Photos of passes

Preliminary remarks  

We still have many passes to document.

Photos of mountain passes, as well as their access or approach roads, are of great interest in providing information to colleagues (trail conditions, tricky sections, dubious starts, etc.), as well as those showing the environment (meadow, forest, scree, etc.), thus complementing the information on the map and catalogue.

For passes already documented, the photos sent must provide a useful complement to those already online to avoid duplication.

A file for each country or department can be supplied on request. This allows you to check visually whether the passes are documented or not.

All photos are welcome. However, a photo of inferior quality (poor visibility, illegible sign, bad weather conditions, etc.) may be replaced by the person responsible for putting it up. online.

Photos or requests should be sent to the following address: photos@centcols.org

General criteria 

• Photos must be 800×600 in JPEG format and no larger than 1 MB.

To this end, there are free and easy-to-use tools for reducing photos: bulkresizephotos.com, for example. 

• Each photo must be captioned by code, the collar name, and what it represents. For example :

FR-04-1242a Col de Charamel - sign at the pass.jpg

or else,

FR-04-1242a Col de Charamel - view from the pass to the east.jpg

Specific criteria 

• Photographs of signs at the pass, which can be used to validate the pass, must be clearly legible.
• Photos of directional signs - very useful signs because they indicate a privileged route, often signposted - must be accompanied by an indication of where the sign is located so that you can locate it geographically when planning your itineraries.
• The caption for the photo of the pass must be concise and self-explanatoryfor example:
• "view of the pass from the south side" (or access - or pass on the horizon via the south-facing slope)
• "Trailhead from track X" (or any information on the practicability of the access, especially for muleteers: tricky passage, scree at the end of the north-facing access, etc.)
• "the collar" (photo of the pass itself)
• "view from the pass to the south (or the valley, or a place defined on the map)
• "cross at the collar (or any other cultural, historical or tourist feature...)
• If possible, on a photo of a ridge, mark the position of the pass concerned (arrow or text) (see examples: FR-04-2222 and FR-04-2680).
• Photos must be neutral: The focus should be on landscapes; the bike should remain discreet; people should not be represented or identifiable.