Lenght
Elevation gain
DifficultyThis is the challenge: a distance of 11 km with an average gradient of 7%. Putting it this way it does not sound at all terrifying, as the initial section of this climb – but this is just an appetiser of what lies ahead. It is there where the mountain opens up and the grey and protruding peaks of the Dolomites explode from the valley that the slopes begin to get tough.
Often part of itineraries that make it seem much more insidious than the numbers suggest on paper, the Sella Pass climb is a must for cyclists who like to take on the challenge of the mountain: 11 km, of which the first five, from Canazei to the junction that separates the routes, shared with the road to the Pordoi pass. The junction separates the climb into two distinct parts, the first half characterised by more regular and contained slopes, while in the second part the mountain shows its true nature: increasingly narrower switchbacks become even more challenging with sudden inclines.
14 hotels on the route The Sella Pass
Badia, Sellaronda Dolomites
Open from 14.05.25 to 06.10.25
from € 86,00
Levico Terme, Lagorai Dolomites
Open from 11.04.25 to 01.11.25
from € 50,00
La Valle, Sellaronda Dolomites
Open from 17.05.25 to 19.10.25
from € 65,00
Arabba, Sellaronda Dolomites
Open from 30.05.25 to 30.09.25
from € 58,00
Folgaria, Dolomites and South Tyrol
1/12-30/03; 1/06-30/09
from € 49,00
Merano, Dolomites and South Tyrol
26/03/2026 - 08/11/2026
from € 110,00
San Cassiano, Sellaronda Dolomites
Open from 24.05.25 to 12.10.25
from € 76,50
Andalo, Dolomites and South Tyrol
Open from 20.12.2025 to 29.03.2025 and 8.06.2025 to 14.09.2025
from € 70,00
Arabba di Livinallongo, Sellaronda Dolomites
Open from 01.01.25 to 15.04.25, from 19.06.25 to 25.09.25, from 05.12.25 to 31.12.25
from € 70,00
