Passo di Foscagno

Passo di Foscagno
Compass direction	west	east
Pass height	2291  m slm
Province / Region	Sondrio Lombardy
Watershed	Spöl → Inn → Danube	Adda → Po
Valley locations	Madonna del Soccorso, Livigno	Valdidentro , Bormio ( Valtellina )
expansion	Strada Statale 301 del Foscagno
Winter closure	open all year
Mountains	Livigno Alps
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Ø pitch	5.6% (271 m / 4.8 km)	4.5% (1066 m / 23.9 km)
Max. Incline	12%	12%
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Coordinates	46 ° 29 '45 "  N , 10 ° 12' 29"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 29 '45 "  N , 10 ° 12' 29"  E

The Passo di Foscagno (German: Foscagnopass ) is a pass in Valtellina in Italy . The top of the pass is at 2291  m slm .

Together with the Passo d'Eira 2210  m slm on the same route, it connects Bormio with the duty-free Livigno . Livigno can only be reached all year round from Italy via this road, as the Forcola di Livigno between Poschiavo (CH) and Livigno is only free of snow in summer. Livigno can also be driven year-round from Switzerland via the toll road Munt-la-Schera tunnel .

The steepest slope is 12%.

See also

• Strada Statale 301 del Foscagno

Web links

Commons : Passo di Foscagno  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Ernst Höhne: Knaurs Lexicon for Mountain Friends / The Alps between Allgäu and Lake Garda . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-426-26224-X , p. 113 .
2. ↑ The pass portal: Foscagno Pass (Passo di Foscagno). MoTourMedia eK, accessed on June 8, 2020 .