Highest Paved Roads
in the Alps |
Rank |
Biked |
Links |
Elevation
(m) |
Country |
Road |
Vertical
(m) |
Distance
(km) |
Start |
Start
elevation
(m) |
36 |
not
yet! |
cycling-challenge.com |
2291 |
Italy |
Foscagno
Pass |
1066 |
25 |
Bormio |
1225 |
37 |
Tuesday September 7, 2021 | cycling-challenge.com |
2284 |
Switzerland |
Julier
Pass |
1488 |
36 |
Tiefencastel |
850 |
I had seriously underestimated both sides of Julierpass, and I didn't find much of it terribly scenic. Fortunately I'd already seen Albulapass yesterday and fallen in love with it. |
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38 |
not
yet! |
cycling-challenge.com |
2284 |
Italy |
Colle
di Sampeyre |
1358 |
15.8 |
Ponte
Marmora |
926 |
39 |
not
yet! |
cycling-challenge.com |
2280 |
France |
Ruisseau
de la
Sassiere |
1465 |
32.3 |
Bourg
St Maurice |
815 |
40 |
Wed September 8, 2021 | cyclingcols.com |
2275 |
Switzerland |
Alp
Anarosa |
1395 |
16 |
Zillis |
945 |
Pizzas d' Anarosa 3002m The pavement gets bad, then it gets better, then it gets worse again. Then the pavement ends at a cattle guard at 2275m between the first and second turns from the top. The first turn is paved, and there's another small remnant of pavement, but the pavement really ends at 2275m. The parking lot and bus turnarounds are at 2340m - the end of the "paved" road. |
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Dumagns 1797m |
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Looking downhill / southeast from Wergenstein 1486m Yes, that's the road I just climbed. Not sure I've ever seen anywhere quite so green expect perhaps the Dolomites... The wind was seriously blowing out of the southwest and getting stronger as I got higher on the mountain. After a while, I noticed I saw a lot of eye floaties in my left eye, but I didn't think anything of it. |