Museums & culture
Madonna del Ghisallo
The sanctuary of the cyclists' patron saint on the Ghisallo pass, with champions' bicycles hanging inside.
5.1 km
Sormano
Muro di Sormano
The Sormano Wall, the cycling climb from Sormano to the Colma, closed to cars: the Giro di Lombardia dropped it after 1962, amid the riders' protests, and later took it back.
- Visit duration
- 30 min – 1 h 30
- Booking
- Not required
- Area
- The Triangle
- Mario Cerchiai · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mario Cerchiai · CC BY-SA 4.0
Why go
The Muro di Sormano, the Sormano Wall, is a narrow lane, closed to motor traffic, that climbs from Sormano to the Colma in four hairpins: about 1,700 metres long with nearly three hundred metres of ascent, an average gradient of 17% and ramps beyond 25%. The Giro di Lombardia raced up it from 1960 to 1962 and then dropped it: the riders protested, and spectators pushing them up skewed the race. The road was resurfaced in 2006, and since 2012 the climb has returned in some editions. Painted on the tarmac, metre by metre, are the altitudes: the closer together they are, the steeper the road. Alongside are sayings of cycling's greats and the times of the riders of those years.
- About 1,700 metres at 17% on average, with ramps beyond 25%.
- Closed to cars, it can be walked too, past the heights and sayings written on the tarmac.
Highlights
- The altitudes painted metre by metre
- The champions' sayings on the tarmac
- The Colma at the top, at 1,124 metres
Getting there
- By bike or car to Sormano, from Asso in the Vallassina, where the train from Milano Cadorna arrives.
- The Muro starts just above the village, at the board telling its story; the Colma at the top can also be reached by car on the ordinary road.
Practical information
- Access
Road closed to motor traffic
Facilities
Car park 299 m away · free
Distances from the point on the map.
Webcams
- Colma di Sormano, the observatoryUpdated image · Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano · 1.1 km
Updated 9 October 2026
On the map
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Distances as the crow flies.
Sources and credits
- Maps, parking, services and distances: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- Freely licensed photographs: authors and licences under Photograph credits.
Sources and credits
- Maps, parking, services and distances: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- Freely licensed photographs: authors and licences under Photograph credits.