| Beautiful scenery |
| Hidden gem |
| 3 hairpin turns |
| #58 toughest climb of Dolomites |
| #99 most elevation gain of Dolomites |
| #82 average steepest climb of Trentino-Alto Adige / Südtirol |
Gardeccia from Pera is a climb in the region Dolomites. It is 6.1km long and bridges 610 vertical meters with an average gradient of 10%, resulting in a difficulty score of 717. The top of the ascent is located at 1948 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 3 reviews of this climb and uploaded 14 photos.
Road names: Strada de Gardecia & SP238
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Rifugio Gardeccia taken during my Sella Ronda in 2020. The profile of the climb (which you can find at the start of the climb) basically says it all. In a blazing sun, with little or no shade, it was raking to the last metre. The closing kilometres in particular stuck with me. These seemed endless. Nevertheless, enjoyed the spectacular views immensely. At the summit you will find a nice 'rifugio', where it is swarming with hikers.
Rifugio Gardeccia meegenomen tijdens mijn Sella Ronda in 2020. Het profiel van de klim (wat je kan vinden bij aanvang van de klim) zegt in feite alles. In een brandende zon, met weinig of geen schaduw was het harken tot de laatste meter. Vooral de slotkilometers zijn me bijgebleven. Deze leken eindeloos. Desondanks enorm genoten van de spectaculaire uitzichten. Op de top vind je een leuke 'rifugio', waar het zwermt van wandelaars.
I decided to attempt this on my third cycling day in Val di Fassa. That morning I already went up the Passo Pordoi and Passo Sella, and intrigued by the Giro monument at the start of the road I decided to venture up. One of my mistakes was not to load the climb profile on my Garmin, so it was a challenge to pace myself by just relying on the road signs that mark the climb progress.
This is one of the most brutal climbs I have attempted to date, and one that would have been better to try with fresher legs to begin with! Anyway, slowly but surely I trudged on the road, in company of many hikers headed for the Rifugio.
The climb is spectacular, you are heading into a secluded valley with the Catinaccio and Torri del Vajolet towering over you as you climb. In the last two kilometers I was pushing hard, and at some point I stopped a few seconds to regain my breath, then as I restarted I found out that I had paused just 400m before the end of the climb! haha!
The panorama and landscapes itself are well worth a visit!
The fact that in the Giro of 2011 on the final climb to Gardeccia the follow cars did not go up says it all !
If you come from Canazei the climb (signpost Gardeccia) starts on the roundabout, with Giro monument, of the main road just before the village of Pera di Fassa. The first kilometers you will be treated to a wall of +12％ average via 2 hairpin bends to climb out of the Fassa valley. Passing through the village of Muncion is a flat relief for a while and then, without traffic, on a narrow road with good tarmac, you climb continuously above 10％ the side valley, following the river, with the impressive Catinaccio massif on the right side.
The last steep kilometre of +14％ made me squeeze completely between my frame despite the cheers for Contador and Nibali on the tarmac.
The road ends at a nice big mountain hut (food & drinks) which is a base for mountain hikers.
After Muncion no motorized traffic allowed except for the taxi shuttles that bring hikers up and down from the valley.
Beastly Giro final climb, short and sweet!!!!
Het feit dat in de Giro van 2011 op de slotklim naar Gardeccia de volgwagens niet mee naar boven reden zegt al veel !
Als je komt vanuit Canazei start de klim (wegwijzer Gardeccia) op het rondpunt, met Giro monument, van de grote rijksweg net voor het dorpje Pera di Fassa. Eerste kilometers word je direct via 2 haarspeldbochten getrakteerd op een muur van gemiddeld +12％ om het Fassa dal uit te klimmen. Doortocht door dorpje Muncion is even een vlakke verademing om nadien zonder verkeer op een smalle weg met prima asfalt continu boven de 10％ het zijdal, de rivier volgend, op te klimmen met het indrukwekkende Catinaccio massief aan rechter zijde.
De laatste steile kilometer van +14％ deed mij volledig tussen mijn fietsframe plooien de aanmoedigingen voor Contador en Nibali op het asfalt ten spijt.
Weg loopt dood aan mooie grote berghut (eten & drinken) die uitvalbasis is voor bergwandelaars.
Na Muncion is er geen gemotoriseerd verkeer toegelaten op uitzondering van de taxi-pendelbusjes die wandelaars vanuit het dal op en af brengen.
Beestige Giro slotklim, kort en krachtig!!!!
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