Val Grosina / Eita - 1698m.a.s.l. from Bormio:
1. Arrival:
how to get to Bormio, where to stay, rent a bike or park the car, can be found here
2. Route description with suggestions for meal and/or water refueling stops:
We start following the map;
- 0,1km: Bormio (1194m.a.s.l.) we turn left onto Via Seravalle and continue past the cemetery, keeping to the left;
- 2,2km: Capitania (1150m.a.s.l.) we turn left onto the SP27 road;
- 2,9km: Piazza (1147m.a.s.l.) we turn right and after 200m we reach a bike path - sign: Cepina;
- 3,1km: (1146m.a.s.l.) just after the bridge, we turn left and immediately left again onto the bike path Sentiero Valtellina;
- 13,5km: Le Prese (959m.a.s.l.) on the left side there is a drinking water intake; - 23,3km: (663m.a.s.l.) we leave the bike path and turn right towards Grosio; the climb begins;
- 23,9km: Grosio (659m.a.s.l.) we turn left - brown sign: Valgrosina; the climb begins;
- 25,3km: Ravoledo (758m.a.s.l.) we turn left towards Cima Piazzi;
- 25,9km: (767m.a.s.l.) we go straight - brown sign: Val d'Eita;
- 29,4km: (1041m.a.s.l.) behind the Chiesa di San Giacomo church on the right side there is a drinking water intake;
- 31,8km: Fusino (1185m.a.s.l.) on the right side there is a restaurant Locanda Grosina; - 39,1km: Val Grosina / Eita (1698m.a.s.l.) destination reached; restaurant Rifugio Eita - a good place for coffee/lunch/dinner;

The climb profile from Grosio (23,9km) to Val Grosina / Eita (39,1km) is available on: climbfinder.com and cyclingcols.com

We return by the same road;
- 54,9km: (663m.a.s.l.) we leave Grosio and turn left onto a bike path;
- 75,1km: Piazza (1146m.a.s.l.) we leave the bike path and turn right onto the bridge, to reach the SP27 road;
- 76,1km: Capitania (1150m.a.s.l.) we turn right onto Via Alute and reach Bormio, the starting point;

- A video showing the surroundings of Val Grosina / Eite on the YouTube channel Simone Di Gioia

   download the route in: gpx

Statistics of the ascent to Val Grosina / EitaVal:
- start at an altitude of 659m.a.s.l. (23,9km) finisz na 1698m.a.s.l. (39,1km)
- total elevation difference: 1093m
- length of the climb: 15,2km
- average gradient: 6,5%
- max gradient on a 100m stretch: 13%

Val Grosina / Eita in Google Street View: