![Passo del Mortirolo Cycling Passo del Mortirolo - hairpin, Marco Pantani memorial.]()
Cycling Passo Mortirolo from Edolo
Ride 16.8 kilometers gaining 1126 meters at 6.7% average grade.
If you ever have the opportunity, climb all four of the routes to Passo del Mortirolo. The most popular and famous is from San Valentino, but the climbs from Edolo, Grisio, and Tovo are spectacular in their own right. Edolo is the easiest route to the top.
![Cycling Passo Mortirolo from Edolo sign for Passo Mortirolo at dusk]()
Passo Mortirolo is one of the most famous bike climbs in the world . . .
. . . thanks to the Giro d’Italia - 14 times featured!
![Cycling Passo Mortirolo from Edolo idyllic countryside views along climb route]()
GIRO HISTORY
![Cycling Passo Mortirolo from Edolo Giro d'Italia signs along climb route]()
There are several signs of past Giro d'Italia's along the climb.
The approach to the pass has been from Mazzo di Valtellina in 10 of 14 Giro appearances (through 2022).
The 1990, 2017 and 2022 Giro used the Edolo approach to climb Mortirolo.
We are on a busy highway for the first 4.5 km until turning onto a much lesser traveled and well maintained road for the majority of the climb. This is the “back way” to the passo - it is far to the south and isolated from the other three routes which all overlap themselves at some point. The Edolo path to Passo Mortirolo is the only approach that does not share the road with one of the other four routes to the top.
![Passo del Mortirolo from Edolo bike climb of Passo del Mortirolo from Edolo - start of climb - bridge in Edolo]()
Climb begins in Edolo (pop. 4532, 2017).
![Passo del Mortirolo from Edolo Climbing Passo del Mortirolo from Edolo - roadway sign with bike leaning against it.]()
Climb is on busy SS 42 until we turn left onto SP81 at km 4.5.
![Passo del Mortirolo from Edolo Cycling Mortirolo from Edolo - distant view of mountains and sky]()
Beautiful views as we climb.
![Cycling Passo Mortirolo from Edolo sign for 7 degree hairpin turn, Tornante, on climb]()
There are several nice hairpins on this climb.
![Cycling Passo Mortirolo from Edolo top of climb, multiple signs marking it as a mountain pass]()
No shortage of pass signs at the top.