Passo Scimfuss
	Height	Climbing height
	2242m	1126m (Valle); 1067m (Airolo) 151m (St. Gotthardpass/Passo del S. Gottardo)
	Difficulty	Beauty
	1 (5) North; 4 (5) South	4 (5)
How to get there	Cycling from Valle (1116m) just south of Airolo to this pass with a racer is not possible all the way. The road is only paved in some parts and some parts are nearly not traceable in the grassy meadows and some parts are very steep extremely rough jeep track and others again are gravelled steep asphalt road with bends! Yet other parts just below the pass have nice surface. The ”south” rating for difficulty is if you climb via Airolo (1175m) and the St. Gotthardpass/Passo del S. Gottardo (2106m). Then you take the north climb which starts at the St. Gotthardpass on the east side of the little lake by the bar on the top. A tiny tarmacced road leads of in the direction of a higher dam. After a little while you reach Bassa della Sella (2138m) where there is a directional sign for Passo Scimfuss. You take right and suddenly it seems like it is only a rough road ahead, but it is only unpaved for 100 meters and is not a problem (R1) and then there is good asphalt over the pass (which is neither signed nor distinct geographically).
Other comments	It is not far from the St. Gotthardpass and offers some really good views over the Valle Bedretto and surrounding mountain ranges, not seen much of on the St. Gotthardpass road. With a racer I strongly advice against trying to get down to Valle and it could be a bit hard to find the ”road” sometimes. With an MTB this is a perfect alternative to the Gotthard road though. See also descriptions for the St. Gotthardpass and Bassa della Sella. [CH-TI-2238]