Pordoi is a
pass
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Places
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* Pass, Poland, a village in Poland
* Pass, an alternate term for a number of straits: see List of straits
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in the
Dolomites
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in the
Alps
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, located between the
Sella group
The Sella group (german: Sellagruppe, Ladin: ''Mëisules'' or ''L Sela'') is a plateau-shaped massif in the Dolomites mountains of northern Italy. The Sella lies north of the Marmolada and to the east of the Langkofel. The highest peak is Piz Boè ...
in the north and the
Marmolada
Marmolada ( Ladin: ''Marmolèda''; German: ''Marmolata'', ) is a mountain in northeastern Italy and the highest mountain of the Dolomites (a section of the Alps). It lies between the borders of Trentino and Veneto. The Marmolada is an ultra-p ...
group in the south. The pass is at an altitude of , and the road crossing the pass connects
Arabba
Livinallongo del Col di Lana (; lld, Fodóm; german: Buchenstein) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about north of Venice
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(
Livinallongo del Col di Lana
Livinallongo del Col di Lana (; lld, Fodóm; german: Buchenstein) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about north of Venice and about northwest of Belluno.
Ninety percent of the ...
) with
Canazei
Canazei ( Ladin: ''Cianacéi'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located in the upper part of the Val di Fassa, about northeast of Trento. Its name derives from the Latin ...
(
Fascia Valley
The Fassa Valley ( Ladin: ''Fascia'', it, Val di Fassa, german: Fassatal) is a valley in the Dolomites in Trentino, northern Italy. As an administrative valley community (Italian: ''Comunità di valle'', German: ''Talgemeinschaft'') of Trentino, i ...
). It is the second highest surfaced road traversing a pass in the Dolomites, after the
Sella Pass
The Sella Pass (german: Sellajoch; lld, Jëuf de Sela or ''Jouf de Sela''; it, Passo Sella) (2218 m) is a high mountain pass between the provinces of Trentino and South Tyrol in Italy.
It connects the Val Gherdëina in South Tyrol and Ca ...
.
Starting from Arabba, the ascent to the top is 9.4 km (5.84 mi) long. Over this distance, the elevation gain is , with the average percentage of 6.8%.
Maratona dles Dolomites
Pordoi Pass is the second of seven Dolomite mountain passes that cyclists cross in the annual
Maratona dles Dolomites
The Maratona dles Dolomites (Ladin for "Dolomites Marathon"; it, Maratona delle Dolomiti), is an annual single-day road bicycle race covering seven mountain passes in the Dolomites. Open to amateur cyclists, the Maratona—with 9,000 riders ...
single-day
bicycle race
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.
A memorial to
Fausto Coppi
Angelo Fausto Coppi (; 15 September 1919 – 2 January 1960) was an Italian cyclist, the dominant international cyclist of the years after the World War II, Second World War. His successes earned him the title ''Il Campionissimo'' ("Champio ...
stands at the summit of the pass that commemorates the world-renowned
Giro d'Italia tour.
Gallery
File:Maratona dles Dolomites - Pordoi Pass.jpg, Maratona dles Dolomites ascent to Pordoi Pass
File:FaustoCoppi.jpg, Memorial to Fausto Coppi
Angelo Fausto Coppi (; 15 September 1919 – 2 January 1960) was an Italian cyclist, the dominant international cyclist of the years after the World War II, Second World War. His successes earned him the title ''Il Campionissimo'' ("Champio ...
in the Pordoi Pass
File:Sass Pordoi Mountain.jpg, A view of Sass Pordoi
Sass, Saß or SASS may refer to:
SASS
* M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System (or M110 SASS)
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File:Pordoijoch Ost.jpg, View from Pordoi Pass looking east
See also
*
List of highest paved roads in Europe
This is a list of the highest paved roads in Europe. It includes roads that are over long and whose culminating point is at least above sea level. This height approximately corresponds to that of the highest settlements in Europe and to the t ...
*
List of mountain passes
This is a list of mountain passes.
Africa
Egypt
* Halfaya Pass (near Libya)
Lesotho
* Moteng Pass
* Mahlasela pass
* Sani Pass
Morocco
* Tizi n'Tichka
South Africa
* Eastern Cape Passes
* Western Cape Passes
* Northern Cape Passes
* Kwa ...
References
External links
Passo Pordoi from Canazei by cyclingdolomites.comPasso Pordoi from Arabby by cyclingdolomites.comProfile on climbbybike.com
Mountain passes of the Dolomites
Mountain passes of South Tyrol
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