Field guide
Ten asphalt giants from Cime de la Bonette to the Grossglockner: surface condition, opening windows and the weather radar you should check the night before.
At 2,802 m the Bonette is the highest through-road in the Alps, and the reason you want a cool morning start: surfaced tarmac, but old and heavily patched above 2,400 m.
The loop from Jausiers gives you three hours of exposure to altitude weather — plan the summit before 11:00 and the descent for lunch.
Field checks
The classic Austrian high road is tolled, immaculate and busy: ride it early or late, never at midday in August.
Above the Pasterze glacier the hairpins tighten and the wind picks up from the valley — treat the last three kilometres as a slow sector.
Field checks
Pass openings drift by two or three weeks every season. Check the regional road authority page, not a forum thread from last year.
A pass that is open can still be unrideable: afternoon thunderstorms drop hail on exposed ridges and the surface stays slick for hours.
Field checks
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