Gardena Pass

View from Passo Gardena with the Sella of the Cir

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The Gardena Pass ( Badia - Ladin Ju de Frara, Gardena Ladin Jëuf de Frea; Italian Passo Gardena ) is a 2121 m high mountain pass in South Tyrol. It connects Val Gardena at Selva Corvara in Val Badia.

Location

The Gardena Pass is a saddle between the Sella Group in the south and the Cir, which form the gateway to the Natural Park Puez, in the north. Westward impressed the views of the 3181 m high Sasso Lungo with its characteristic elongated south wall, which gave its name to the solid; to the east opens the view to the mountain peaks of Val Badia ( Sass Songher, the Fanes with Heiligkreuzkofel, Cunturines lace and Lavarela ) and further east located Tofanagipfel.

On the Gardena page originates below the pass of Rio Frea, a tributary of the Gardena Bach. On the side of the Val Badia arise various streams of the sella and the Cir group, which unite to Gader.

History

The Stone Age finds from Passo Gardena - charred bits of wood, animal bones and flint tools - are among the oldest in the area of the sella. We know about the settlement but neither exact as on the use of transition in antiquity, the Middle Ages and the early modern period.

In the beginnings of tourism in the Dolomites, Passo Gardena was barely involved, as there was no paved road. Franz Moroder, mayors of St. Ulrich, 1895/96 sought to the first Passo Gardena hospice, which was built by the Bolzano section of the German and Austrian Alpine Club.

An infrastructure has been created until the First World War in 1915 for the purpose of replenishment front and to supply the troops. The German - Austrian front was in Arabba in Buchensteintal ( defensive Col di Lana ), the connection route ran from Bolzano by Val Gardena with a narrow- gauge railway up Plan ( transfer station ). From here we went on a cable car over the Passo Gardena to Corvara and then over the Passo Campolongo, or alternatively via the Passo Sella and Pordoijoch to the front.

The Gardena Pass was on May 5, 1920 meeting of representatives of the five Ladin valleys in Tyrol, who protested against the denial of self-determination and called for recognition as a separate ethnic group.

For tourist purposes, the Gardena Pass won until the middle of the 20th century in importance. A paved road next to the old Jochfahrweg there is only since 1960. A branched network of hiking trails and ski slopes and lifts emerged on both sides of the pass. In addition to the historic Hospice additional accommodations and shops were built.

Toponymy

See the map of the Ladin name of the environment.

Tourist infrastructure / Sport

Together with the Sella Pass, the Pordoijoch and Passo Campolongo is the Gardena Pass for cyclists the Four Passes Sella Ronda around the Sella; in winter this round can be completed on skis in a combination of lifts and runs.

Hiking trails lead down to Corvara and Selva either through the Plan de Frea or by Dantercepies valley below the lift. These slopes are in the winter ski resorts.

In the sella into the Dolomite Mountain trail leading No. 2, partly designed as a via ferrata. A well-worn route for experienced climbers is the Pisciadù path ( via ferrata Brigade Tridentina ) with a suspension bridge on the Exner Tower.

By Cirspitzen the Dolomites Alta Via 2 continues on the north side of the Gardena yoke and leads to Crespeina Plateau with Crespeina Lake and on to the thePuez into it.

Hiking map

Gardena Valley / Val Gardena, 1:25.000, mapgraphic Bolzano