Passo di Val Alpisella
	Height	Climbing height
	2285m	469m (Livigno) 1068m (Bórmio)
	Difficulty	Beauty
	4-5 (5) South; 3 (5) North	4-5 (5)
How to get there	One can start of east of Livigno (1816m) to the north and climb up a mostly cyclable gravel road to the pass. One could also start at Bormio (1217m) and climb the many serpentines of a rather dusty but easily cyclable road that first goes to the Torri di Fraele (1941m). The road is quite interesting, but try and avoid work hours as many heavy lorries use the road going to the big dam up there. Turn left after a little while and the road along the San Giacomo lake and dam begins. It is a quite funny thing with all the tiny warning signs at the beginning of the road. The road is not flat, even though one would have thought so! After some time you reach the big dam and cross over it (it is doubtful whether the road ahead on the west side is cyclable). (There is also a road on the east side of the first lake, which is probably cyclable.) Well over on the east side, you should follow the road down to the dam. When you reach the end of the dam a road continues ahead (and later splits up). You should turn right and follow the dam until almost the other end when you will see a gravel road going up among the trees. It is more of a path really, but is possible (difficult) to cycle on (in any case when it flattens out later). You have to cycle ca. 2 kilometers of almost flat road before you reach the pass. S: R1-2: 3 km + 12 km R1.
Other comments	There are many very good views along this pass road. I found water by a little house at the end of the dam, but otherwise it is difficult to find water along this road. The southern approach takes a couple of hours! [r950;ol76]