Jaufenpaß/Passo di Monte Giovo/Passo del Giovo
	Height	Climbing height
	2099m Sign 2094m	1151m (Sterzing/Vipiteno) 1429m (St. Leonardo in Pass.); 1797m (Merano)
	Difficulty	Beauty
	North 3 (5); South 4 (5)	3 (5)
How to get there	I have been over this pass twice and both times climbed from the easier north side starting just outside Sterzing/Vipiteno (948m). There are serpentines all the way up on this side and even though shorter and somewhat less steep than the south side, this is still a hard pass. The south approach starts in St. Leonardo in Pass. (670m) if you come down from the Timmelsjoch pass or otherwise already down in Merano (302m). From Merano it is among the longer climbs in the Alps.
Other comments	The pass is nice, but there is nothing much which makes it stand out among Alps passes. It is second easiest alternative for traffic going south from the Brenner pass though obvioulsy all heavy traffic go down to Bolzano via Brixen. There is more traffic on this pass than on the Penser Joch pass, where there is mostly tourist traffic. [IT-BZ-2099;o603]