Mortirolo Pass (Passo di Foppa) 1,852m Italy ★★★
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2014
Description...
Passo della Foppa/Mortirolo - Super, super narrow, very technical, woodland each side, no room for anything to come past the other way and great fun! Mortirolo is a fine example of chaotic hairpin building, seriously short switchbacks and super tight hairpins chiselled into the valley with no real thought to over valley engineering. Opens out at the top a little to make it a bit faster and even more fun, road surface not bad, a bit broken and wet in places but generally good. Quick pic stop at the top as it was starting to rain. Mortirolo on the way down is slightly wider at the top and decent road surface until Tom takes us off down what looks like someone's driveway! Seriously steep and straight down, no switchbacks here! It's been raining and as well as being seriously steep, there's a river running down it too! Eventually, we do end up in someone's driveway in Monno with roadworks, slippery wet cobbles, wires everywhere and goodness knows what else; two very tense riders!
2014
Description...
Passo della Foppa/Mortirolo - Super, super narrow, very technical, woodland each side, no room for anything to come past the other way and great fun! Mortirolo is a fine example of chaotic hairpin building, seriously short switchbacks and super tight hairpins chiselled into the valley with no real thought to over valley engineering. Opens out at the top a little to make it a bit faster and even more fun, road surface not bad, a bit broken and wet in places but generally good. Quick pic stop at the top as it was starting to rain. Mortirolo on the way down is slightly wider at the top and decent road surface until Tom takes us off down what looks like someone's driveway! Seriously steep and straight down, no switchbacks here! It's been raining and as well as being seriously steep, there's a river running down it too! Eventually, we do end up in someone's driveway in Monno with roadworks, slippery wet cobbles, wires everywhere and goodness knows what else; two very tense riders!
