Derborence balcony rd

www.cycling-challenge.com/derborence/

a secret Swiss valley

Rionda climb

More than 50 hairpins ! First 10 Kilometres paved, then good quality gravel

Lago del Narèt

www.cycling-challenge.com/lago-di-naret/

A paved road to the end of the world. A truly great climb.

Colle delle Finestre, Colle dell'Assietta, and Strada Militare Mont Serin

This is as good a high Alps gravel road route as I know. Spectacular. But warning, this is challenging. Starting at 500 metres altitude, the route goes to almost 2800 metres with a descent in the middle. And much of this is on slippery, poor quality, gravel roads. Hard work. But rewarding.

Strada Militare delle Finestre – Gran Serin (grv)

This is one of the true highlights of the region. This 13 kilometre, slightly crazy, ultra high stretch of old military road is always closed to traffic. It starts exactly at Colle dell’Assietta (2472m) climbs past Forte Gran Serin and heads higher to just under 2800 metres, before descending through fantastic hairpins/mountains to the main road just below Colle delle Finestre. The best.