Route: Airolo to Ulrichen – 22.5 miles Ridden: 21/07/2010 Either way you ride this pass it is a great ride and strongly recommended. It also has the advantage that it’s close to a number of other great passes – Furka, Grimsel, Oberalp, St Gotthard and Susten – so base yourself in . . . → Read More: Nufenen Pass (aka Passo della Novena) – 2,478m
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Route: Route 13 Splugen to Mesocco – 26 miles Ridden: 21/07/2010 From Splugen you can only follow the old road a little way before it is entirely subsumed by the new road, which you have to join. When you are past Hinterrhein take care to follow the Blue sign to “San . . . → Read More: Passo del San Bernardino – 2,065m Route: Route 17 Altdorf to Linthal – 26 miles Ridden: 20/07/2010 From Altdorf you ride through the village of Burglen and the pass starts properly. The early sections are straightforward and flowing but before you drop into the village of Ulrichen you can look upwards and see the pass road climbing . . . → Read More: Klausen Pass – 1,984m Route: Via Tiefencastel to La Punt Chamues – 25 miles Ridden: 16/06/2009 Leaving Tiefencastel the road follows the valley floor and the railway past Filisur to Bergun. From Bergun the road tightens and in some places the road surface is not the best, but the scenery is very good. Adding to . . . → Read More: Albula Pass – 2,312m Route: Route 3 Silvaplana to Tiefencastel – 21 miles Ridden: 16/06/2009 Coming west from St. Moritz you come to Silvaplana and turn right towards Tiefencastel. This is a main highway and as such the road is wide with few tight bends – even the hairpins are broad and sweeping. On reaching . . . → Read More: Julier Pass – 2,284m Route: Route 29 Poschiavo to Pontresina – 20 miles Ridden: 15/06/2009, 16/06/2009 & 17/06/2009 Part of a main north/south artery from Tirano in Italy up to Chur in Switzerland. Best ridden from Poschiavo upwards as this is much the steeper side of the pass, climbing about 1,200m over 10 miles. The . . . → Read More: Bernina Pass – 2,328m Route: S28 Zernez to Santa Maria im Mustair – 22 miles Ridden: 10/06/2009, 14/06/2009 & 15/06/2009 The Ofen Pass connects Zernez in the Engadin valley with Santa Maria im Mustair in the Mustair Valley. It runs past the tunnel into Livigno after 7.5 miles from Zernez. Santa Maria sits at the . . . → Read More: Ofen Pass (aka Pass dal Fuorn) – 2,149m Route: Route 28 Davos to Susch – 17 miles Ridden: 10/06/2009 TBC . . . → Read More: Fluela Pass – 2,383m Route: Route 9 Brig to Domodossola – 20 miles Ridden: 09/06/2009 TBC . . . → Read More: Simplon Pass – 2,006m Route: Route 6 Oberwald to Innertkirchen – 24 miles Ridden: 09/06/2009 & 21/07/2010 From Ulrichen at the base of the Nufenen the road towards Andermatt becomes the Furkastrasse. At Oberwald the road kicks up towards Gletsch. It’s debatable whether Oberwald or Gletsch is the start of the Grimsel (or for that . . . → Read More: Grimsel Pass – 2,165m |
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