Sellajoch/Jouf de Séla/Passo del Sella [old Passo Sella]
	Height	Climbing height
	2213m	342m (Plan de Gralba); 979m (St. Ulrich/Ortisei) 1689m (Klausen/Chiusa); 1743m (Waidbruck/Ponte Gardena)
	Difficulty	Beauty
	4 (5) North	5 (5)
How to get there	This is the old Passo Sella and it is a distinct pass as it descends into the Salei valley while the new goes down the Piana valley. The south side is only a path until it reaches the regular road to the new Passo Sella coming up from Canazei. There is a short steep road going off around 300m before the new Passo Sella on the Sella ring road. This surfaced road reach the pass in about 150m. The road goes down to the Rifugio Valentin and also further as a cyclable gravel road pass that you will see in the distance. One can come from a nearby pass on the Sella Ring – Jëuf de Frea/Grödnerjoch/Passo Gardena to the north. There are longer approaches from northwest: St. Ulrich/Ortisei (1234m); Klausen/Chiusa (524m) or Waidbruck/Ponte Gardena (470m). You can make it even harder by going from Bolzano (266m) via the Panider Sattel/Passo di Pinei (1442m) and then up from St. Ulrich/Ortisei (1234m), which means a climb of 2155m, making it one of the longer climbs in the Alps and Dolomites.
Other comments	This and the nearby new pass are two of the most beautiful passes in the Dolomites. The roads are often very good in this area, but they very often resurface the roads around the Sella Ring as they are one of the main attractions for tourists in the Dolomites (well, the road were not very good on Passo Sella in 2006). There is a bar on the top of all the passes in the Sella ring (Campolongo?) and plenty of accomodation in the villages in the valleys. See, of course, also the new Passo Sella (2244m) for more information! (Photo taken at the new pass.) [IT-BZ-2213]