Splügenpass/Passo dello Spluga
	Height	Climbing height
	2115m Signs 2113m; 2118m	658m (Splügen) 1790m (Chiavenna)
	Difficulty	Beauty
	North 2 (5); South 4 (5)	3 (5)
How to get there	It is a fairly easy climb from Splügen (1457m), Switzerland in the north, with a set of nice serpentines the last kilometers to the top. The travel from the south is quite something else altogether. You would start in Chiavenna (325m) and it starts out steep at once and then is unevenly steep up the wild and narrow valley. There are two alternative roads at one point – one goes through some spectacular tunnels while the other let you see them from below. The south side is hard. (A sports car passed me on the way down this side, but it took him 20 minutes to shake me off.)
Other comments	This pass has a high regard among cyclists, probably because of the difficult and unusual south side. I had rather bad weather and was a bit in a hurry and passed in the opposite direction, so my impressions may suffer a little from this. Next time I will surely do it from the south. I am not sure about water on the south side, but bring with you. There is at least one little village on the south side, Corti (1071m). [CH-GR-2115b;o568]