Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Day 8 Passo Gavia

33 Miles, 4,800'

We're in Bormio for 3 nights. Our tour calls these days "rest days". But, Bormio is the starting point for two of the best known mountains to cyclists, the Gavia and the Stelvio. Needless to say, we had to go out.

A short day mileage-wise, just climbed up the pass, then turned around and came back http://app.strava.com/activities/18468446. Tried to go easy (ie rest day) and not overdo it, which was possible most of the time except when the pitch got steep, 12+%. Nice day out, traffic not too bad, riders coming up both sides. A nice strip of road:


Very cool to make it to the top:




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