{
  "name": "Col de la Bonette",
  "slug": "col-de-la-bonette",
  "url": "https://www.bestdrivingroads.com/roads/col-de-la-bonette/",
  "summary": "The summit isn't a col so much as a loop, the tarmac circling right around the Cime de la Bonette at 2,802 metres. Between Jausiers and Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée the landscape empties out until it's properly lunar.",
  "roadNumbers": [
    "M2205"
  ],
  "location": {
    "country": "France",
    "region": "Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur",
    "start": {
      "name": "Jausiers",
      "lat": 44.418643,
      "lon": 6.732589
    },
    "end": {
      "name": "Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée",
      "lat": 44.257804,
      "lon": 6.925247
    }
  },
  "measurements": {
    "lengthMiles": 29,
    "lengthKm": 46.7,
    "driveMinutes": 64,
    "corners": 55,
    "hairpins": 31,
    "maxGradientPercent": 10,
    "summitMetres": 2701.4,
    "elevationConfidence": "measured",
    "difficulty": "expert",
    "tightnessOutOf10": 7
  },
  "timing": {
    "bestSeasons": [
      "summer",
      "autumn"
    ],
    "closesInWinter": true
  },
  "conditions": {},
  "hazards": [
    "Extreme altitude weather",
    "Livestock on open road",
    "Closed in winter"
  ],
  "scenery": [
    "mountain"
  ],
  "pointsOfInterest": [
    "Faux col de Restefond",
    "Col de la Bonette",
    "Col de Raspaillon"
  ],
  "geometry": {
    "pointCount": 522
  },
  "attribution": {
    "source": "Routes - bestdrivingroads.com",
    "citation": "Cite with a link to the road page. Stats are measured from the mapped line, not copied from other lists; where elevationConfidence is \"approximate\" the 30 m DEM cannot resolve that line and the elevation figures are indicative.",
    "roadGeometry": "(c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
    "terms": "Facts are free to cite with attribution; bulk reproduction of the catalogue requires permission (simon@keane.studio)."
  },
  "updated": "2026-07-25"
}