The Gavia pass road crossing open high-alpine terrain.

HARDIT · Lombardia · SS300

Passo Gavia

The SS300 to 2,621 metres: narrow, exposed, and famous for the wrong reasons.

Ponte di Legno to the Passo Gavia, climbing north.

Corners coloured by severity · tightest in red

18.1km
LENGTH: 149
CORNERS CALLED: 16
HAIRPINS: 8.2
CORNERS / KM: +1442m
CLIMB: 2633m
HIGH POINT: 7.7%
AVERAGE GRADIENT

The Passo Gavia is the road the 1988 Giro d’Italia crossed in a blizzard, and it has never quite shaken the reputation. It runs from Ponte di Legno up to 2,621 metres on the SS300, a state road in name, single-track and unguarded in places in practice.

This stage covers the 18 kilometres of the southern climb. The pacenotes below come from the road’s own geometry, and are exactly what the app calls out as you drive it.

The Gavia sits between the Mortirolo’s relentlessness and the Stelvio’s rhythm: 145 calls over 18 kilometres, sixteen of them hairpins, averaging just under eight per cent.

What the numbers do not show is the width. This is a road where the co-driver’s job is less about speed than about knowing whether the next corner opens or tightens before you can see round it, which is precisely the case the notes are built for.

THE STAGE MAP

Every corner, where it actually is.

startH · hairpinOH · open hairpinSQ · square123456roundabout

THE CLIMB

Elevation profile.

1244 m → 2633 m over 18.1 kmvertical scale ×3.1elevation from a terrain model, not a survey

CORNER MIX

What the road is actually made of.

15hairpin
1open hairpin
2square
41
102
213
514
425
36
1roundabout

THE PACENOTES

All 150 calls, in order.

Every call Tornante makes on Passo Gavia, in order. Distances are from the stage start to the corner’s turn-in.
At	Call	Notes	Altitude
0000m	L1	long	1244 m
0083m	roundabout		1244 m
0186m	R4+		1247 m
0222m	L1		1249 m
0264m	R4		1252 m
0372m	R5		1261 m
0428m	L hairpin		1263 m
0581m	R1	long	1263 m
0714m	L4		1266 m
0844m	R square		1281 m
0931m	L4		1290 m
0997m	R4		1293 m
1054m	L4+		1292 m
1106m	L5		1292 m
1416m	L5+		1298 m
1559m	R4		1318 m
1631m	L5		1323 m
1741m	L5		1322 m
1880m	R5		1326 m
2125m	R5		1349 m
2259m	R5+		1372 m
2411m	R4		1368 m
2473m	L2		1365 m
2551m	R5		1359 m
2721m	L6-		1360 m
2776m	L5		1362 m
3153m	L4		1375 m
3229m	L5		1378 m
3317m	R5		1384 m
3459m	R5		1392 m
3665m	L4		1404 m
3741m	R5		1410 m
3986m	R open hairpin		1428 m
4158m	L4-		1432 m
4273m	R5		1438 m
4364m	L hairpin		1444 m
4517m	L5		1460 m
4581m	R5		1470 m
4668m	L5		1483 m
4896m	L5		1511 m
4956m	R3		1512 m
5142m	L4+		1529 m
5269m	R4		1540 m
5386m	L5		1553 m
5492m	L4		1576 m
5663m	R4		1583 m
5831m	R3		1587 m
5921m	R4		1587 m
5976m	L5		1586 m
6026m	R5		1586 m
6086m	L5		1587 m
6189m	R4		1587 m
6271m	L5		1595 m
6564m	L4		1618 m
6601m	R3		1621 m
6638m	L3		1623 m
6670m	R4		1624 m
6721m	L4		1627 m
6793m	R hairpin		1637 m
6904m	R3		1646 m
6963m	L5		1652 m
7083m	R4		1662 m
7141m	L4		1670 m
7190m	R4		1674 m
7251m	L4		1685 m
7611m	L hairpin		1709 m
7767m	L4		1729 m
8003m	R5		1756 m
8282m	L4-		1795 m
8439m	R hairpin		1803 m
8564m	L4-		1824 m
8628m	R3		1837 m
8885m	L5		1847 m
8926m	L5		1849 m
8993m	L hairpin		1857 m
9074m	R4		1862 m
9451m	L3		1908 m
9529m	R hairpin		1910 m
9599m	R4-		1913 m
9711m	L5		1913 m
9833m	L3		1923 m
9942m	L hairpin		1942 m
10028m	R4		1946 m
10294m	L2+		1964 m
10362m	R3		1968 m
10479m	L2-		1986 m
10533m	L2		1999 m
10612m	R3		2008 m
10711m	R4		2010 m
10800m	R2		2008 m
10899m	L3		2017 m
10992m	R hairpin		2026 m
11100m	R4		2033 m
11145m	L3-		2037 m
11230m	L4		2044 m
11367m	L hairpin		2050 m
11468m	R4+		2060 m
11518m	R3+		2064 m
11576m	L3		2070 m
11616m	R5		2072 m
11751m	R hairpin		2074 m
11837m	L4		2081 m
11910m	R6		2092 m
12017m	L hairpin		2108 m
12407m	L4-		2129 m
12458m	R2+		2127 m
12606m	L5-		2142 m
12859m	L4		2179 m
12927m	R4		2183 m
13005m	L5-		2186 m
13082m	R1		2186 m
13138m	L4		2186 m
13234m	R2+		2192 m
13284m	L5		2197 m
13357m	R5		2202 m
13471m	L5		2217 m
13528m	L4-		2221 m
13612m	R2		2229 m
13729m	L4		2238 m
13900m	R3		2255 m
14221m	R4		2273 m
14295m	L3-		2281 m
14438m	R3		2288 m
14510m	L5		2292 m
14700m	R5		2308 m
15210m	L5		2407 m
15333m	R6		2375 m
15596m	L4-		2405 m
15707m	R2		2409 m
15798m	L4		2405 m
15904m	L3		2421 m
15968m	R5		2438 m
16087m	L square		2472 m
16208m	R5		2494 m
16356m	R hairpin		2492 m
16459m	L5		2493 m
16550m	L4		2507 m
16657m	L4		2527 m
16731m	L hairpin		2533 m
16805m	R4-		2534 m
16869m	L5-		2540 m
16935m	R4-		2548 m
17123m	R hairpin		2557 m
17211m	L2		2563 m
17310m	R4-		2572 m
17376m	L3		2580 m
17489m	L4		2586 m
17574m	R4		2592 m
17702m	R3		2613 m
17826m	R3		2628 m

