Stelvio Pass - Trollstigen's Intimidating Italian Cousin


	Stelvio Pass - Trollstigen's Intimidating Italian Cousin
BartendingBear
11-1-2009 2:33 PM
110 views
BartendingBear says:
TopGear called it the cherry on the sundae of the best driving roads in the world.
Add a Comment
Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up
Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page
View the Top Clips from November 1, 2009
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/67598648-de87-4fe4-995e-c46d743d4bbc/7ECCDA85-B53C-4F53-B055-698A55CD4232/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stelvio_Pass&oldid=316386030" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stelvio_Pass&oldid=316386030" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stelvio_Pass&oldid=316386030">The <B>Passo dello Stelvio</B> (<A title="Italian language" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language" linkindex="5">Italian</A>: <SPAN lang="it" xml:lang="it"><I>Passo dello Stelvio</I></SPAN>; <A title="German language" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" linkindex="6">German</A>: <SPAN lang="de" xml:lang="de"><I>Stilfser Joch</I></SPAN>), located in <A title="Italy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" linkindex="7">Italy</A>, at 2757 m (9045 ft.) is the highest paved <A title="Mountain pass" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_pass" linkindex="8">mountain pass</A> in the <A title="Eastern Alps" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Alps" linkindex="9">Eastern Alps</A>, and the second highest in the <A title="Alps" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alps" linkindex="10">Alps</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stelvio_Pass&oldid=316386030">located in the Italian Alps north of <A title="Bormio" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bormio" linkindex="17">Bormio</A> in the <A title="Province of Sondrio" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Sondrio" linkindex="18">province of Sondrio</A> and south of <A title="Stilfs" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stilfs" linkindex="19">Stilfs</A> in the <A title="Province of Bolzano-Bozen" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Bolzano-Bozen" linkindex="20">province of Bolzano-Bozen</A>, some 75 km (47 mi.) from <A title="Bolzano" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolzano" linkindex="21">Bolzano</A>, close to the <A title="Switzerland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland" linkindex="22">Swiss</A> border</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stelvio_Pass&oldid=316386030">The "Three languages peak" <I>(Dreisprachenspitze)</I> above the pass is so named because this is where the <A class="mw-redirect" title="Italian (language)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_(language)" linkindex="24">Italian</A>, <A class="mw-redirect" title="German (language)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_(language)" linkindex="25">German</A> and <A title="Romansh language" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romansh_language" linkindex="26">Romansh</A> languages meet.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Stelvio.jpg" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Stelvio.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">upload.wikimedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Stelvio.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/upload.wikimedia.org/img/2E107848-503D-4732-A7C5-3AC858265ED9" alt="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Stelvio.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Stilfser_Joch-06.jpg" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Stilfser_Joch-06.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">upload.wikimedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Stilfser_Joch-06.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/upload.wikimedia.org/img/61C5B8B5-6F12-4F6C-ABFB-EEAFB69A55BF" alt="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Stilfser_Joch-06.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://i.imgur.com/q5ZFe.jpg" href="http://i.imgur.com/q5ZFe.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">i.imgur.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://i.imgur.com/q5ZFe.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/i.imgur.com/img/4FB51355-C290-4DAD-A4F3-4205CC1DAD35" alt="http://i.imgur.com/q5ZFe.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Passo.dello.Stelvio.2007.JPG" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Passo.dello.Stelvio.2007.JPG" style="font-size: 11px;">upload.wikimedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Passo.dello.Stelvio.2007.JPG"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/upload.wikimedia.org/img/10E883F2-79E7-454A-9424-31C60A7EE67E" alt="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Passo.dello.Stelvio.2007.JPG" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Kehrengruppe_am_Stilfserjoch.jpg" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Kehrengruppe_am_Stilfserjoch.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">upload.wikimedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Kehrengruppe_am_Stilfserjoch.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/upload.wikimedia.org/img/883F3DCE-CBDA-4473-9D56-6D112B8C8013" alt="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Kehrengruppe_am_Stilfserjoch.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Passo_dello_stelvio.jpg" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Passo_dello_stelvio.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">upload.wikimedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Passo_dello_stelvio.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/upload.wikimedia.org/img/C7772193-202D-4307-A98E-FE86AE247B11" alt="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Passo_dello_stelvio.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stelvio_Pass&oldid=316386030" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stelvio_Pass&oldid=316386030" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stelvio_Pass&oldid=316386030">According to the world-famous British television show "<A class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear" linkindex="55">Top Gear</A>," the Stelvio Pass is the greatest driving road in the world. This conclusion was reached after the team went in search of a road that would satisfy every "petrolhead's" driving fantasies in the premiere of the show's 10th season.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUF-N8BsBmU&feature=player_embedded" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUF-N8BsBmU&feature=player_embedded" style="font-size: 11px;">www.youtube.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUF-N8BsBmU&feature=player_embedded"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lUF-N8BsBmU&hl=en&fs=1&" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7ECCDA85-B53C-4F53-B055-698A55CD4232/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!
Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard
Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment
Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch
Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map
About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA
Search Options

Today's Top Clips
