The tunnel can be reached from the Italian side by the A32 Torino-Bardonecchia motorway, or by SS335 from Oulx, which joins SS24 (“del Monginevro”), and reaches Bardonecchia after 20 km.
Sauze d'Oulx - Free Style Skiing Olympic events held here in 2006.
One theory of the name's origin is that it derives from Ulkos, the name of a leader of the Celtic Salassi tribe.
Sauze d'Oulx | Oulx |
Out of the seven mountain stages in the race five of them had summit finishes: stage 14 to Sauze d'Oulx, stage 16 to Foppolo, and stage 19 to Peio.