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Passo del Alpe

Passo Zebru

The Passo del Alpe rides from Santa Caterina into Valtellina and can be perfectly combined by mountain bike with the descent from the Bormio3000 mountain station.

Description

From the Bormio3000 valley station, take the cable car up to the Cima Bianca (3018 meters above sea level). Once you have passed the ridge, a technically challenging single trail leads past various small alpine lakes to Bocca di Profa. Continue downhill on the 518 trail and later reach Plagher di Fuori on the 523 trail. A gravel road leads to the Gavia pass a little later, where the trail branches off to the Passo del Alpe. Take the rough alpine road up to the pass. The descent through the Valle di Rezzalo begins on a singletrail, later on a gravel road and finally ends on an asphalt road. This takes you to Le Prese and  back to Bormio via the old access road.

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50 km

1045 m

2820 m

950 above sea level

3000 above sea level

1 day

Bormio

Bormio

1546

well suited

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Written by m.seibl_62229359 on 15. July 2023

We really enjoyed the tour, clearly an enduro tour due to the train ride up to 3000m. Technically demanding, with long stretches of loose rock slabs in the upper part, some of which are badly blocked, and steep root passages in the lower part of the first descent. The intermediate ascent over the Gavro Pass road is quickly completed. The ascent on the Dynamite Trail to the Passo del Alpe is not rideable over longer sections, next time I would choose the gravel road on the other side of the stream. Finally, the biggest disappointment: the descent from Passo di Alpe to Le Prese: after just a few kilometers of trail, you come to an alpine road. From 2150m to the very bottom there are no single trails, just gravel and asphalt. It's a real shame to waste hundreds of meters of altitude in such a boring way! Alternative: from Pta. dell Alpe to the other side to Ref. Stella alpine and counter-climb on the 527, which rides up to Baite Cavallaro. Have fun 👍🇮🇹

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About the author: Thomas Giger

Thomas Giger has been the editor of Ride MTB since 2002 and is a regular online and print author. Over the years, he has specialized in tourism topics and is particularly well known for his blog-style columns. He is also one of Ride MTB's active tour authors.

Thomas Giger has been the editor of Ride MTB since 2002 and has had a significant influence on the tour database. His focus is on single trail tours. There are few who know the trails in Switzerland as well as he does. However, his areas of expertise also include Aosta, the French Western Alps, and the whole of South Tyrol.

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