Stelvio
Forty-eight numbered hairpins to the roof of the Eastern Alps.
From the UK to the Alps
Experience Stelvio. Furka. Grimsel. Nufenen. Gotthard. Grossglockner.
A British team running group, bike and bespoke trips to the great alpine passes, starting and ending in the UK.
Ways to travel
Five ways to take on the passes.
Signature · set departures
Pass Pursuits Signature Trips
Our flagship small-group departures on set dates. A curated route over the great passes, led by someone who knows them, that you simply book onto and drive in your own car.
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Bespoke Group Trips
Have your own group? A car club, a circle of friends, the extended family. Tell us who is coming and we will build a private trip just for you.
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Set departures
Bike trips
Set-date motorcycle tours over the great passes, with a support van carrying your luggage hotel to hotel.
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Individual trips
A bespoke trip planned around your dates, your pace and your roads. Any length, any corner of the Alps.
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Corporate trips
Block-book a tailor-made trip for your company. A reward, an offsite or a client event, run end to end.
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Furka
Glacier views and a hotel hung over the void, straight from a Bond film.
Grimsel
A bare, lunar climb through granite and dammed reservoirs.
Nufenen
The highest pass that never leaves Switzerland, wild and wind-scoured.
Gotthard
A sweeping climb over one of the oldest north-to-south crossings in the Alps.
Grossglockner
A grand toll road, built for the drive and nothing else.
We are a small team with a long obsession: the roads most people only ever drive past. For more than a decade we have run trips over the great passes, on set dates for a group and one-off for a single family or a whole company. Every one starts and ends on this side of the Channel. You bring the car. We arrange every turn.
How a trip comes together
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Pick your kind of trip
A set-date group or bike tour you book onto, or a bespoke trip planned just for you, your family or your company.
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We plan it end to end
The passes, the hotels, the Channel crossing and a printed road book, all from your start in the UK. You approve it before anything is booked.
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You bring the wheels
Arrive in your own car or on your own bike. The route, the beds and both crossings are arranged and waiting.
Every detail
Booked, checked and waiting for you.
A printed road book
Turn-by-turn notes for every pass, with the detours worth taking and the corners worth slowing for. Our free guides cover the rest.
Hand-picked stays
Family-run inns and design-led chalets, chosen for the view from the breakfast table.
The roads themselves
Cols, corniches and hairpins, sequenced into a route that earns every mile.
The Channel crossing
Eurotunnel or ferry, arranged both ways. Every trip starts and ends in the UK.
Luggage carried, on bikes
On our motorcycle trips a support van carries your bags from one pass to the next.
The quiet hours
Rest days built in by the water, away from the road, for when the driving has earned a pause.
They planned passes we would never have found, and booked the kind of small hotels you cannot turn up to online. All we had to do was drive.
Common questions
How much does a Pass Pursuits trip cost?
Our guided group driving trips run from £4,995 for a five-day June departure to £14,995 for a ten-day August trip in our finest hotels. Motorcycle trips run from £4,995 to £9,995. Bespoke, individual and corporate trips are priced per trip. Prices are a guide; the route, hotels and return Channel crossing are included.
Do I drive my own car?
Yes. On every trip you drive your own car or ride your own bike. We plan the route, book the hotels and arrange the return Channel crossing; you bring the vehicle.
Are the trips guided or self-drive?
Both. Guided group trips run in a small convoy of no more than eight cars behind a lead driver who knows every pass. Individual and bespoke trips are self-drive at your own pace with a printed road book. The planning is the same either way.
When do the trips run?
Through the summer months, June to August, when the high alpine passes are open. The exact dates within each month are agreed with you. The passes themselves are typically clear from late May to late October.
Where do trips start and end?
In the UK. Every trip includes the return Channel crossing by Eurotunnel or ferry, so you start from your own front door and the trip is planned end to end from there.
How do I book or ask a question?
Send the enquiry form below, email info@passpursuits.com, or call or WhatsApp +44 7721 009 278. We will come back with first ideas and a clear price, and there is no deposit until you love the plan.
Start planning your trip
Tell us a little about the trip you have in mind. We will be in touch soon with first ideas and a rough sense of cost. No deposit until you love the plan.