The numbered hairpins of the Stelvio Pass stacked up the mountainside.

EXTREMEIT · Südtirol · SS38

Passo dello Stelvio

48 numbered tornanti to the second-highest paved pass in the Alps.

Gomagoi to the Passo dello Stelvio, climbing the numbered ramp.

Corners coloured by severity · tightest in red

18.4km
LENGTH: 139
CORNERS CALLED: 47
HAIRPINS: 7.6
CORNERS / KM: +1554m
CLIMB: 2767m
HIGH POINT: 8.0%
AVERAGE GRADIENT

The Passo dello Stelvio, Stilfser Joch in German, tops out at 2,757 metres, second only to the Col de l’Iseran among paved Alpine passes. Its eastern ramp is the one on every poster: a wall of numbered hairpins stacked up the mountainside above Trafoi, each signposted with its own number counting down to the summit.

This stage follows the SS38 from Gomagoi to the pass, about 18.4 km of the numbered-tornanti side. Every corner below is generated from the road’s own geometry and read aloud by the app in the same notation.

The Stelvio’s character is the opposite of the Turini’s. Where Turini is relentlessly tight, the Stelvio alternates: 46 of its 134 calls are hairpins, but the grades in between sit overwhelmingly at 4 and 5: long, open links between the switchbacks rather than a continuous fight.

That is what makes it a co-driver’s road rather than a memorisation exercise. There are 7.3 corners per kilometre against Turini’s 11.2, but each hairpin arrives after enough open road that the call genuinely tells you something you could not already see.

THE STAGE MAP

Every corner, where it actually is.

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THE CLIMB

Elevation profile.

1305 m → 2767 m over 18.4 kmvertical scale ×3.0elevation from a terrain model, not a survey

CORNER MIX

What the road is actually made of.

47hairpin
21
12
133
394
295
86

THE PACENOTES

All 139 calls, in order.

