Route:
- From Lugano – Switzerland
- Via
- Como lake – Italy
- Valtellina – Italy
- Passo San Marco – Italy
- Bergamo – Italy
- To Lugano – Switzerland
Expertise needed:
Few tight switchbacks, the road is big enough all time. There is one Alp pass between Switzerland and Italy –> Medium
Run info:
- Km 440
- Lenght (without stops): around 5:30h
- San Marco pass is closed during winter
What is Passo San Marco:
The San Marco pass, 1,992 m high above sea level, is an alpine pass that connects the Bergamo Val Brembana to the Valtellina.
At the pass it is possible to admire the insignia of the then Republic of Venice which built this road for the economic development of trade with the Swiss valleys. (from 1512 to 1797 the Valtellina belonged to the Grisons).
On the Orobic side of the pass is the Cà San Marco refuge, for years the roadman’s house of the pass and one of the oldest refuges in the Alps, built in 1593. On its façade a plaque commemorates “For two centuries this roadman watched over the Brembane Alps. traffic and safety of the Republic of San Marco “.
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