Passo di Gavia - 2618m.a.s.l. from Bormio via Mortirolo:
1. Directions:
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 on the route according to the map;
- 0,1km: Bormio (1194m.a.s.l.) we turn left onto Via Seravalle and continue left past the cemetery;
- 2,2km: Capitania (1150m.a.s.l.) we turn left onto the SP27 road;
- 2,9km: Piazza (1147m.a.s.l.) we turn right to reach the bike path after 200m - signpost: 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 (694m.a.s.l.) on the left, there is a drinking water facility;
- 20km: (844m.a.s.l.) we descend from the bike path onto the SP27 road;
- 21,8km: Tiolo (730m.a.s.l.) we turn left - signpost: Passo Mortirolo; the climb begins;
- 26,3km: (1063m.a.s.l.) there is a drinking water supply on the left side;
- 28,5km: (1210m.a.s.l.) there is a drinking water supply on the left side;
- 32,6km: (1611m.a.s.l.) we turn left (turn no. 8 - numbered from the climb from Mazzo) - signpost: Passo Mortirolo;
- 35km: (1814m.a.s.l.) at turn no. 4 on the left side, there is a catering point Rifugio Antonioli;
- 35,7km: Passo Mortirolo (1852m.a.s.l.) destination achieved;

The climb profile from Tiolo (29,5km) to Passo Mortirolo (41,2km) is available on: climbfinder.com and cyclingcols.com

- 35,9km: (1844m.a.s.l.) turn left - signpost: Monno;
- 36,5km: (1812m.a.s.l.) turn right, signpost: Monno; 100m on the left is a catering point - Albergo Passo Mortirolo and a drinking water intake;
- 37,2km: (1763m.a.s.l.) on the right, 100m before 'Hotel Bar Ristorante Belvedere', in a recreational area with many benches, there is a drinking water intake and a public toilet; we descend SP81 following the direction signs: Monno;
- 46km: Monno (1068m.a.s.l.) there is a drinking water intake at the bend and at the next bend, closer to the center of Monno, a grocery store;
- 48,4km: (888m.a.s.l.) turn left onto SS42 - signpost: Ponte di Legno;
- 49,4km: (932m.a.s.l.) turn right onto the comfortable bike path Ciclovia dell'Oglio;
- 61,1km: Pontagna (1153m.a.s.l.) we descend from the bike path to the left onto the bridge and then to the right onto Via Tollarini near the bell tower;
- 61,4km: (1164m.a.s.l.) we enter SS42 and after 20m we turn left uphill onto Via Plazza; the climb begins;
- 63,2km: Ponte di Legno (1258m.a.s.l.) if we want to stop for coffee or lunch, it's worth turning right here to the center of the town - the locations of several restaurants are marked on mapy.cz; - 64,6km: (1300m.a.s.l.) turn left onto SS300 - signpost: Passo Gavia;
- 68,1km: (1503m.a.s.l.) on the left, near the recreational area, there is a drinking water intake;
- 81km: Passo di Gavia (2618m.a.s.l.) goal achieved; time for coffee/lunch at Rifugio Bonetta - there is a drinking water tap on the outside of the building on the west side;

The climb profile from Ponte di Legno (61,4km) to Passo di Gavia (81km) is available on: climbfinder.com and cyclingcols.com

- 94,5km: Santa Caterina (1747m.a.s.l.) there are catering points in the center; at the beginning of the parking lot on the right, there is a drinking water intake;
- 102,1km: Sant'Antonio (1337m.a.s.l.) one of the drinking water intakes is on the left before the bridge;
- 106,6km: Bormio (1204m.a.s.l.) turn left to the starting point;

- The entire climb from Ponte di Legno to Passo di Gavia presented on Indoor Cycling Training on Bike the World YouTube channel;
- The climb from Ponte di Legno to Passo di Gavia presented on YouTube on The Col Collective channel;

Statistics regarding Passo Mortirolo can be found on: procyclingstats.com and Passo di Gavia on the same website.

   download the route in: gpx

Statistics of the ascent to Passo Mortirolo:
- start at an altitude of 730m.a.s.l. (21,8km) finish at 1852m.a.s.l. (35,7km)
- total elevation difference: 1122m
- length of the climb: 13,9km
- average gradient: 8,5%
- max gradient on a 100m stretch: 17%

Passo Mortirolo in Google Street View:

Statistics of the ascent to Passo di Gavia:
- start at an altitude of 1164m.a.s.l. (61,4km) finish at 2618m.a.s.l. (81km)
- total elevation difference: 1458m
- length of the climb: 19,6km
- average gradient: 7,4%
- max gradient on a 100m stretch: 14,5%

Passo di Gavia in Google Street View: