Col du Petit Saint-Bernard from Bourg Saint Maurice

Climb done today, in the morning at 9am lots of shade and the whole climb is 5％, what more could you want. In total, 30 km of climbing is obviously a tough undertaking, but very nice climb with good tarmac (can't say the same about the Montvalezan side, drama tarmac with pits and bumps in the descent). Not very busy with traffic along the way, encountered several pro riders. After Rosiere, the views get prettier and prettier. In the descent, grabbing a coffee in La Rosiere (ski village) is also recommended.

This climb gives 2 options. Via the original road by going straight ahead at the 7th hairpin (approximately), towards Montvalezan (that stretch can also be used as an alternative to the first part of d'Iseran up to Sante Foy-Tarentaise). This variant is shorter and steeper up to Hauteville. Behind Hauteville, the pink road follows until the junction. After the junction, ski village Rosiere soon follows. Don't speed through the village!
The other variant, the runner, is already well described above.

This side of the Petit Saint Bernard pass is more challenging than and therefore slightly more enjoyable than the Italian side. From Bourg, it is an even climb where you can easily find your rhythm. In La Rosiere, you can stop for coffee and or lunch before continuing to the pass. Very worthwhile.

French side of the literally cross-border pass, connecting the Isère valley with Italian Aosta valley, cycled up on an early Wednesday morning (August 2022).
Opted for, the also signposted, classic D1090 route where from the start white-yellow kilometre markers with cycling info (distance to summit / ％ next km. / altitude) are present. You climb hairpin-like up the green valley flank with panoramic views of Bourg St. Maurice and its surroundings. After cycling through ugly ski village La Rosière, with summer recovery and construction activity,the route turns in to a beautiful bare mountain landscape to continue climbing slightly winding. The last two hairpin turns take you past the Roman column with statue St Bernard and the old Hospice building. They foreshadow the summit/border crossing a little further on the straight road. Pass height is pure mountain nature with catering and souvenir shop.
Road surface is variable in quality (lateral sometimes deep grooves/lapping / new asphalt).
Traffic was not too bad as I had the impression that most traffic took the Montvalezan route (more residential).

Blessed climb. In terms of gradient, the easiest and most even climb I know of to get above 2000m. Caution,not steep can still be tricky due to the long distance (+30 km continuous climbing)!
Ideal starting climb for novice mountain cyclists.

One of the few 29 km cols where I still had gears left.
Nowhere steeper than 6％, but 29km is quite a distance.
In the first part, the views of the valley are beautiful and Mont Pourri is your buddy who looks down on you, mighty.
When just outside La Rosière after 1.5km the road bends to the right, you find yourself in a completely different landscape.
The trees disappear, sometimes a tuft of snow and in the distance you can see the finish line.
At the end, two more hairpin bends and the top is reached.
On top, souvenirs and something to drink (French and Italian side). In good weather, you have a beautiful view of the Mont Blanc massif, unfortunately not for me that day.
I started the climb with 27C in the valley, and at the top I ended up with hail and thunder and temperatures below 10C. At the top I was able to hide from the rain, but after 4km on the descent all hell broke loose again and I could only dismount and make myself small on the side, I never want to experience that again.
But the climb is a nice one to start your Alpine stay with or to plan in on an in-between day.

Climb which is very worthwhile because of the not too high ％ gradient.
Real runner, but nice in distance in terms of kilometres.
Unfortunately a lot of rain and cold on the way. In that case, take some spare dry gloves with you!
The descent was not enjoyable due to wet, slippery road and cold.
Glad to have cycled it afterwards though.

Lovely long climb that nowhere really heavy. In the summer crowded with cars's. Up no burden but with descending you often have to brake for the slower descending cars. Last piece, after the hairpin bends, is beautiful cycling.

A gentle climb with no great difficulty except for the length.
Surely the pass over 2000M the most accessible to non climbers.
Be careful, the road is very busy during the summer period, leave early in the morning because there is not much shade.