Col de la Croix Fry

Col de la Croix Fry
Col De La Croix Fry - looking onto the Aravis Valley
Elevation	1,467 m (4,813 ft)
Traversed by	D16
Location	Haute-Savoie, France
Range	Chaîne des Aravis, French Prealps
Coordinates	45°52′36″N 6°24′17″E / 45.87667°N 6.40472°E / 45.87667; 6.40472Coordinates: 45°52′36″N 6°24′17″E / 45.87667°N 6.40472°E / 45.87667; 6.40472
Col de la Croix Fry Location of Col de la Croix Fry

The Col de la Croix Fry (1,467 m (4,813 ft)) is a mountain pass located in the Chaîne des Aravis, between Manigod and La Clusaz in the Haute-Savoie department of France. The road over the col is used occasionally by the Tour de France cycle race with the tour crossing the pass on Stage 19 of the 2013 Tour. At the summit is the village of La Croix Fry.

From the west, the climb starts at Thônes, from where the summit is 12.8 km (8.0 mi). Over this distance, the road climbs 842 m (2,762 ft) at an average gradient of 6.6%. En route, the climb passes through the village of Manigod. This is the climb used on the 2013 Tour de France, although the race turns onto the climb shortly before reaching Thônes, thus shortening the climb to 11.3 km (7.0 mi) at 7%; the climb is ranked category 1.

The climb from the east starts at Saint-Jean-de-Sixt, passing through La Clusaz. The total distance is 10.3 km (6.4 mi), with a climb of 507 m (1,663 ft) at an average of 4.9%.

The Col de la Croix Fry was first used in the Tour de France cycle race in 1994 when the leader over the summit was Piotr Ugrumov. Since then, the pass has been crossed three more times, including on Stage 19 of the 2013 Tour.