Col de l'Échelle

Col de l'Échelle (el. 1762 m., in Italian Colle della Scala) is a mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Hautes-Alpes in France. It is the lower mountain pass between France and Italy and connects Vallée de la Clarée and Vallée Étroite (commune of Névache, Dora Riparia basin). The highest point between both valleys is actually at 1779 meter, some kilometers north of the official Col de l'Échelle at the Mauvais Pas. Between both cols, a small dry valley exists.

Col de l'Échelle
Elevation1,762 m (5,781 ft)
Traversed byD1T
LocationHautes-Alpes, France
RangeAlps
Coordinates45°01′35″N 6°39′25″E
Col de l'Échelle is located in Alps
Col de l'Échelle
Col de l'Échelle
Location of Col de l'Échelle

The col is next to Bardonecchia in Italy. In April 2018, over 100 activists of the "Identitarian" nationalist movement occupied the pass to campaign against migrants crossing from Italy to France. In August 2019, a French court sentenced three of them to a six-month jail term and fines of €2,000 each, and fined the pan-European organisation €75,000 because they deliberately led immigrants to believe they were police officers.[1]

See also

References
  1. "French court jails far-right activists over anti-immigrant Alps stunt". The Guardian. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
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