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Mottarone

1416 m · Italy

Mottarone is a 1416 m road climb in Italy. From Baveno: 18 km at an average of 6.7%, climbing 1206 m; the steepest 500 m is about 13.8%.

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The side

FromLengthGainAvgMaxCat
Baveno18 km+1206 m6.7%≈13.8%HC

From Baveno

25050075010001250≈13.8%3.9 km≈13.5%8.0 km≈12.9%14.3 km02468101214166.78.37.110.27.30.71.89.18.85.71.84.85.94.610.09.610.77.8km%/km
25050075010001250≈13.8%3.9 km≈13.5%8.0 km0510156.710.21.85.75.99.6km%/km
Every km of the Baveno side
KmFromToGrade
0–1209 m276 m6.7%
1–2276 m359 m8.3%
2–3359 m430 m7.1%
3–4430 m533 m10.2%
4–5533 m606 m7.3%
5–6606 m613 m0.7%
6–7613 m631 m1.8%
7–8631 m721 m9.1%
8–9721 m810 m8.8%
9–10810 m866 m5.7%
10–11866 m885 m1.8%
11–12885 m933 m4.8%
12–13933 m992 m5.9%
13–14992 m1038 m4.6%
14–151038 m1139 m10.0%
15–161139 m1234 m9.6%
16–171234 m1341 m10.7%
17–18.01341 m1416 m7.8%

Hors catégorie≈31 hairpin bendsfaces NE2 tunnels, longest 60 m

0–4%4–7%7–10%10–12%12%+

The number under each km is its average grade. Flags mark the steepest stretches of about 500 m. Heights come from an elevation model, so grades are approximate.

The climb

From Baveno on the shore of Lake Maggiore up to the Mottarone, the mountain between Lake Maggiore and Lake Orta: 18 km and about 1200 m of climbing.

The Giro d'Italia planned to cross it in 2021 and changed the route after the cable car accident on the mountain that May.

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