The Route

We convene in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday morning (27 Aug) for the first of 7 consecutive days of cycling. Two vans will take us to Weggis on Lake Lucerne where we will assemble our bikes and get in a warmup ride of some kind in preparation for the real deal. The route and climbs are summarized in this pdf: OK, can't attach a pdf to the blog so here's a text summary.

27.8. - Day 1, Thursday; Zürich airp to Weggis – warm up loop ~ 66 km

28.8. - Day 2, Friday; Weggis to Andermatt 120 km (Klausen pass, half Gotthard to Andermatt)

29.8. - Day 3, Saturday; Andermatt Loop 139 km (Gotthard, Nufenen and Furka pass)

30.8. - Day 4, Sunday; Andermatt Loop 169 km (Oberalp, Lukmanier and Gotthard pass)

31.8. - Day 5, Monday; Andermatt to Grindelwald 85 km (Susten pass, Grosse Scheidegg)

1.9. - Day 6, Tuesday; Grindelwald to Luederenalp, Emmental 90 km (Schallenberg)

2.9. - Day 7, Wednesday; Luederenalp to Weggis 85 km (Glaubenberg pass)

3.9. - Day 8, Thursday; transfer to Zürich airport

For those of you into the details, Charles has mapped out each day's ride at the following links on mapmyride.com. Click on "show elevation" to see the route profiles.

Thursday: route not known

Friday: http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/switzerland/-weggis/442125048993243617

Saturday: http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/switzerland/-andermatt/684125049243642352

Sunday: http://www.mapmyride.com/route/ch/andermatt/565125049461435309

Monday: http://www.mapmyride.com/route/ch/andermatt/304125057008084042

Tuesday: http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/switzerland/-grindlewald/668125057232986624

Wednesday: http://www.mapmyride.com/route/ch/luederenalp/310125057335822486

For those keeping score, the numbers add up to 470 miles and 50,000 ft. of vertical ascent. Will ALL of us complete ALL the climbs??? Hmm, Swiss privacy laws may prevent full disclosure, but I will do my best to give you the inside scoop!