High in the Valais canton of Switzerland, Col du Sanetsch should be on anyone’s list…
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I don’t want to “bury the lead,” so I’ll start with the profile for this…
This was a total surprise to me. A great surprise. I had planned to cycle…
Readers of this site know I love roads to high Alpine dams/lakes. And the Valais…
This is a fun time of year to visit very high roads just as they…
High in the mountains of the Canton of Valais are several huge alpine dams, including…
Ovronnaz is a little ski station in the Valais region of Switzerland that has featured recently in the Tour de Suisse. It’s a beautiful and steep 10 kilometre climb. Vineyards down low, south facing for plenty of sun on a cool November day, and dozens of amazing hairpins:
Whenever Verbier appears in a Tour de Suisse or Tour de France stage I predictably complain that the best part of the climb is above the village/finish.
Sanetsch is one of the biggest, most beautiful climbs that you may not have heard of.
Another fantastic and huge climb to an alpine dam / lake.