Passo Tre Croci from Cortina d'Ampezzo is a climb in the region Dolomites. It is 7.8km long and bridges 582 vertical meters with an average gradient of 7.5%, resulting in a difficulty score of 478. The top of the ascent is located at 1809 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 4 reviews of this climb and uploaded 7 photos.
Road name: SR48
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Fine climb from Cortina that goes through the suburbs into wooded areas. Good tarmac and wide bends make it a pleasant climb for cyclists. Along the way, there are a few places to stop for coffee or lunch. Great climb when, like me, you are staying in. Ordina or are passing through.
Prima klim vanuit Cortina die via de buitenwijken naar bebost gebied loopt. Het goede asfalt en de brede bochten maken het een prettige klim voor fietsers. Onderweg zijn een paar plekken waar je kunt stoppen voor koffie of lunch. Prima klim wanneer je zoals ik in. Ordina verblijft of op doortocht bent.
Rated no. 60 of Italy’s greatest climbs (according to segments on Strava). I rode this just before sunset as a quick climb to keep my training up. It’s a short climb with a consistent gradient that is enough to get the heart pumping.
Traffic was lite. The road surface still quite good (May 2022) with wide hairpins all the way up (fun for the descent).
The best views of the town are during the first third of the climb. As you continue past the small lake and into the Forrest you’ll pass horses and climb towards the ski lifts. Here the town disappeared into cloud / was obscured by the hills below.
Take some warm kit for the descent. There are some long, straight sections that allow you to gain some speed and I got quite cold, even though wearing a gillet and fingered gloves.
If you want to cycle from Cortina d'Ampezzo to the start of the Tre Cime de Lavaredo at the lake of Misurina, this eight kilometres long wide pass road is an obligatory warming-up, but in practice I found the uneven and winding climb difficult and not to be underestimated.
Via a series of hairpin bends the road climbs through a residential area out of the valley (panorama's). While cycling between the coniferous forests, you pass the small Lago Scin lake and the Rio Gere ski lift with its restaurants.
The last kilometres level off until the pass height which is located between the enormous Cristallo (left.) and
Sorapis massif (right) with its +3000 m. peaks. The summit is a desolate place with a few hotels/parkings and behind a building the three crosses that gave the name to the climb are hidden.
Als je vanuit Cortina d'Ampezzo naar de start van de Tre Cime de Lavaredo aan het meer van Misurina wil fietsen is deze acht kilometer lange brede pas weg een verplicht "opwarmertje" , maar in de praktijk vond ik de ongelijkmatige en bochtige klim lastig en niet te onderschatten.
Via een reeks haarspeldbochten klimt de weg door een woonwijk de vallei uit (panorama's). Al fietsend tussen de naaldbossen passeer je onderweg het kleine Lago Scin meertje en de Rio Gere skilift met bijhorende horecazaken.
Laatste kilometers vlakken af tot de pashoogte die zich bevindt tussen het enorme Cristallo- (links.) en het
Sorapismassief (rechts.) met +3000 m.pieken. Top is een verlaten troosteloze plek met enkele hotels/parkings en achter een gebouw verscholen staan de drie kruisen die de naam gaven aan de klim.
Done this on a holiday at the end of September 2020. The climb starts in the ski village Cortina. In the beginning it is mainly climbing through a residential area and later quite a lot of forest. Views are therefore not very spectacular. The climb itself has a good road surface and it was not extremely busy but I think that has also to do with COVID. It is eventually a through road to popular hiking areas and Tre Cime
Deze op een vakantie eind september 2020 gedaan. De klim begint in het skidorp Cortina. In het begin is het vooral klimmen door een woonwijk en later redelijk veel bos. Uitzichten zijn dus niet heel spectaculair. De klim zelf heeft een prima wegdek en het was niet extreem druk maar dat heeft denk ik ook met COVID te maken. Het is uiteindelijk wel een doorgaande weg naar populaire wandelgebieden en Tre Cime
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