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Auer - Ora

The Gampen and Mendel Passes

Hard

4.8

(111)

4,506

riders

The Gampen and Mendel Passes

05:32

106km

1,830m

Road cycling

With the Gampen and Mendel Passes, two road cycling gems await you in one tour. At 1,850 meters of elevation gain, this tour is ideal for intensifying your hill training while enjoying stunning mountain scenery.

You could start, for example, at the Auer train station on the South Tyrolean Wine…

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Last updated: April 10, 2026

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After 90.8 km for 253 m

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11.7 km

Confluence of the Adige and Isarco Rivers

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Here the Eisack flows into the Adige. From the bridge that crosses the Adige and the Eisack, there are beautiful views of both rivers.

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57.2 km

Gampen Pass / Passo Palade

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The Gampen Pass can be incorporated into many beautiful road cycling tours. The long descent to Lana is a truly special sporting and scenic experience.

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78.5 km

Mendel Pass (Passo Mendola)

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A very pleasant ride on a road bike with a 5-8% gradient. The view of Lake Kaltern is beautiful.

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106 km

End point

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Way Types & Surfaces

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48.2 km

35.1 km

22.3 km

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Surfaces

105 km

375 m

317 m

128 m

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Highest point (1,530 m)

Lowest point (210 m)

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Monday 13 July

31°C

20°C

83 %

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Comments

May 10, 2024,Lana - Gampen- und Mendelpass
To avoid the heavy traffic, I recommend climbing over the Mendel Pass.

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I couldn't keep my feet still today and sat down on the 🚴 when my cold was dying down. The temperatures beyond 30 degrees didn't really suit me 🥵.
The tour over the Appiano Wine Route to warm up and then over the Mendel Pass, Fondo to the Gampen Pass was definitely worth the toil 😅
The descent from the …

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September 4, 2021,Mendel-Gampen-Meran
1800 meters of altitude from the edge of the bed calculated over the first 30 km.

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Beautiful tour and a short gravel section at the end💪

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Finally sunny today 🌞 So let's go cycling. But it's fresh and windy up there 🥶
Age-appropriate passes, the nasty South Tyrolean ramps were avoided... but hey anyway 🥴

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From the Pensionerskaff Kaltern up to the Mendel Pass it is on the one hand crowned with wonderful views of the Dolomites, Lake Kaltern and the like, but the sheer mass of mostly brainless moped drivers makes the experience null and void. Noise, stench and tight maneuvers make the worst wishes come up for the unscrupulous pack - few exceptions …

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First road bike 🚴 ♂️ tour in South Tyrol ⛰ with a great panorama from Penegal ☀️

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February 26, 2026

With the Gampen and Mendel Passes, two road cycling gems await you in one tour. At 1,850 meters of elevation gain, this tour is ideal for intensifying your hill training while enjoying stunning mountain scenery.



You could start, for example, at the Auer train station on the South Tyrolean Wine Road and

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