The connoisseurs' Dolomite pass: twenty-nine hairpins to a 2,236-metre saddle where the lone tooth of Ra Gusela erupts from meadows that look mown by hand. The Giau is a Giro d'Italia regular, so expect lycra and give it generous room. Sunrise here is the great Dolomites photograph — pink light, empty tarmac, cowbells — and the summit refuge does a proper breakfast afterwards. Come from mid-June to early July for wildflowers with your gear changes.
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