Routing, Venice to Passo dello Stelvio

Rick Warner said:

We will be flying into Venice next June. My partner would love to climb Stelvio, and where else to
ride is TBD. Looking at a map, if we ride from the Venice area (say, near the airport) there seem
to be two routes: 1) north to near Belluno then northwest to Bolzano then to Merano and over to
Prato and on to the pass, or 2) head west/west-northwest to near Verona and then follow the Adige
up through Trento and Bolzano then on to Merano, Prato, and then the pass.

If you aren't pressed for time, go north and cut through the Dolomites crossing through Cortina
d'Ampezzo on the way to the Falzarego, and the Sella Group (Pordoi, Sella, Campolongo, and Gardena.
From Canazei, ride over the Costalunga to Bolzano, Merano, Prato and the big hill.

You can see some of these sights at:

paloaltobicycles.comalps photos.htmlOpen ↗

Don't miss putting this URL in your favorites so you can get a 24 hour view of the Stelvio summit
from now to your trip at:

stelvio.webcam.popso.itstelvio five.htmlOpen ↗

tinyurl.comeocxOpen ↗

Jobst Brandt [email hidden]

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If you aren't pressed for time, go north and cut through the Dolomites crossing through Cortina
d'Ampezzo on the way to the Falzarego, and the Sella Group (Pordoi, Sella, Campolongo, and
Gardena. From Canazei, ride over the Costalunga to Bolzano, Merano, Prato and the big hill.

Would be a spledid route, and whatever you do get off the huge national highways on the plains as
fast as you can, it is not fun to ride them, they are very busy and the traffic can be dense and
nasty. Once up in the Dolomites it is far better, the mountain roads are OK, you will find that
the motorists there tend to care about cyclists, even though some no doubt can cite exemples to
the contrary.

We crossed the Stelvio Pass in 2000. lowdin.nuItaly2000.htmlOpen ↗

Per http:www.lowdin.nu

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Rick Warner said:

We will be flying into Venice next June. My partner would love to climb Stelvio, and where else
to ride is TBD. Looking at a map, if we ride from the Venice area (say, near the airport) there
seem to be two routes: 1) north to near Belluno then northwest to Bolzano then to Merano and
over to Prato and on to the pass, or 2) head west/west-northwest to near Verona and then follow
the Adige up through Trento and Bolzano then on to Merano, Prato, and then the pass.

If you aren't pressed for time, go north and cut through the Dolomites crossing through Cortina
d'Ampezzo on the way to the Falzarego, and the Sella Group (Pordoi, Sella, Campolongo, and
Gardena. From Canazei, ride over the Costalunga to Bolzano, Merano, Prato and the big hill.

You can see some of these sights at:

paloaltobicycles.comalps photos.htmlOpen ↗

Don't miss putting this URL in your favorites so you can get a 24 hour view of the Stelvio summit
from now to your trip at:

stelvio.webcam.popso.itstelvio five.htmlOpen ↗

tinyurl.comeocxOpen ↗

Jobst Brandt [email hidden]

Thanks Jobst,

Your site is the reason for the change to include Stelvio ;-) My partner saw the pictures of you
in front of all those switchbacks and decided that should be part of this trip. Still working on
altering the itinerary, and will include as much of the Dolomiti as we can squeeze into our
limited time.

- rick

I did the Stelvio some years ago and took one of the best cycling photos I've ever taken. We climbed
South to North. Just over the top I waited until one of my friend was in the exact right place (just
coming in from the edge of the picture and one of the few swithces as it starts to come down) and
clicked. It's a total stunner. Look out for it.

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I did the Stelvio some years ago and took one of the best cycling photos I've ever taken. We
climbed South to North. Just over the top I waited until one of my friend was in the exact right
place (just coming in from the edge of the picture and one of the few swithces as it starts to
come down) and clicked. It's a total stunner. Look out for it.

Thanks Garry. So where do I look for this stunner ;-)

- rick

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Thanks Garry. So where do I look for this stunner ;-)

Pray for good weather, when we crossed the Umbria and Stelvio Passes we had snow and sleet
lowdin.nuCH20000035.JPGOpen ↗ were so cold that or
teeth were clattering in decent. Was not too much fun.

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