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: 144
CORNERS CALLED: 16
HAIRPINS: 8.0
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
203
504
395
36
1roundabout

THE PACENOTES

All 145 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	Radius	Turn	Altitude
0000m	L1	long	9 m	127°	1244 m
0085m	roundabout		7 m	0°	1244 m
0190m	R4		67 m	13°	1247 m
0225m	L1		14 m	43°	1249 m
0265m	R4		68 m	56°	1252 m
0370m	R5		129 m	15°	1259 m
0430m	L hairpin		10 m	169°	1263 m
0585m	R1	long	18 m	135°	1263 m
0715m	L4		71 m	81°	1266 m
0845m	R square		10 m	95°	1281 m
0935m	L4		65 m	26°	1290 m
1000m	R4		49 m	18°	1293 m
1055m	L4		73 m	15°	1292 m
1120m	L5		126 m	15°	1293 m
1420m	L5+		141 m	21°	1298 m
1560m	R4-		44 m	30°	1318 m
1635m	L5-		83 m	19°	1323 m
1745m	L5		118 m	34°	1322 m
1880m	R5		97 m	22°	1326 m
2125m	R5		102 m	14°	1349 m
2260m	R6-		146 m	31°	1372 m
2415m	R4		65 m	22°	1368 m
2475m	L2		26 m	66°	1365 m
2555m	R5		95 m	22°	1359 m
2755m	L5		104 m	31°	1361 m
3155m	L4		70 m	28°	1375 m
3230m	L5		117 m	14°	1378 m
3320m	R5		95 m	24°	1384 m
3460m	R5		86 m	17°	1392 m
3670m	L4		54 m	39°	1404 m
3745m	R5		114 m	27°	1410 m
3990m	R open hairpin		24 m	181°	1428 m
4160m	L4-		42 m	68°	1432 m
4275m	R5		133 m	25°	1438 m
4365m	L hairpin		9 m	163°	1444 m
4520m	L5		105 m	13°	1460 m
4585m	R5		104 m	22°	1470 m
4670m	L5		95 m	38°	1483 m
4900m	L5		89 m	25°	1511 m
4960m	R3		31 m	36°	1512 m
5145m	L5-		79 m	25°	1529 m
5220m	R5		121 m	21°	1538 m
5300m	R4		61 m	26°	1543 m
5390m	L5		129 m	22°	1553 m
5495m	L4		60 m	29°	1576 m
5665m	R4		60 m	40°	1583 m
5835m	R4-		42 m	15°	1587 m
5925m	R4		49 m	20°	1587 m
6030m	R5		127 m	15°	1586 m
6090m	L5		107 m	23°	1587 m
6190m	R4		59 m	31°	1587 m
6275m	L5		104 m	18°	1595 m
6565m	L4		54 m	12°	1618 m
6605m	R3		34 m	17°	1621 m
6640m	L3		32 m	13°	1623 m
6675m	R4		49 m	12°	1625 m
6725m	L4		52 m	23°	1627 m
6795m	R hairpin		9 m	161°	1637 m
6905m	R3		31 m	32°	1646 m
6965m	L5		91 m	18°	1652 m
7085m	R4		61 m	26°	1662 m
7145m	L4		59 m	13°	1670 m
7190m	R4		67 m	28°	1674 m
7610m	L hairpin		8 m	164°	1708 m
7770m	L4		54 m	19°	1729 m
8005m	R5		98 m	15°	1756 m
8285m	L4-		45 m	23°	1795 m
8440m	R hairpin		10 m	161°	1803 m
8565m	L3+		41 m	35°	1824 m
8630m	R3		38 m	63°	1837 m
8885m	L5		88 m	15°	1847 m
8930m	L5		91 m	24°	1849 m
8990m	L hairpin		7 m	175°	1855 m
9075m	R4		52 m	41°	1862 m
9455m	L2		28 m	79°	1908 m
9530m	R hairpin		7 m	181°	1910 m
9600m	R4-		44 m	79°	1913 m
9715m	L5		126 m	13°	1913 m
9835m	L3		37 m	44°	1923 m
