Alps

I awoke this morning with the need to get to my hotel in Geneva and return my car by evening because my flight home was the following day. I wanted to squeeze in one last ride but it was raining, [...]

This ride started in Andermatt, my home base for week-two of cycling bliss, now in the Uri canton of Switzerland. You cannot reach Andermatt from the west without going over the iconic Furkapass, [...]

The Grosse Scheidegg is an amazing beutiful mountain pass in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland. The 1,962 m (6,437 ft) pass is traversed by a road connecting the town of Meiringen with the village [...]

Klausen Pass (elevation of 1,948 meters) starts in Altdorf or Linthal. I rode from Altdorf, as it’s near to Andermatt. The Klausen Pass has it’s history in alpine cattle grazing and [...]

My vote for the coolest cycling climb anywhere goes to the Gotthard Pass, or St. Gotthard Pass in Switzerland (Italian: Passo del San Gottardo, German: Gotthardpass). This 2,106-meter pass [...]

Lac de Moiry is another great alpine dam. This means you can expect quite roads because it’s a dead end. It’s a long climb and includes a downhill section to Mayoux. This area seems [...]

Cycling Col de la Croix Col de la Croix is a pass (1778 m.) in the canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. This is not to be confused with the Col de la Croix de Fer in France. I started from Ollon and [...]

Cycling the Sanetsch Pass Sanetsch Pass (Fr: Col du Sanetsch) is a high pass that leads to a lovely alpine reservoir,  the Lac de Sanetsch. You can start the ride in Sion or Conthey. The Sanetsch [...]

Cycling the Great Saint Bernard Pass Great St. Bernard Pass (Colle del Gran San Bernardo on the Italian side) is the third highest paved pass in Switzerland, at 2,469 m (8,100 ft). It connects [...]

Cycling the Col de la Forclaz Col de la Forclaz is a medium mountain pass that starts in Martigny, Switzerland, and goes to France if you wish. The French border is just 25km from Martigny and [...]

Cycling Gavia Pass In 1988 Andy Hampsten won the Giro in the snow and ice on the Gavia, a goat track of a road. There was some snow on the road on the day I road it, though not as much as on [...]

Cycling the Stelvio Pass The Stelvio Pass is probably the most iconic climb in cycling because of it’s setting, beauty, difficulty, and history. It makes the Alpe d’Huez look like [...]