Italy and its Mountain passes

Italy is a cycling country par excellence, especially for the real climbing specialists. Because climbing you do in Northern Italy. Anyone watching the Giro-d’Italia ‘will have an idea of the steep roads that wind up the Italian mountains. Anyone who has cycled in Italy knows that the slopes really don’t lie. Long roads with averages over 10% are no exception. Think of narrow, impressive and wild roads. Roads where more than one cyclist has already put his foot on the ground because the pedals simply did not go around anymore. Obviously, a real dream for climblovers. For me for sure , i made it my challenges.

The Sellajoch (2213 m) belongs alongside the Gardena Pass, the Pordoi Pass and the Campolongo to the Passes Quartet of the Sella Circuit. It is enclosed by the peaks of the Sella Group (3151 m) in the east and the Sassolungo (3181 m) in the west. The pass crossing forms the connection between Val Gardena and Val di Fassa.
Interestingly, the pass road does not find its high point at the actually lowest point between the Sella group and Sassolungo and thus at the actual Sellajoch, but at the pass crossing (2244 m), which is known as Col de Toi and is located approx. 1 km east towards Canazei. Nevertheless, the pass-port sign there with the height designation 2244 m today admits the Passo Sella.

Cycling is a kind of Meditation for me. I also train my physical condition. Of course i also train mentally. It ensures that no matter how hard it is, how far I have to go, I stay positive and constantly push my limits. It trives over and over again

In addition to being in a good cycling country for climblovers, Italy is also a great holiday destination. Not only the south , but also the beautiful north. It is very good (and cheap) especially the food, and it is good that Italy is the land of pasta, the perfect fuel for long climbs. In addition to the food, the accommodation options are also good and not too expensive. In such a cycling country it makes sense that you are not alone by bike in Italy. I , for example drive sometimes by car and camp somewhere in the region along the road ore on a cheap camping spot where i wanna ride. Oke for i forgot , Italians themselves are also fond of cycling, and often drive around in the most beautiful clothes and the most beautiful bicycles- they know very well when you are a tourist and let you know too either. But that i will explain later

The Reschenlake (German: Reschensee, Italian: Lago di Resia) is a reservoir in the South Tyrolean municipality of Graun im Vinschgau. Not in The dolomites but a great pass what is near is the Reschenpass and Stelvio- about those i right in another blogpost
The lake however is located about 1520 meters above sea level, just across the Austrian-Italian border, close to the Reschen Pass. The lake is six kilometers long and is one kilometer wide in the widest places. The surface of the lake is 6.6 km² and the lake contains 120 million cubic meters of water. The towns of Reschen, Graun and Sankt Valentin auf der Haide are located on the shore of the lake. The lake receives water from the rivers Etsch, Rojenbach and Karlinbach. The water is drained by the Etsch. Near by is the Passo di Resia , after the border what separates Austria with Italy and Swiss

Anyone looking for cycling routes in Italy would do well to choose the b-roads, because not only Italians really drive like crazy on the main roads, german tourist like every other tourist on a motorcycle too , this often leads to very dangerous situations. But to clim passes you have to deal with this kind of Egocentric kind off – name it how you like it.

On the b-roads, on the other hand, it is very nice to drive. Although the road is not always fantastic, but that is just part of the charm of this beautiful country. It is also advisable for many roads to mount a real mountain set on your bike, because as already said, the mountain roads in Italy are really very steep. Pain and enjoyment at the same time! Beautiful stories assured.