9945m	L hairpin		7 m	172°	1942 m
10030m	R4		57 m	45°	1946 m
10295m	L3		34 m	46°	1964 m
10365m	R3		33 m	51°	1968 m
10480m	L2+		29 m	34°	1986 m
10535m	L2		22 m	81°	1999 m
10615m	R3		35 m	42°	2008 m
10800m	R2		25 m	47°	2008 m
10900m	L4-		44 m	42°	2017 m
10995m	R hairpin		7 m	178°	2026 m
11105m	R4		74 m	14°	2033 m
11150m	L3		32 m	19°	2037 m
11230m	L4		70 m	41°	2044 m
11370m	L hairpin		7 m	168°	2050 m
11470m	R4+		76 m	18°	2060 m
11530m	R3		40 m	24°	2064 m
11580m	L3		37 m	14°	2070 m
11620m	R5		127 m	16°	2072 m
11755m	R hairpin		9 m	176°	2074 m
11840m	L4		52 m	29°	2081 m
11910m	R6		211 m	17°	2092 m
12020m	L hairpin		9 m	162°	2108 m
12410m	L4		48 m	29°	2129 m
12460m	R2		28 m	72°	2127 m
12610m	L5-		83 m	65°	2142 m
12860m	L4		45 m	43°	2179 m
12930m	R4		54 m	44°	2183 m
13005m	L4+		75 m	40°	2186 m
13085m	R1-		14 m	68°	2186 m
13140m	L4		71 m	26°	2186 m
13235m	R3		38 m	22°	2192 m
13285m	L5		95 m	24°	2197 m
13360m	R5-		83 m	19°	2202 m
13530m	L4		47 m	91°	2221 m
13615m	R2		26 m	84°	2229 m
13730m	L4		71 m	22°	2238 m
13905m	R2+		29 m	35°	2255 m
14225m	R4		59 m	46°	2273 m
14300m	L3		31 m	41°	2281 m
14440m	R3		31 m	37°	2288 m
14515m	L5		90 m	17°	2293 m
14700m	R5		113 m	30°	2308 m
15215m	L5-		82 m	19°	2403 m
15335m	R6		169 m	19°	2375 m
15600m	L4-		45 m	61°	2405 m
15710m	R2-		21 m	94°	2409 m
15800m	L4		50 m	23°	2405 m
15905m	L3+		40 m	35°	2421 m
16090m	L square		13 m	90°	2472 m
16210m	R5		107 m	22°	2494 m
16385m	R hairpin		8 m	169°	2491 m
16460m	L5		105 m	16°	2493 m
16550m	L4		53 m	25°	2507 m
16660m	L4		67 m	45°	2527 m
16730m	L hairpin		7 m	165°	2532 m
16805m	R4-		43 m	49°	2534 m
16870m	L5-		83 m	15°	2540 m
16935m	R4		48 m	25°	2548 m
17125m	R hairpin		7 m	171°	2557 m
17210m	L2		27 m	83°	2561 m
17315m	R4		50 m	36°	2574 m
17380m	L3		37 m	61°	2580 m
17490m	L4-		44 m	46°	2586 m
17575m	R4		58 m	41°	2592 m
17705m	R3		35 m	38°	2613 m
17830m	R3		33 m	90°	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 the modifiers a co-driver would add: tightens, opens, long, don’t cut. Radius is the tightest sustained apex radius the engine measured, and Turn is the total heading change through the corner. Those are the two numbers behind the grade.

HOW IT SOUNDS

The opening of the stage, as spoken.

0m“20, left 1 long”
85m“40, roundabout, 2nd exit, left”
190m“80, right 4 into left 1”
265m“20, right 4 and right 5”
430m“20, hairpin left”
585m“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: 8.0 calls per kilometre.