Passo Pordoi
A classic Dolomite pass and the gentlest climb in this list: about 9 km at about 7% through hairpins below the Sella massif. A good first high-mountain climb.
- Start: Arabba
- Length: 9.3 km
- Elevation gain: 637 m
- Average gradient: 6.8%
- Max gradient: 9%
- The Giro first crossed the Pordoi in 1940; Gino Bartali was first over the top.
- The Pordoi has been the Giro's Cima Coppi more often than any other pass.
- A memorial to Fausto Coppi stands at the top; he crossed it first in 1947–1949, among other years.
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