{{Infobox mountain pass | name = Pordoi Pass | photo = Passo pordoi.jpg | photo_caption = Pordoi Pass in February. | map = Alps | map_caption = Location of Pordoi Pass in the Dolomites. | map_size = | label = Pordoi Pass | elevation_m = 2239 | elevation_ref = | coords = {{coord|46|29|04.92|N|11|50|09.96|E|type:pass|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | traversed = | location = Italy | range = Dolomites | topo = }}
'''Pordoi''' is a pass in the Dolomites in the Alps, located between the Sella group in the north and the Marmolada group in the south. The pass is at an altitude of {{convert|2,239|m|ft|abbr=on}}, and the road crossing the pass connects Arabba (Livinallongo del Col di Lana) with Canazei (Fassa Valley). It is the second highest surfaced road traversing a pass in the Dolomites, after the Sella Pass.
Starting from Arabba, the ascent to the top is 9.4 km (5.84 mi) long. Over this distance, the elevation gain is {{Convert|637|m|ft|abbr=on}}, with the average percentage of 6.8%.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Pordoi Pass, one of the highest roads of the Dolomites |url=https://www.dangerousroads.org/europe/italy/3305-passo-pordoi.html |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=www.dangerousroads.org |language=en-gb}}</ref>
== Maratona dles Dolomites == Pordoi Pass is the second of seven Dolomite mountain passes that cyclists cross in the annual Maratona dles Dolomites single-day bicycle race.<ref name=":0" />
A memorial to Fausto Coppi stands at the summit of the pass that commemorates the world-renowned Giro d'Italia tour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mountains |first=Dolomite |title=The Dolomites |url=https://www.dolomitemountains.com/en/resources/dolomites-news/visit-pordoi-pass |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=www.dolomitemountains.com |language=it}}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery mode="packed" heights="150px"> File:Maratona dles Dolomites - Pordoi Pass.jpg|Maratona dles Dolomites ascent to Pordoi Pass File:FaustoCoppi.jpg|Memorial to Fausto Coppi in the Pordoi Pass File:Sass Pordoi Mountain.jpg|A view of Sass Pordoi
File:Pordoijoch Ost.jpg|View from Pordoi Pass looking east </gallery>
==See also== * List of highest paved roads in Europe * List of mountain passes
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.cyclingdolomites.com/passo-pordoi-from-canazei/ Passo Pordoi from Canazei by cyclingdolomites.com] *[http://www.cyclingdolomites.com/passo-pordoi-from-arabba/ Passo Pordoi from Arabby by cyclingdolomites.com] *[http://www.climbbybike.com/climb.asp?Col=Passo%20Pordoi%20&qryMountainID=3163 Profile on climbbybike.com] *[https://bestmountain.eu/en/trentino/pordoi-pass/ Pordoi Pass travel guide], on bestmountain.eu
Category:Mountain passes of the Dolomites Category:Mountain passes of South Tyrol
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