Sellaronda Bike Day - Spring Edition
Ride a full loop around the Sella Massif on traffic-free mountain passes. Experience the Dolomites awakening from winter on this unique spring cycling celebration.
The Sellaronda is often described as the perfect bike ride. A loop that combines the Passo Gardena, Passo Sella, Passo Pordoi, and Passo Campolongo, it’s set in the most magical scenery on earth and for only two days a year (there is also a Fall Edition), it’s made even more special thanks to the removal of motorized traffic.
Participation is free, there’s no need to register and you can choose where and when to start the 51 kilometres of silky smooth tarmac. You can take all day stopping for a long lunch at one of the many restaurants and cafés on route or you could challenge yourself to ride the loop as many times as you can, and every permutation in between.
There’s no fixed plan, no time to beat, no pressing agenda at all except to relish the immaculate scenery and absence of motor vehicles as you wind between the towering peaks of the Dolomites.
The Routes
You can start or finish where you like along the route, just make sure you go in the counter-clockwise direction (there are signs posted to remind you). If you choose to ride out of Corvara head west to start with the challenging Passo Gardena.
Next on the program is the Passo Sella which places you in the grandest of arenas as you climb through the Città dei Sassi or "City of Rocks". Over the other side of the Passo Sella its time to take on the highpoint of the loop, the Passo Pordoi. After an unreal 33 switchback descent from the Pordoi into Arabba, the shorter Passo Campolongo is your final challenge of the day before descending back into Corvara.
Climbing a total of 1637 metres the Sellaronda is no walk in the park but its far from impossible, it is just, 'the perfect bike ride'.
Tours that Include this Event
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