Passo Scimfuss
	Height	Climbing height
	2242m	1126m - ca. 11 km (Valle); 1102m - 17.6 km (Airolo (Nufenen road)); 1956m - 52.9 km (Biasca) 161m (Passo del San Gottardo/St. Gotthardpass/Son Gottard)
	Difficulty	Beauty
	1 (5) North; 4 (5) South	4 (5)
How to get there	Cycling from Valle (1116m) just south of Airolo to this pass with a road bike is not possible. The road is only paved in some parts and some parts are nearly not traceable in the grassy meadows and one ramp is a very steep and rough jeep track and another section is a steep gravelled asphalt road with bends! Yet other parts just below the pass have nice surface. See the map for the road I think I was travelling, but it cannot even be traced on satellite maps and surely not on any maps. The “south” rating for difficulty is if you climb via Airolo (1150m) and the Passo del San Gottardo/St. Gotthardpass/Son Gottard (2106m). Then you take the north climb which starts at the St. Gotthardpass on the east side of the little lake by the bar on the top. A tiny tarmacced road leads of in the direction of a higher dam. After a little while you reach Bassa della Sella (2138m) where there is a directional sign for Passo Scimfuss. You take right and suddenly it seems like it is only a rough road ahead, but it is only unpaved (R1) for 100 metres and is not a problem and then there is good asphalt over the pass (which is neither signed nor geographically distinct). For a really long climb one starts already down in Biasca (296m).
Other comments	This pass is not far from the St. Gotthardpass and offers some really good views over the Valle Bedretto and surrounding mountain ranges that one does not see much of on the St. Gotthardpass road. With a road bike I strongly advice against trying to get down to Valle and it could be a bit hard to find the “road” sometimes. With a mountainbike this is a perfect alternative to the Gotthard road. See also descriptions for the St. Gotthardpass and Bassa della Sella. [CH-TI-2238]
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