayolle-thomas-bruno-2025-51-337x475.jpg\" class=\"winter all-seasons wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-season=\"all-seasons\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"group-content\"><h3 class=\"field-title\">Cycle tourism &#038; Great Alpine passes<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"field-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.praloup.com\/en\/activities\/cycle-tourism-great-alpine-passes\/\" class=\"cardlink\">Cycle tourism &#038; Great Alpine passes<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take up the challenge of the 7 Cols in the Ubaye valley: 400 km by bike, 7,000 m of D+, sublime landscapes and an honorary title at stake!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_id_2":0,"summer_excerpt":"","season":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2373,2386],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outdoor-summer","category-road-biking"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Brevet des 7 Cols: a cycling challenge - Pra Loup - Office de Tourisme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An unforgettable cycling challenge in the Southern Alps: 7 mythical passes, 400 km, 7,000 m of elevation gain. 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