THERE IS QUITE A lot of competition for the “best motorcycle roads in the world”. I play the game myself, but I am honest about it: I remember that the best roads are generally the most recent ones I have ridden. Thinking about that a few months ago while we were still in the grip of covid, I realised that I could not really be fair because I had ridden relatively few roads and passes in the Alps.
Why not? I have ridden through the Alps several times, and I have also spent a bit of time exploring the Dolomites – a section of the eastern Alps, mainly in Italy. But the other trips have all been through the mountains, on the way to somewhere. So I have tackled the Stelvio, the San Bernardino and a couple of other passes, but I have never been on a ride specifically intended to ride me some o’ that there high country and the passes associated with it.
Time to change that, and seeing that we were looking at an easing of
