Cycling to Colle del Sommeiller, at 2993m, one of the highest roads in Europe. Map, photos, profiles, etc.
Author: Will
Will
Happiest while cycling uphill.
If you like cycling up hairpins, quiet roads, and forests …. you’ll love this climb. Map, photos, route description.
Mountain biking more than a vertical kilometre above Verbier to Croix de Couer, Col des Mines, and Col de Chassoure. Photos, map, etc.
Map, photos, profiles, cycling the old Tremola road to Passo San Gottardo (Gotthardpass)
Fantastic mountain bike ride to the Glacier de Saint-Sorlin, Lac Bramant, Col Nord des Lacs, etc. Photos, map, route descriptions. Paradise.
Photos, map, route description of the amazing cycling climb to Lago di Narèt
Cycling up Nufenpass (Passo della Novena). The second highest pass in Switzerland and a detour to a beautiful dam/lake below a glacier. Not bad. Map, photos, elevation profiles, etc.
Beautiful 41 kilometre cycling climb up to the Lago di Santa Maria at the Passo del Lucomagno. Map, photos, route description.
September 1st and snow already? At 2,429 metres, Furkapass is the fourth highest paved mountain pass in Switzerland. Both sides are wide, well engineered roads, but in the remote high Alps with very little development beyond the occasional old hotel or farm-house. This region is cycling heaven: beautiful mountains, well surfaced roads, and hairpins everywhere. Furkapass can be included in two challenging three-pass loops: 1. Furkapass-Nufenenpass-Gotthardpass (best counter-clockwise) 2. Furkapass-Grimselpass-Sustenpass (best clockwise) Here is an old photo I took from Grimselpass showing Furkapass in the distance: I did the first loop above (but clockwise) as part of the Alpenbrevet cyclosportive…
A fantastic cycling climb to Männlichen. Profile, map, photos, route description.