First time I've seen bikes up there, but the snow banks don't look too stable 
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Stelvio is open!
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cool 
wish it was closer so i could be back home for tea
wish it was closer so i could be back home for tea
First time I've seen bikes up there, but the snow banks don't look too stable
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The Grossglockner is in a similar way - this taken by a friend of mine as she drove over it a couple of weeks ago - don't think it's changed much. Those snow banks must be getting on for 4 metres high!
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I'll be there in two weeks hoping to fit both these passes in plus a few more.
RobertG
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Just heard this evening (June 1) from our local guides that Stelvio is closed due to an avalanche. We are due there June 3 so will let you know.
Any news on this? Tell me its open and good for bikes (not just knobbly GS's you tossers!! LOL)
Bet it's still bloody cold up there!!
Should be up there next week hope it looks better than that
What condition is the road in after the winter?
dave
Some bits are wet, some bits are dry, some bits are smooth, some bits are a bit broken up after the frosts.
This is a bit of a guess as I havn't left Norfolk today, no I tell a lie, I was in Suffolk for about 10 minuets earlier, but thats how the roads have been in the past few years when I have been up there eating Marmot burgers.
Some bits are wet, some bits are dry, some bits are smooth, some bits are a bit broken up after the frosts.
This is a bit of a guess as I havn't left Norfolk today, no I tell a lie, I was in Suffolk for about 10 minuets earlier, but thats how the roads have been in the past few years when I have been up there eating Marmot burgers.
Oh ye very good
Will be on my K1300R this time so don't want the surface too bad
Doesn't look too appealing, does it
nope it looks feckin shite
! For me big cols are best served in bright, warm sunshine with heat haze on the side. Shitty cold days don't float da boat. I'm going to delay my stelvio day until end of month when I will be on my return leg and hope for aforementioned sun.The Grey One
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nope it looks feckin shite
Once the high passes are open (earlier in our region-the Grossglockner opened May 1st) they can be subject to bad weather at any time, delaying a trip until later is no guarantee of good conditions. This is always a problem if you have a fixed day to do any of these roads. Have a plan B if you are planning to use a high pass as part of a route even in high summer.
John
nope it looks feckin shite
I would
Never seen the attraction of the Stelvio, can't understand what all the fuss is about
degsey
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I would
Never seen the attraction of the Stelvio, can't understand what all the fuss is about
Its nothing special
Never seen the attraction of the Stelvio, can't understand what all the fuss is about
+1 on both of those.
one side at least is just a bunch of short straights connected by very tight hairpins. no fun.
quite aware of how the weather changes in the mountains butt, but my point is that waiting a couple more weeks after a particurly bad winter is more likely to help - after all this is still 'spring'?! lol
The Grey One
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I don't know about the Stelvio because I don't live near it but as far as our area was concerned it was not a especially "bad" winter. The 'glockner opened on time at the beginning of May. 5 years ago they didn't get it open until the middle of May. As for it being still spring again that may be so on the Stelvio but here in southern Austria it is summer. I often reply to these threads because the "I was there on the 5th of June and it was snowing/blisteringly hot/foggy/packed with Japanese tourists" posts do only apply to that day. And it is a fact that the high passes can be closed for bad weather at any time of the year. Obviously where we are I monitor the Grossglockner daily and I would say that in the five years we have been here you have on average as much chance of finding it closed in May as in August.
Good luck with the weather on the Stelvio, from when it opens-Mid June is about normal-it is more down to luck not dates as to the conditions on the day.
John
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