How to read these notes

A call is a direction and a grade: L or R, then 1 (tightest) to 6 (barely a bend). A + or − means the corner sits near the edge of its band. Corners too tight for the ladder are named instead: hairpin, open hairpin, square.

The Notes column carries what gets added to the grade, such as long for a corner that holds its angle well past the usual, and Altitudeis the height at the corner’s turn-in.

The full call reference explains every call, the geometry that earns it, and how each one sounds in English and Italian.

HOW IT SOUNDS

The opening of the stage, as spoken.

0m“20, left 1 long”
83m“40, roundabout, 2nd exit”
186m“80, right 4 into left 1”
264m“20, right 4 and right 5”
428m“20, hairpin left”
581m“60, right 1 long and left 4”

QUESTIONS

Passo Gavia, in brief.

How high is the Passo Gavia?

2,621 m. This stage climbs about 1,440 m to reach it over 18.1 km from Ponte di Legno, an average of roughly 7.7%.

Is the Gavia Pass difficult to drive?

It is narrow, exposed and partly unguarded, with a tunnel near the summit. It is not technically difficult in the rally sense, at 8 corners per kilometre, but it demands attention and gives you very little room to correct.

When is the Gavia Pass open?

Typically late spring to autumn. It closes with the first serious snow. Always check the current status before setting out.

WHERE THIS COMES FROM

Measured, not written.

Every corner on this page was generated by the same engine that runs in the app, from the road’s own geometry: Via Cesare Battisti (SS300), mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors and tagged secondary, asphalt. The engine is deterministic: the same road always produces the same notes, so this table is exactly what the app will say to you.

Elevation comes from an open terrain model rather than a survey, so altitudes are close but not exact. Corner grades are computed estimates, not measurements of how the road should be driven.

Drive it with the calls.

Passo Gavia ships with the app. Start the stage and Tornante speaks each of these calls as you reach it, timed to your GPS, so your eyes stay on the road rather than on a screen.

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Corner density on this stage: 8.2 calls per kilometre.