Pas de la Foppa/Passo della Foppa
	Height	Climbing height
	1855m Sign 1880m Other sign: 'Passo Mortirolo' says 1851m	1303m (Mazzo di Valtellina); 1172m (Ponte di Grosio) 1156m (Èdolo); 958m (Monno/Ponte dei Pellegrini)
	Difficulty	Beauty
	5 (5) West; 4 (5) East	2 (5)
How to get there	The most popular climb starts from the west just north of Tirano in Mazzo di Valtellina (552m). Here along the roadside they have recently raised a statue to the memory of Marco Pantani. There is a road starting also further north (just north of Grosio) at Ponte di Grosio (683m) (might be hard to find (get the Kompass 94 map of the area)). The eastern approach start in Èdolo (699m) if coming from the south and if coming from Passo del Tonale or Passo di Gavia you can turn of to Monno at Ponte dei Pellegrini (897m). It is a very hard climb on any approach, but the one from Monno is easiest (only last bit is very steep). The climb from Mazzo has around 15% on average for 5-6 kilometres with a maximum at around 18-20%. This pass is often referred to as Passo Mortirolo, confusing it with two other nearby passes with that name. Cartography of the area is poor and thus no wonder there have been mistakes. There is also another start from closer to Tirano according to one correspondent which I will try and verify this coming Summer.
Other comments	There is water just at the start of the real climb in Mazzo. There is very good water not far from the top on the Monno side (where there is a short flat section). There is a bar at the top on the Monno side. There is a high-level ridge road going southwest at the top over the surfaced Passo del Mortirolo (1896m), which is the highest point on that road. That road also passes over Passo di Guspessa (1824m) and Passo del Picco (1870m) and takes you down via Trivigno (1791m) to Passo di Aprica (1173m). There are some roads going off this road (one goes to Cortenedolo (apparently via Baita Foppa (1701m) which is regarded as a pass); one or two goes down to Tirano; and the last one goes over Passo S. Cristina (1400m) down to half-way up the west side of Passo di Aprica. (This road from Foppa to Aprica is a bit bad in places, so be careful when descending!) The ridge road also goes to the northeast and is surfaced 2 km beyond Col Carette di Val Bighera (2087m). [IT-BS-1855]