Dolomites, Italy

Passo Giau

The connoisseurs' Dolomite pass: twenty-nine hairpins to a 2,236-metre saddle where the lone tooth of Ra Gusela erupts from meadows that look mown by hand.

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Approx. flying time~12h 10m from Los Angeles
Nearest airportBolzano (BZO)

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About this place

The Giau is a Giro d'Italia regular, so expect lycra and give it generous room. Sunrise here is the great Dolomites photograph — pink light, empty tarmac, cowbells — and the summit refuge does a proper breakfast afterwards. Come from mid-June to early July for wildflowers with your gear changes.

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When to go

Daytime highs run from about -5°C in January to 16°C in July. Driest in January and February; wettest in May, with rain on about 24 days.

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August15° · rain 19 daysCool and often wet.

Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis).

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