Colle San Bernardo (957 m) is a

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in the

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(

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Geography

The pass is located on the

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and connects

Garessio Garessio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about south of Turin and about southeast of Cuneo. The former Savoy family palace, the Reggia di Val Casotto is located within the town li ...

with

Erli Erli is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Savona. Erli borders the following municipalities: Castelbianco, Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbe ...

and

Albenga Albenga ( lij, Arbenga; la, Albingaunum) is a city and ''comune'' situated on the Gulf of Genoa on the Italian Riviera in the Province of Savona in Liguria, northern Italy. Albenga has the nickname of ''city of a hundred spires''. The economy is ...

(

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), on the coast of

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. It's traversed by the National road nr. 582 ''del Colle di San Bernardo'' Near the pass is located a small a small

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with a total capacity of 12.5 MW.''Impianto Eolico di Garessio (CN)'', article o
www.progettazione-impianti-elettrici.it/impianto-eolico-garessio
(accessed in February 2015)

Main road distances

27 km *

12 km *

9 km

Hiking and cycling

The pass is also accessible by off-road mountain paths and is crossed by the ''

Alta Via dei Monti Liguri The ''Alta Via dei Monti Liguri'' (AV, literally "High Route of the Ligurian Mountains") is a long-distance waymarked hiking trail in the Italian region of Liguria. In about and 44 day hikes, it runs through the arc formed by Ligurian Alps ...

'', a long-distance trail from

Ventimiglia Ventimiglia (; lij, label=Intemelio, Ventemiglia , lij, label= Genoese, Vintimiggia; french: Vintimille ; oc, label= Provençal, Ventemilha ) is a resort town in the province of Imperia, Liguria, northern Italy. It is located southwest of ...

(province of

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) to

Bolano Bolano ( lij, Bolan) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of La Spezia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southeast of Genoa and about northeast of La Spezia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 7,490 and an are ...

(province of

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). The cycling climb to Colle San Bernardo can be combined with

Colle del Quazzo The Colle del Quazzo (1090 m) is a mountain pass in the Ligurian Alps (Italy). It connects Garessio (Piedmont) with Calizzano (Liguria). Geography The pass stands between Bric Meriano (NW, 1.251 m) and Bric verdiola (SE, 1.154 ...

and

Colle Scravaion The Colle Scravaion (814 m) is a mountain pass in the Province of Savona (Italy). It connects Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena with Bardineto. Geography The pass stands between Monte Lingo (1103 m, West) and Rocca Barbena. Located on the ma ...

thus making an interesting round-trip.

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Geography

Main road distances

Hiking and cycling

See also

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