Italy · September 2026
The Italian Alps
The Stelvio. The Gavia. The Mortirolo. Three passes that have defined the mythology of driving since the automobile was invented. We drive all three in four days, at a pace that allows you to feel every one of the 48 hairpins.
Bormio · Passo dello Stelvio 2,757m · Passo del Gavia 2,621m · Passo del Mortirolo
Day 01 · Milan · Bormio
Arrival. The valley before the passes.
Members arrive to Bormio at 1,225 metres — a mountain town at the foot of the Stelvio. The altitude is immediate. The evening begins with a private welcome dinner and the first glass of Sforzato di Valtellina, poured by the winemaker.
Private welcome dinner. Sforzato di Valtellina DOCG.
Day 02 · Passo dello Stelvio · 2,757m
The Stelvio. All 48 hairpins.
Departure at 6:30am — before the coaches, before the motorcycles. 48 hairpin bends, 1,533 metres of ascent, breakfast at the summit with the Ortler massif at arm's reach. The descent via the western face reserved for afternoon.
Dawn summit at 2,757m. Breakfast above the clouds.
Day 03 · Passo del Gavia · 2,621m
The Gavia. Narrower. More demanding.
Single-track at altitude. No barriers in places. The road narrows where the mountain drops away. Less celebrated than the Stelvio, more honest. Lunch at a rifugio above 2,400 metres — simple food, extraordinary altitude.
Single-track summit section. Lunch above the clouds.
Day 04 · Passo del Mortirolo
The Mortirolo. The hardest climb in the world.
11 kilometres. 10.5% average gradient. 18% maximum. Professionals have called it the hardest ascent on earth. In a car, it demands total engagement between driver and machine. The evening: a private dinner at a centuries-old agriturismo in the Valcamonica.
Private dinner at an 18th-century agriturismo.
Day 05 · Valtellina · Milan
The morning drive. Then departure.
A final drive along the vine-covered terraces of the Valtellina — the landscape that produced the Sforzato poured on the first evening. Members depart through the morning. The passes stay in your hands for days.
“The Stelvio teaches you something about driving that no other road can. Then the Mortirolo teaches you something else entirely.”
Curated Moments
Beyond the drive.
The Stelvio before anyone else
Departure at first light to reach the summit before it opens to general traffic. 48 hairpins in silence — no coaches, no crowds. Available only to those willing to set an alarm. We do.
Sforzato tasting with the producer
An evening at a Valtellina estate with the winemaker present. Sforzato is made from dried Nebbiolo grapes — a wine of intense concentration, rarely tasted in its own valley.
Rifugio lunch at 2,400m
On the Gavia day, lunch at a mountain hut accessible only by the pass road. Simple food. The altitude makes it extraordinary.
Agriturismo dinner, Valcamonica
The final evening at a working farm in the valley below the Mortirolo. Still managed by the same family. Dinner from the garden. Wine from the cellar.
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