The pass is not an important traffic route because there are better roads that parallel it, particularly the A40 autoroute.

[citation needed] Starting from Scionzier, the climb is 16.3 km long.

From Le Grand-Bornand, the Col de la Colombière is 11.7 km long.

[citation needed] On 31 May 2015, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry broke his leg near the start of the climb in Scionzier.

[1] The pass was first included in the Tour de France in 1960 and has since featured 23 times, most recently in 2021.