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Col du Clapier via Hannibal's Route (CAI Route 805)

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Col du Clapier via Hannibal's Route (CAI Route 805)

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Col du Clapier via Hannibal's Route (CAI Route 805)

08:10

16.7km

1,410m

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Historic alpine pass where Hannibal likely crossed, offering sweeping views over the Po Valley and Turin.

Last updated: September 17, 2025

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8.23 km

Clapier Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Colle Clapier, located in the Cottian Alps, is a historic Alpine pass that connects Italy and France. At 2,491 meters above sea level, it offers breathtaking views and a route full of history, considered by some scholars to be one of the possible passages crossed by Hannibal during his famous crossing of the Alps.

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8.54 km

Hannibal's Difficult Descent

Highlight • Historical Site

8.62 km

Clapier Signpost

Highlight • Rest Area

9.42 km

Geology of the Val Clarea

Highlight • Natural Monument

10.9 km

Mountain Pasture Shelter

Highlight • Mountain Hut

12.6 km

Hannibal's Route to the Plains

Highlight • Historical Site

12.7 km

Stone Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

14.3 km

Waterfall

Highlight • Waterfall

14.8 km

End of the road Località Case di Pietra Porchera

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16.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.2 km

2.45 km

1.98 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

14.0 km

1.94 km

657 m

< 100 m

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June 2, 2022,bivacco Annibale da val Clarea

Excursion to the Hannibal bivouac, the route follows one of the possible routes used by Hannibal in crossing the Alps with elephants.
The track proceeds along its entire length at a constant and never excessive inclination. You can still see the remains of this very wide passageway which was also used for trade to France.
The path that starts from …

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June 9, 2023,Val Clarea - Rio Clapier

Another rainy and foggy day. At about 1900m. , just before crossing the Rio Clapier, we took a variant that goes up on the right side (hydrographic), but which we knew was interrupted on the plateau at 2250m. This would have meant trying to wade or go back, but instead we found a beautiful, almost new bridge that took us …

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Col du Clapier via Hannibal's Route (CAI Route 805)

Clapier Pass

Hannibal's Difficult Descent

Clapier Signpost

Geology of the Val Clarea

Mountain Pasture Shelter

Hannibal's Route to the Plains

Stone Bridge

Waterfall

End of the road Località Case di Pietra Porchera

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