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Tonale Pass (el. 1883 m./6178 ft.) is a high mountain pass
Mountain pass

In a range of hills, or especially of mountain range, a pass is a saddle point in between two areas of higher elevation. If following the lowest possible route through a mountain range, a pass is locally the highest point on that route....
 in northern Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 across the Rhaetian Alps
Rhaetian Alps

The Rhaetian Alps are a part of the Central Eastern Alps along the Italian?Swiss and Austrian?Swiss borders, mostly located in the Graub?nden canton in eastern Switzerland....
, between Lombardy
Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region....
 and Trentino
Province of Trento

The Province of Trento , often referred simply as Trentino, is an Autonomous area Provinces of Italy of Italy. In the local languages, typically the word Trentin is used....
.

It connects Valcamonica and Val di Sole
Val di Sole

The Val di Sole or Valle di Sole is a valley in the Italy Province of Trento.Val di Sole applies to the Val Vermiglio, the east-west aligned valley of the river Noce and its sidevalleys, among which the Val di Peio that heads to the Ortler....
. It is delimited by the Ortler Alps
Ortler Alps

The Ortler Alps are a mountain range in the central Alps of Italy. They are considered to be part of the Central Eastern Alps or the Southern Limestone Alps....
 to the north and the Adamello range to the south.

The pass plays host to many hotels and shops for tourists in the Winter, as the land around the pass is used for Winter sports - mainly skiing
Skiing

Snow skiing is a group of sports using skis as primary equipment. Skis are used in conjunction with ski boots that connect to the ski with use of a ski bindings....
 (see Adamello Ski Raid
Adamello Ski Raid

The Adamello-Presanella Ski Raid is an annual Ski mountaineering competition at the Italian Tonale Pass declared as the final race of the European Cup of Ski Mountaineering by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions ....
) and snowboarding
Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is either partially or fully covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set into a mounted binding....
.







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Tonale Pass (el. 1883 m./6178 ft.) is a high mountain pass
Mountain pass

In a range of hills, or especially of mountain range, a pass is a saddle point in between two areas of higher elevation. If following the lowest possible route through a mountain range, a pass is locally the highest point on that route....
 in northern Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 across the Rhaetian Alps
Rhaetian Alps

The Rhaetian Alps are a part of the Central Eastern Alps along the Italian?Swiss and Austrian?Swiss borders, mostly located in the Graub?nden canton in eastern Switzerland....
, between Lombardy
Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region....
 and Trentino
Province of Trento

The Province of Trento , often referred simply as Trentino, is an Autonomous area Provinces of Italy of Italy. In the local languages, typically the word Trentin is used....
.

It connects Valcamonica and Val di Sole
Val di Sole

The Val di Sole or Valle di Sole is a valley in the Italy Province of Trento.Val di Sole applies to the Val Vermiglio, the east-west aligned valley of the river Noce and its sidevalleys, among which the Val di Peio that heads to the Ortler....
. It is delimited by the Ortler Alps
Ortler Alps

The Ortler Alps are a mountain range in the central Alps of Italy. They are considered to be part of the Central Eastern Alps or the Southern Limestone Alps....
 to the north and the Adamello range to the south.

The pass plays host to many hotels and shops for tourists in the Winter, as the land around the pass is used for Winter sports - mainly skiing
Skiing

Snow skiing is a group of sports using skis as primary equipment. Skis are used in conjunction with ski boots that connect to the ski with use of a ski bindings....
 (see Adamello Ski Raid
Adamello Ski Raid

The Adamello-Presanella Ski Raid is an annual Ski mountaineering competition at the Italian Tonale Pass declared as the final race of the European Cup of Ski Mountaineering by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions ....
) and snowboarding
Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is either partially or fully covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set into a mounted binding....
.

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