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Cormet de Roselend

The Cormet de Roselend crosses the Beaufortain–Tarentaise divide at 1,968 m. A car park, a view, and nothing else: no restaurant, no toilets.

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Cormet de Roselend, between Beaufort and Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Savoie
Florian Pépellin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
At a glance
Type
Road pass and viewpoint
Access
Free
Best season
June – October
Parking
Car park at the pass; price not documented
Animals
Accepted (Arêches-Beaufort tourist office)
Town
Beaufort
Winter access
closed

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What is Cormet de Roselend

The Cormet de Roselend crosses the divide between the Beaufortain and the Tarentaise at 1,968 m, linking Beaufort to Bourg-Saint-Maurice on the D 925. Cormet is the Savoyard word for a mountain pass, which is why the name is never "col de Roselend".

The pass is bare. The Arêches-Beaufort tourist office says so plainly: no restaurant, no public toilets, a car park and nothing else. Motorhomes are allowed and dogs are accepted.

Treat the dates with care. The 2026 reopening was reported by two outlets four hours apart — 14:00 per Savoie News, 18:00 per ODS Radio — under a date that cannot exist: "Friday 16 May", when 16 May 2026 was a Saturday. On Sunday 24 May the road closed from 08:30 to 12:00 for La Roselende.

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Practical

Practical information

Altitude
1,968 m
Coordinates
45.69111° N, 6.69056° E (en.wikipedia). The DATAtourisme queue's GPS point is wrong: it lands at Brides-les-Bains, about 28 km from the pass.
Road
D 925 per en.wikipedia and 123 Savoie; "RD 902 and RD 925" per Savoie News and ODS Radio.
2026 opening
Mid-May 2026. Savoie News: "Friday 16 May at 14:00"; ODS Radio: the same Friday "from 18:00". Since 16 May 2026 was a Saturday, the date and the weekday contradict each other. Unresolved.
2026 closing
Price
Free, open access
Parking
Car park at the pass. No source states whether it is free.
Services at the pass
None: no restaurant, no public toilets (Arêches-Beaufort tourist office).
Motorhomes
Allowed (Arêches-Beaufort tourist office)
Dogs
Accepted (Arêches-Beaufort tourist office)
Accessibility
2026 temporary closures
Sunday 24 May 2026, 08:30–12:00, La Roselende: road closed to vehicles, cyclists allowed to descend from 10:00.
Access

How to get there

By car

On the D 925 from Beaufort to the south-west or Bourg-Saint-Maurice to the east. Savoie News and ODS Radio place the route on "RD 902 and RD 925"; en.wikipedia and 123 Savoie give the D 925 alone.

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By bike

From Beaufort: 20.3 km and 1,227 m of climbing at 6.0% average, 9.06% at the steepest. From Bourg-Saint-Maurice: 19.3 km and 1,154 m at 6.0%, 8.9% at the steepest. These figures come only from en.wikipedia and are corroborated by no French source.

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Parking

Car park at the pass; price not documented

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Parking checked on 2026-08-09 · © les contributeurs d'OpenStreetMap sous licence ODbL

When to visit

When to visit

The pass is closed in winter. The tourist office gives two different periods on the same page — "15 May to 20 October" and "generally accessible from 15 June to 15 October". Neither is an official département announcement: check the road status before setting off.

Events :

La Roselende, Sunday 24 May 2026: road closed to vehicles from 08:30 to 12:00, cyclists allowed to descend from 10:00. Rider check-in from 08:15 at Beaufort and Bourg-Saint-Maurice.

Winter

Winter season

Winter access window
Closed (road shut in winter) — Live status: savoie-route.fr
Winter infrastructure
Not specified
Snow panorama
Not specified
Equipment mandated
Loi Montagne II — winter tyres or chains required (1 Nov – 31 Mar)
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How high is the Cormet de Roselend?

1,968 m. It is the only published figure and every source consulted agrees.

When did the Cormet de Roselend reopen in 2026?

The département reopened it in mid-May 2026, but the two available sources disagree on the time (14:00 or 18:00) and give an impossible date, "Friday 16 May", when 16 May 2026 was a Saturday. No 2026 closing date is published.

Is there a restaurant or toilets at the pass?

No. The tourist office states there is no restaurant and no public toilets at the pass, only a car park.

Can I bring a dog or a motorhome?

Yes, dogs are accepted and motorhomes are allowed, per the Arêches-Beaufort tourist office.

Why "cormet" and not "col"?

"Cormet" is the Savoyard word for a mountain pass. Saying "col de Roselend" is a tautology; local usage and the road signs say Cormet.

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Sources

Sources & verification

Multi-source verification at publication. Information may change — confirm with the official operator before travelling.

Published 8 août 2026·Updated 10/08/26

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