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By admin, on June 12th, 2009
Route: SS243 Corvara to Passo di Sella – 9 miles Ridden: 12/06/2009 & 13/06/2009 A really pretty and flowing pass both up and down. You can see the pass summit as soon as you leave Corvara and from fairly early on from the Sella side. Since it takes a lot of . . . → Read More: Passo di Gardena (aka Grodner Joch) – 2,121m
By admin, on June 12th, 2009
Route: SS641 Canazei to Rocca Pietore – 14.9 miles Ridden: 12/06/2009 From Canazei a fast flowing road with just about 5 open hairpins takes you up to the top of the Fedaia. After skirting the lake the road drops down the valley in similar style to Rocca Pietore. At the . . . → Read More: Passo di Fedaia (aka Marmolada) – 2,057m
By admin, on June 12th, 2009
Route: SS241 Ponta Nova to San Giovanni – 14.4 miles Ridden: 12/06/2009 From the Ponta Nova end the pass climbs in a nice flowing manner up past the Karersee – a beautiful lake on the right hand side. Towards the top there’s a turn left to the Passo Nigra. On the . . . → Read More: Passo di Costalunga (aka Karerpass) – 1,745m
By admin, on June 12th, 2009
Route: SS620 Cavalese to Ponta Nova – 13.6 miles Ridden: 12/06/2009 A pass road which flowed nicely both up and down. Open at the top most of the descent to Ponta Nova was spent riding through the forest either side of the road. . . . → Read More: Passo di Lavaze – 1,805m
By admin, on June 12th, 2009
Route: SP215 Tesero to Passo Lavaze – 4.3 miles Ridden: 12/06/2009 It’s questionable whether this deserves the title of pass. From Tesero the road is signposted Passo Lavaze but as you climb out of town to join up with the SS620 from Cavalese to Ponta Nova you come across the sign . . . → Read More: Passo di Pramadiccio – 1,431m
By admin, on June 12th, 2009
Route: SS346 Falcade to Moena – 11 miles Ridden: 12/06/2009 From Falcade the road twists and turns through a series of tightish bends including some hairpins up through the trees until towards the top it opens out into a fast and flowing road. From the top down the road has been . . . → Read More: Passo di San Pellegrino – 1,918m
By admin, on June 12th, 2009
Route: SP81 Passo di Rolle to Falcade Alto – 9 miles Ridden: 12/06/2009 A couple of miles below the Passo di Rolle towards Predazzo is a right turn up the Passo Valles. The road is quiet and runs along side a mountain stream. Its extremely pretty and nice to ride as . . . → Read More: Passo di Valles – 2,033m
By admin, on June 12th, 2009
Route: SS50 Fiero di Primiero to Predazzo – 26 miles Ridden: 12/06/2009 A fairly main route in the Dolomites with all the disadvantages that entails i.e. a lot of traffic, some of which lacks the discipline to stay on their side of the road. This indisciplined traffic includes bikes. Phil twice . . . → Read More: Passo di Rolle – 1,955m
By admin, on June 12th, 2009
Route: SP347 Gosaldo to Fierea di Primiero – 10 miles Ridden: 12/06/2009 The road from Forcella Aurine continues in the same vein over the Passo di Cereda which is only 70m higher. A pleasant enough road. . . . → Read More: Passo di Cereda – 1,378m
By admin, on June 12th, 2009
Route: SP347 Agordo to Gosaldo – 10 miles Ridden: 12/06/2009 The road out of Agordo is a pleasant and undemanding climb over the lowest pass in the 18 pass route. You are always beneath the tree line so the scenery is not as bare as on the higher passes. . . . → Read More: Forcella Aurine – 1,299m
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