# Pordoi Pass

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{{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](/source/Italy)
| range = [Dolomites](/source/Dolomites)
| topo = 
}}

'''Pordoi''' is a [pass](/source/mountain_pass) in the [Dolomites](/source/Dolomites) in the [Alps](/source/Alps), located between the [Sella group](/source/Sella_group) in the north and the [Marmolada](/source/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](/source/Arabba) ([Livinallongo del Col di Lana](/source/Livinallongo_del_Col_di_Lana)) with [Canazei](/source/Canazei) ([Fassa Valley](/source/Fassa_Valley)). It is the second highest surfaced road traversing a pass in the Dolomites, after the [Sella Pass](/source/Sella_Pass).

Starting from Arabba, the ascent to the top is 9.4&nbsp;km (5.84&nbsp;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](/source/Maratona_dles_Dolomites) single-day [bicycle race](/source/bicycle_race).<ref name=":0" />

A memorial to [Fausto Coppi](/source/Fausto_Coppi) stands at the summit of the pass that commemorates the world-renowned [Giro d'Italia](/source/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](/source/Fausto_Coppi) in the Pordoi Pass
File:Sass Pordoi Mountain.jpg|A view of [Sass Pordoi](/source/Sella_group)

File:Pordoijoch Ost.jpg|View from Pordoi Pass looking east
</gallery>

==See also==
* [List of highest paved roads in Europe](/source/List_of_highest_paved_roads_in_Europe)
* [List of mountain passes](/source/List_of_mountain_passes)

==References==
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==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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