Eight days. 1,000 miles. Four countries. 27 sports cars aimed at the greatest AND the quieter mountain passes in Europe. This is Alpine Apex 2026 — Edizione Dolomiti. We started in the Bavarian Allgäu, crossed the Alps into South Tyrol over the Timmelsjoch, spent two days deep in the Dolomites, slipped into the Carnic Alps and Slovenia, and finished on the Grossglockner Hochalpenstraße with 30-plus 3,000 m peaks standing around us. From baroque abbeys to glacier panoramas. From silk-smooth Italian hairpins to a cobbled climb where Russian POWs built the road by hand. This is what the drive looked like.
🏔️ THE PASSES
* Timmelsjoch / Passo del Rombo (8,232 ft) — one of the most spectacular border crossings in the Alps
* Passo di Giau (7,336 ft) — for many, simply the most beautiful pass in the Dolomites
* Passo Pordoi, Sella, Gardena & Campolongo — the full Sella Ronda
* Passo Duran & Staulanza — the Dolomites' best-kept secrets, empty and narrow
* Vršič Pass (5,285 ft) — Slovenia's highest, with its famous cobbled hairpins and the Russian Chapel
* Mangart Saddle (6,742 ft) — the highest asphalt road in Slovenia, carved through tunnels in the rock face
* Grossglockner Hochalpenstraße — the 1930s masterpiece, plus Edelweißspitze (8,435 ft) and Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe
* Hahntenjoch, Namloser Sattel, Riedbergpass, Jaufenpass, Plöcken Pass, Wurzen Pass, Tre Croci, Falzarego, Valparola
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