Route: Route 3 Silvaplana to Tiefencastel – 21 miles Ridden: 16/06/2009 Coming west from St. Moritz you come to Silvaplana and turn right towards Tiefencastel. This is a main highway and as such the road is wide with few tight bends – even the hairpins are broad and sweeping. On reaching . . . → Read More: Julier Pass – 2,284m
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Route: SP81 Monno to Mazzo di Valtellina – 14 miles Ridden: 16/06/2009 Not a particularly high pass but one we rode because Kyle and Phil as keen cyclists wanted to see one of the great Giro d’Italia climbs – one which Lance Armstrong described in 2004 as the hardest climb he . . . → Read More: Passo di Mortirolo (aka Passo di Foppa) – 1,896m Route: SS300 Bormio to Ponte di Legno – 26 miles Ridden: 16/06/2009 Another top 10 Alpine pass and another must do ride, if only for the scenery. Our suggestion would be to ride it from the north – Bormio – to the south – Ponte di Legno, as the southern ramp . . . → Read More: Passo di Gavia – 2,621m Route: SS301 Livigno to Passo del Bernina – 11 miles Ridden: 15/06/2009, 16/06/2009 & 17/06/2009 The southern entrance to, and exit from, Livigno. From the Bernina pass you climb gently and without drama to the summit from where you can see the pass road hugging the side of the mountain. It’s . . . → Read More: Forcola di Livigno – 2,315m Route: Route 29 Poschiavo to Pontresina – 20 miles Ridden: 15/06/2009, 16/06/2009 & 17/06/2009 Part of a main north/south artery from Tirano in Italy up to Chur in Switzerland. Best ridden from Poschiavo upwards as this is much the steeper side of the pass, climbing about 1,200m over 10 miles. The . . . → Read More: Bernina Pass – 2,328m Route: Via Umbrail Santa Maria im Mustair to Passo dello Stelvio – 10 miles Ridden: 15/06/2009 This gets a star rating simply because of its quirkiness. How many passes are there where you have a mile or more of unpaved hard packed earth in the middle. Starting in Santa Maria you . . . → Read More: Umbrail Pass – 2,503m Route: SS301 Livigno to Trepalle – 4 miles Ridden: 14/06/2009, 15/06/2009 & 16/06/2009 A straightforward road up from Livigno to Trepalle and then down to the start of the Foscagno. . . . → Read More: Passo d’Eira – 2,210m Route: SS301 Trepalle to Valdidentro – 14 miles Ridden: 14/06/2009, 15/06/2009 & 16/06/2009 This pass is one of 3 ways into and out of Livigno, the others being the tunnel to the north and the Forcola di Livigno to the west. From Livigno you pass over the Passo d’Eira before dropping . . . → Read More: Passo di Foscagno – 2,291m Route: SS38 Bormio to Stelvio – 25 miles Ridden: 14/06/2009 & 15/06/2009 The second highest pass in Europe after the Col de l’Iseran. Originally built in 1820-1825 by Austria to connect Lombardy, then part of the Austrian Empire with the rest of Austria. As one of the most famous Alpine . . . → Read More: Passo dello Stelvio (aka Stilfser Joch) – 2,758m Route: S44 Sankt Leonhard to Solden – 29 miles Ridden: 14/06/2009 We only rode north to the summit from the Sankt Leonhard end so we can’t comment on the Austrian side down to Solden, but even riding just half the pass was a memorable experience. The pass has existed for . . . → Read More: Timmels Joch (aka Passo del Rombo) – 2,509m |
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