Passo di Falzarego
A long, steady climb from Cortina: 15.9 km at 5.7% on the Great Dolomite Road, never really steep, with hairpins before and after Pocol and the Tofane walls alongside.
- Start: Cortina d'Ampezzo
- Length: 15.9 km
- Elevation gain: 906 m
- Average gradient: 5.7%
- Max gradient: 9%
- Fausto Coppi led the Giro over the Falzarego three years running, from 1946 to 1948.
- The Lagazuoi above the pass saw mine warfare in the First World War; a cable car climbs to it from the pass, and the Italian tunnel is open to visitors.
- The Maratona dles Dolomites crosses the Falzarego on its way to the Valparola.
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