Colle della Croce Col Lacroix
Colle della Croce
Elevation	2,299 m (7,543 ft)[1]
Traversed by	bridle path
Location	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Piemonte, Italy
Range	Cottian Alps
Coordinates	44°46′20″N 07°01′16″E / 44.77222°N 7.02111°E / 44.77222; 7.02111

The Colle della Croce (Italian) or Col Lacroix (French,^[1] sometimes referred as Col de la Croix^[2]) is a pedestrian pass (el. 2,299 m / 7,541 ft) of the Cottian Alps.

Etymology

Both in Italian and in French the name means pass of the Cross.

Geography

The pass connects the villages of La Montà (commune of Ristolas, in France) and Villanova (comune of Bobbio Pellice, in Italy).

It forms the limit between the Central and the Southern Cottian Alps.^[3]