sergio wrote
An obvious alternative: take the Bike Paths that run all
the way from Spondigna to Bolzano.

I did not know that the bike route avoided the main SS road the whole way
(or even most of the way) from Spondigna to Merano. I've heard that it does
avoid the SS road the whole way from Merano to Bolzano.

I vote for Passo Rolle. Better yet if you come after descending
from Passo Valles and go up from Malga Vallazza to Baita
Segantini. A must do!

Thanks -- it's now on my must do list.

Monte Croce Carnico is a rather busy road.

I was afraid of that. But it could still be OK with me if the Monte Croce
Carnico / Ploeckenpass road were fairly wide.

I have been in Kranskja Gora this very year. The Triglav
National Park is beautiful, an idillic place is the inner Lake
Bohini, quite nice the Vrsic Pass The road that climbs to
the pass from the eastern side is a good example of what
mountain roads were some 50 years ago.


Good -- so I'll try to get there on a future trip.

Ken