Rhone route

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Bike route 1 - Rhone route
overall length	350 km
location	Switzerland
Starting point	Andermatt 46 ° 37 ′ 58.4 "  N , 8 ° 35 ′ 41.4"  E
Target point	Geneva 46 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  N , 6 ° 8 ′ 59.9 ″  E
Flooring	26 km unpaved
Height difference	Altitude difference Andermatt - Geneva 2300 m Altitude difference Geneva - Andermatt 3400 m
Website URL	Rhone route

In the Rhone Valley

The Rhone Route is the National Cycle Route 1 of Switzerland . It has a length of 350 km, of which 26 km are unsurfaced.

course

It begins in Andermatt , leads over the Furka Pass and then in the canton of Valais along the Rhone over Gletsch , Brig , Sion and Martigny to Le Bouveret , where it crosses the Rhone Canal on the last bridge before Lake Geneva , the Passerelle des Grangettes . In the canton of Vaud , it continues through the Les Grangettes nature reserve and along the lake through Montreux , Lausanne and Nyon to Geneva .

The cycle path as indicated other national cycle routes in Switzerland, with red signs and of Cycling in Switzerland entertained.

Connecting routes

In Nyon there is a connection to the Jura route , in Montreux to the lakes route , in Aigle to the Alpine panorama route , in Gletsch to the Aare route , in Andermatt to the north-south route and the Rhine route .

Veloverlad

A so-called Veloverlad can save vertical meters . Using the Furka Base Tunnel , for example, saves 890 meters in altitude in the east-west direction ( Realp - Oberwald ), in the opposite direction it is 1070 meters in altitude.

Web links

• Rhone route on the Veloland Schweiz website accessed on October 3, 2017
• BicycleRoutes & Tours: Rhone route , with map, GPS download, elevation profile, sights and accommodation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Rhone Route , at www.schweizmobil.ch, accessed on March 7, 2018