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Stelvio Pass - top

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Stelvio Pass:

Pictures from the top.
Altitude 2 758 m
Second highest paved road in Europe.
Only one pass in France is a couple of meters higher
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Reflections around altitude.

The highest public road in Sweden is 975 m.

The highest road in mainland Portugal is 1 993 m.

Quito. Capital of Ecuador is on 2 850. In a valley between the mountains.
Avenida de los Vulcanes

On Chimborazo Ecuador, there is a dirt road that ends at 4 800 m.

Ruta 40 in Argentina passes Abra el Acay at 4 956 m. (Also dirt track)

The scales are different.....
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Stelvio Pass - Views

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Stelvio Pass - Hairpins

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Some pictures of the curves on the north side:

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Stelvio Pass - Restaurant

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There was a restaurant located a bit higher than the actual pass.
Claimed to be at 2 800 m
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Nice place for a "Fika"

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fika
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Stelvio Pass - Chapel

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On the pass, there was also a chapel.
Where I took a break.
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Stelvio to Sella

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I selected Camping Marmolada in Canazei as my base camp for Sello Ronda.
I entered that in my GPS, with starting south of Stelvio Pass.
The GPS wanted me to go back over Stelvio. But I added a way point to the South. To get a route in the direction.
https://goo.gl/maps/QtpobRvvxPUQsHzK8


Little did I know what was waiting...during these 4½ (5 hours) to cover 200 km

3 passes on the way. First one was Gavia Pass.
Small roads. Often 2½ m wide. No room for meeting a car. Damaged tarmac. Hairpins around blind corners.
And in most places, lack of fences. Only some poles marking the border to the .......
Better for bicycles than motorcycles.
I was glad that there was very little traffic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavia_Pass

http://www.touren-biker.de/Karten/kartegavia.jpg

https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=AOa ... CdvQAS0UeM

I did not take many pictures.......
Riding to all energy.
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Resting place
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Refugio for climbers
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What is this ??



Sella Ronda was like a racing velodrome compared to Gavia.
later, I made 2 easier passes.
Before arriving at the camping.
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Sella ronda

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Time for the grand finale !!

Do you remember first how this serie of post started ?
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Well: Here is the route taken around Sella Ronda.
Start and end in Canazei.
Clockwize.

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The route showed to be very popular.
And to a great extent used as race track.
There where large groups of bikers. Racing their bikes to the rev limiter.
I met both a Porsche club and a Mazda MX-5 club that were out and racing their cars.
So for that purpose it is probably a fantastic "Ronda"
I have been using a Suzuki GSX-R 1100 as a bike to and from work for many years. 130 km round trip.
Half of that distance on tarmac with nice bends......
So it is not what I want to do in Italy....
But that is me.

For scenic views, it did not live up to many other places that I had visited during the trip.
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Sella Ronda - Sella Pass

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Sella Ronda - Compolongo Pass

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Sella Ronda - Gardena Pass

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