Epic Rides in France
Route des Grandes Alpes
This Epic Ride takes place over a number of mountain passes in the French Alps from Lake Geneva down to the coastline of the French Riviera on the Mediterranean Sea.
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Epic Rides in Italy
Stelvio Pass
This Epic Ride takes place on the Stelvio Pass, over the The Alps in Italy and Switzerland. At an elevation of 2,757 m (9,045 ft) above sea level. It is the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps, and the second highest in the Alps, 7 m (23 ft) below France’s Col de l’Iseran (2,764 m (9,068 ft)). The pass is part of the Stelvio National Park, which is the largest in the Italian Alps. It was established in 1935, and covers the Ortles-Cevedale massif, as well as some minor chains that flank it. Wildlife in the park include deer, chamois, ibex, and wolves.
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Epic Rides in Switzerland
Gotthard Pass
This Epic Ride takes place on the Gotthard Pass, over the The Alps in Switzerland. The Gotthard Pass lies on the main watershed of the Gotthard massif, a massif lying at the heart of the Swiss Alps, between the cantons of Valais, Ticino, Grisons and Uri. The pass itself is the lowest point between the summits of Pizzo Lucendro (west) and Pizzo Centrale (east). It connects the cantons of Uri (north) and Ticino (south), its summit (2,106 metres (6,909 ft), indicated by a road sign) being located in the latter canton, about 2 km south of the border with Uri. The valleys connected by the pass are that of the river Reuss, named the Urseren, and that of the river Ticino, named Valle Leventina. The Gotthard axis is the most important route between Central Switzerland as well as most of the northern part of the country and the southern region of Ticino. It is the most direct link between Zürich and Lugano and also between some regions of northern Europe and Italy
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Tremola San Gottardo, located in the Canton of Ticino, is the longest road monument in Switzerland. It connects the municipality of Airolo to the Gotthard Pass. One of the highest paved roads in Europe, located on the left side of the Val Tremola, it was constructed with the opening of the roadway of the Gotthard Pass. In its most important stretch, over a length of four kilometers it climbs a height of 300 meters in 24 hairpin bends. It is the old road that connects to the Gotthard Pass, and is well worth the ride.
Epic Rides in Switzerland
Grimsel Pass
This Epic Ride is a mountain pass in Switzerland, crossing the Bernese Alps at an elevation of 2,164 metres (7,100 ft). The pass connects the Haslital, the upper valley of the river Aare, with the upper valley of the Rhône. In so doing, and as the Aare is a tributary of the Rhine, the pass crosses the continental divide between the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.
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