Tonale Pass (Italian: Passo del Tonale) (el. 1883 m./6178 ft.) is a high mountain pass in northern Italy across the Rhaetian Alps, between Lombardy and Trentino.
| Tonale Pass | |
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 Tonale Pass | |
| Elevation | 1,883 m (6,178 ft) |
| Location | Lombardy/Trentino, Italy |
| Range | Rhaetian Alps Adamello-Presanella Alps |
| Coordinates | 46°15′29″N 10°34′51″E / 46.25806°N 10.58083°E |
  Tonale Pass Tonale Pass | |
It connects Valcamonica and Val di Sole. It is delimited by the Ortler Alps to the north and the Adamello range to the south.
The pass has hotels and shops for tourists in winter, as the land around the pass is used for winter sports – mainly skiing (see Adamello Ski Raid) and snowboarding.
During World War I the place was heavily fought for between Italians holding Western side (Lombardy) and the troops of Habsburg Empire holding the Eastern side (Trentino). A memorial for the fallen Italian soldiers was erected during the fascist period.
Climate
| Climate data for Tonale Pass, elevation 1,795 m (5,889 ft), (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.2 (31.6) | 0.9 (33.6) | 3.9 (39.0) | 6.7 (44.1) | 11.6 (52.9) | 15.1 (59.2) | 18.2 (64.8) | 17.7 (63.9) | 13.6 (56.5) | 8.7 (47.7) | 3.0 (37.4) | 0.1 (32.2) | 8.3 (46.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.2 (24.4) | −3.8 (25.2) | −1.1 (30.0) | 1.8 (35.2) | 6.5 (43.7) | 9.7 (49.5) | 12.3 (54.1) | 11.9 (53.4) | 8.2 (46.8) | 4.1 (39.4) | −1.0 (30.2) | −3.5 (25.7) | 3.4 (38.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.2 (17.2) | −8.6 (16.5) | −6.1 (21.0) | −3.1 (26.4) | 1.3 (34.3) | 4.3 (39.7) | 6.4 (43.5) | 6.1 (43.0) | 3.1 (37.6) | −0.4 (31.3) | −4.9 (23.2) | −7.2 (19.0) | −1.4 (29.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 70 (2.8) | 55 (2.2) | 79 (3.1) | 122 (4.8) | 148 (5.8) | 130 (5.1) | 124 (4.9) | 126 (5.0) | 123 (4.8) | 162 (6.4) | 104 (4.1) | 82 (3.2) | 1,325 (52.2) |
| Source: Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale [1] | |||||||||||||
See also
External links
Media related to Passo del Tonale at Wikimedia Commons- Profile on climbbybike.com
