Comments on: Passo San Gottardo (St. Gotthard Pass) – both sides

By: BCSS

BCSS — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:21:13 +0000

Just came back from riding it (just one way though from Andermatt to Airolo). I would recommend to at least do it from Goeschenen as otherwise it’s too short if you just do one side

Did it on a road bike with 23*700 tires, no issue at all. On a thursday there was nobody around, so you could use the full width of the road to dive into the hairpins.

Only thing to watch out, at some point the coubbles stop and there is good asphalt surface, so you think you can nail it, but the coubbles come again, a bit unpleasant at high speed.

By: n@po

n@po — Sat, 01 May 2010 12:34:51 +0000

The road is still for road bike. Is perfect. No problem. From Airolo are 12km at 7,5% with pmax at 10%.

By: Lenny

Lenny — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:29:43 +0000

Hi,

I’m looking for some information about the pass. I’ll be riding through in August: http://www.lifecyclechallenge.com/2010-challenge/

This ride is on MTB with road tyres but I’m a bit weary because of the cobble stones. I also need some sort of indication of how long it is in km from bottom to top.

Thank you for your help

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By: fptruedas

fptruedas — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:31:55 +0000

YO CUANDO ESTUBE ALLI, NO PUDE SUBIR POR EL MAL TIEMPO Y ME ENCAMINE HACIA EJ FURKAPASS, PERO LEYENDO ESTO ME DA UNAS GANAS DE VOLVER PARA SUBIRLO
UN SALUDO

By: Will

Will — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:07:08 +0000

Hi Nicholas,

Thanks for the great info.

I saw the dam and thought long and hard about visiting, but was a little tired. But agreed, I’ll need to return next summer and include your ideas … many thanks

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:05:04 +0000

Will,
The Tremola, with its cobblestones is amazing, isn’t it?! I did it with the road bike, as part of a two days / seven 2000+ meter pass tour earlier this month. At the top of Gotthard, you could have added two more passes, though: on the eastside of the road, directly starting at the pass, there is indeed a little paved road, that leads to the Sella Lake (and pass) and, if one goes towards the south 100m below the Lake altitude, one can cycle up to Scimfuss Pass. Good reasons to do it again in the future, isn’t it? Cheers,
Nicholas

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:26:31 +0000

Nice work! I started that ride on a weekend a few weeks ago in the hot sun and 1000’s of motorists and motorcyclists (not knowing about the cobbled bit) and abanoned the ride after a short while…. next time i’ll take your advice.

I’m over at Bourg St Maurice after just leaving the swiss/german border a few weeks ago!!!!