Roadbook · by ViaLooma
Loop from Canazei
Featured in Sella and Pordoi, the Dolomites by the passes
The route — Canazei · loop
Day 1 Canazei → Corvara in Badia - Corvara 4 stops · 43 km · ≈ 1h08
01 Mountain
Sella Pass
Passo Sella
Canazei · 13 km · 19 min
AI contentBetween the Sassolungo to the west and the Sella massif to the east, the pass carries the road completed in 1872 between Val Gardena and Val di Fassa. Near the pass, walk alongside the Città dei Sassi, a stony maze dotted with trees and much loved by climbers. On 14 July 1946, more than 3,000 Ladins gathered here.
02 Village
Sëlva
Selva di Val Gardena
Sëlva - Wolkenstein - Selva di Val Gardena · 10 km · 16 min
AI contentSelva, at 1,563 metres, is ringed by four Dolomite giants: the Stevia, the Cir, the Sella and the Sassolungo. At the entrance to the Vallunga, the ruins of the Wolkenstein castle still cling to the cliff whose falling blocks ruined it around 1525. Ladin remains the everyday language here.
03 Mountain
Gardena Pass
Passo Gardena
Corvara in Badia - Corvara · 11 km · 19 min
AI contentAt 2,121 metres, cross this pass linking Selva and Corvara, between the walls of the Sella and the Puez group. Neolithic tools were found here, and from 1027 to 1803 it served as the boundary between the prince-bishops of Trento and Bressanone. The first road fit for vehicles was not built until 1915, for the troops.
04 Village
Corvara, South Tyrol
Corvara in Badia
Corvara in Badia - Corvara · 9 km · 14 min
AI contentBeneath the 2,665-metre peak of the Sassongher, Corvara is the largest and highest village in the Val Badia. Look for the church of Santa Caterina, built in 1498 in late Gothic style, and its bell tower with an octagonal drum. It was here that Italy's first chairlift, climbing to Col Alto, was completed in 1947.
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Day 2 Livinallongo del Col di Lana → Canazei 2 stops · 32 km · ≈ 43 min
05 Mountain
Campolongo Pass
Passo di Campolongo
Livinallongo del Col di Lana (32022) · 5 km · 7 min
AI contentAt 1875 metres, between the Sella and Fanes, this is the lowest of the four passes ringing the Sella. Drive up from Corvara or Arabba, on a road built between 1898 and 1901 across almost bare slopes. Fausto Coppi crossed it first as early as 1949, and the Giro has included it on its route nineteen times.
06 Mountain
Pordoi Pass
Passo Pordoi
Livinallongo del Col di Lana (32022) · 14 km · 16 min
AI contentAt 2,239 metres, the Passo Pordoi opens between the walls of the Sella group and the icy bulk of the Marmolada. At the pass stands a monument to Fausto Coppi, a salute to the Giro riders who have climbed it since 1940. A cable car speeds in a single leap to the Sass Pordoi, at 2,950 metres, where the view takes in the Dolomites.
Back to Canazei · 13 km · 20 min
