Reiter Joch/Passo Pampeago/Passo delle Pale
	Height	Climbing height
	1996m	1004m (Tèsero); 986m (Cavalese) 1730m (Bolzano/Bozen)
	Difficulty	Beauty
	4 (5)	3-4 (5)
How to get there	From the south one starts normally in Tèsero (992m) or else from Cavalese (1010m) and via a connecting road higher up over the Passo di Pramadícco (1443m). This road is quite steep and often above 10% higher up. At the Alpe di Pampeago (1757m) a gravel road (R1) takes you in a few easy kilometers to the top (there is even a short bit that is paved). Upon reaching the top of the road at over 2000m the asphalt returns and remains. The northern climb could be started already down in Bolzano (266m), when it becomes a very hard and long climb. The road is very narrow on the last stretch on the north side from Obereggen/S. Floriano (1512m).
Other comments	The road up from Bolzano through Val d’Ega/Eggental should be very nice with its gorge. (See Virtual Alps web page.) This is indeed a very hard pass from either side. Bring water even if you probably could find some on the way at bars. (It is probably also possible to go up a gravel road (R1-2?) to the east of the pass, called Passo Feudo/Satteljoch (2121m) and have a nice view eastwards.) [IT-BZ-1990;or09]