Every call Tornante makes on Passo dello Stelvio, in order. Distances are from the stage start to the corner’s turn-in.
At	Call	Notes	Altitude
0037m	R5		1306 m
1129m	L5+		1356 m
1265m	R5		1363 m
1407m	L5		1383 m
1496m	L4+		1394 m
1779m	R hairpin		1403 m
1863m	L hairpin		1407 m
2088m	L3		1415 m
2133m	R3		1417 m
2224m	L5		1424 m
2382m	L4		1429 m
2425m	R5-		1428 m
2488m	L4		1429 m
2564m	R3		1444 m
2763m	L5-		1483 m
2812m	L5-		1492 m
2884m	L5		1495 m
3465m	L4		1513 m
3512m	L6-		1514 m
3574m	R4-		1519 m
3650m	L5		1526 m
3749m	R5		1535 m
3822m	L4		1533 m
3980m	R5		1534 m
4072m	R1	long	1545 m
4188m	R6-		1560 m
4236m	L hairpin		1568 m
4310m	R6		1573 m
4448m	R6		1588 m
4562m	L4		1608 m
4652m	L4		1616 m
4809m	L4		1614 m
5004m	R6-		1638 m
5206m	R5		1667 m
5353m	R hairpin		1686 m
5478m	R4-		1692 m
5518m	L4		1691 m
5575m	L hairpin		1691 m
5671m	R3		1703 m
5729m	L3		1709 m
5911m	R3		1734 m
5955m	L3-		1733 m
6012m	L3		1723 m
6086m	R4		1718 m
6174m	L5-		1729 m
6208m	R hairpin		1731 m
6311m	L1		1732 m
6414m	L hairpin		1720 m
6499m	R hairpin		1720 m
6651m	L hairpin		1736 m
6776m	R hairpin		1739 m
6858m	L hairpin		1741 m
6963m	R hairpin		1758 m
7066m	R5		1776 m
7195m	L hairpin		1791 m
7369m	R3		1809 m
7533m	R5		1835 m
7690m	R hairpin		1852 m
7862m	L3		1856 m
7957m	L hairpin		1863 m
8062m	R4		1875 m
8192m	R4		1906 m
8289m	L4-		1927 m
8348m	R4		1945 m
8416m	R4		1950 m
8506m	L5-		1949 m
8659m	R6		1957 m
8866m	R5-		1977 m
9006m	R hairpin		1988 m
9091m	L hairpin		1993 m
9192m	R4		2003 m
9231m	L4		2004 m
9356m	R6		2011 m
9591m	R hairpin		2033 m
9897m	L hairpin		2063 m
9978m	R4		2071 m
10094m	L5		2081 m
10149m	R5		2086 m
10322m	R hairpin		2113 m
10538m	L4		2122 m
10611m	L hairpin		2130 m
10700m	R4		2142 m
10885m	R hairpin		2150 m
11030m	L hairpin		2180 m
11218m	R3		2198 m
11268m	L4		2195 m
11329m	R4		2188 m
11440m	R hairpin		2195 m
11548m	L hairpin		2200 m
11628m	R4		2201 m
11726m	R hairpin		2209 m
11875m	L hairpin		2241 m
11974m	R4		2263 m
12333m	L5		2256 m
12447m	R hairpin		2271 m
12605m	L hairpin		2307 m
12730m	R hairpin		2330 m
12870m	L hairpin		2329 m
13155m	L4		2354 m
13213m	R5		2358 m
13424m	R hairpin		2394 m
13599m	L hairpin		2386 m
14145m	L4		2443 m
14369m	R hairpin		2453 m
14478m	L hairpin		2460 m
14581m	R5		2465 m
14758m	L4		2488 m
14853m	R hairpin		2491 m
14969m	R4		2502 m
15202m	L hairpin		2537 m
15422m	L4		2552 m
15501m	L4		2549 m
15603m	L4+		2557 m
15659m	R5-		2558 m
15702m	R hairpin		2560 m
15940m	R5		2594 m
16065m	L hairpin		2611 m
16256m	L5-		2633 m
16447m	R6		2628 m
16552m	R hairpin		2641 m
16789m	L hairpin		2667 m
16870m	R5		2672 m
17004m	L4		2680 m
17042m	R hairpin		2683 m
17192m	L hairpin		2698 m
17296m	L5		2705 m
17410m	L3		2710 m
17465m	R hairpin		2714 m
17538m	L hairpin		2717 m
17608m	R hairpin		2717 m
17685m	R2		2725 m
17750m	L5-		2734 m
17823m	R4-		2741 m
17883m	L hairpin		2745 m
17959m	L4		2750 m
18058m	R4		2762 m
18098m	L3		2764 m
18220m	R4-		2767 m
18310m	R4		2767 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.

37m“40, right 5”
1129m“500, left 5”
1265m“80, right 5”
1407m“60, left 5 into left 4”
1779m“200, hairpin right and hairpin left”
2088m“150, left 3 and right 3”

QUESTIONS

Passo dello Stelvio, in brief.

How many hairpins does the Stelvio Pass have?

The eastern ramp is famous for its 48 numbered tornanti. On this 18.4 km stage, from Gomagoi to the pass, Tornante’s engine calls 46 hairpins among 134 corners.

How high is the Passo dello Stelvio?

The pass is at 2,757 m, the second-highest paved mountain pass in the Alps after the Col de l’Iseran. (The elevation profile on this page comes from a terrain model and reads about ten metres higher; see the note under the chart.)

How steep is the Stelvio Pass?

This stage climbs about 1,460 m net over 18.4 km, an average of roughly 8%. We deliberately do not publish a maximum-gradient figure, because the terrain model available for this road cannot resolve individual hairpins well enough for that number to mean anything.

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: Strada Statale 38 dello Stelvio (SS38), 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 dello Stelvio 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: 7.6 calls per kilometre.