The Best Road Bike Trails in Switzerland

Valle Maggia - Lago del Narèt 114 km

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Tjaart Molenkamp

Distance

70.54mi

Elevation +

9006f

TrailRank

60

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Challenging but gorgeous bike ride taking you along the Valle Maggia to the reservoir Lago del Narèt, and back. The first stretch of 25 km, with only slight ascent, is from Ponte Brolla to Cavergno on the cycling path on...

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132Km around the Leman Lake (not Lake Geneva !!!)

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AlexandreGagnaire

Distance

82.59mi

Elevation +

2205f

TrailRank

37| 5.0

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Friday afternoon after work, I decided to go home the opposite way : 132km instead of 37km. A very pleasant ride as the roads in Switzerland are very well maintained and there is a cycling lane almost every where!

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Lake of Luzern, Zug and big loop around Rigi

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Miguel Alcober

Distance

64.67mi

Elevation +

1864f

TrailRank

35

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Loop around the Lake of Zug and the Lake of Luzern It can be seen as a triangle between Zug-Luzern-Schwyz I wanted to check the Ferry from Beckenried to Gersau. The ferry departs every hour roughly. It cost 8 CHF f...

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Vierwaldstättersee from Oberdorf Part 2

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Road Bike

amorenomtz

Distance

42.85mi

Elevation +

4997f

TrailRank

35

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South side of the lake: Circular tour from Oberdorf towards Beckenried-Emmetten-Seelisberg NOTE: Around km 20 of this route there's a hiking track (Wanderweg) downhill with countless stairs, you'll need to carry your bi...

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Zugersee high route

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Miguel Alcober

Distance

30.59mi

Elevation +

2372f

TrailRank

35| 4.33

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Instead of circling around the flat Zugersee, This route takes an uphill via Verena Blasenberg, gets into the Zugerberg and then falls into Walchwil and continues through the lake ride.

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Rhone Route: Geneva - Aire-la-Ville - Satigny

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Road Bike

elcarisma

Distance

24.07mi

Elevation +

955f

TrailRank

35

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Relaxing ride, good for family cycling and sightseeing. Passes a numer of beautiful villages, an impressive dam, loads of vineyards.

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Vevey - les Pleiades - Vevey

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Road Bike

Ruben.hera

Distance

17.16mi

Elevation +

2707f

TrailRank

34

English (Castellano debajo): From Vevey to les Pleiades you can go using all the time the road or taking some shortcuts through the mountain which will mean super steep slopes from time to time. Given that I'm not very...

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Brienzersee & Thundersee Roady

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Road Bike

bob__stones

Distance

33.97mi

Elevation +

1014f

TrailRank

34

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Starting from just outside Brienz and staying on the North side of the lake as it’s much quieter for riding. Mostly flat so pretty quick track. Cycling through Interlaken isn’t the easiest and does slow you down a bit bu...

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Zug Luzern via Lakes

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Road Bike

Miguel Alcober

Distance

39.58mi

Elevation +

1519f

TrailRank

34

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Follow Zugersee Cycle to Küssnacht am Rigi Then take a short steep narrow asphalted road, follow signs for bike route 38. You may have 2 kilometers of semi well pressed gravel Then fall on to Luzern and follow the lak...

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Geneva Vesenaz Thonex

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Road Bike

Mohammad Mehboudi

Distance

23.12mi

Elevation +

531f

TrailRank

32

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This very nice route starts next to the lake, then goes east, towards (all the way up to) the French boarder. It passes through beautiful landscapes, with yellow and green from colza and grass. A small part in the boarde...

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Alpenbrevet Gold

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Road Bike

rkschuetz

Distance

107.38mi

Elevation +

22457f

TrailRank

32

Yearly challenge with 5300m of climb in most scenery Swiss alps. Some 2000 riders start every year in Meiringen for one of three routes (silver, gold or platinum). Organization is great and if weather is fine this is an ...

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St. Gallen - Altstätten - St. Anton - Rorschach - St. Gallen

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Road Bike

Piotr Lewandowski

Distance

48.33mi

Elevation +

6739f

TrailRank

31

78km loop beginning and ending in St. Gallen, with some climbing - 1760m elevation gain according to my GPS, 2000m according to wikiloc. I think it's rather my GPS which got it right. The first section is a 24km long cy...

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Peseux - Le Landeron - Biel/Bienne - Büren a.A. - Solothurn - Biel

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Road Bike

exploringbybike

Distance

62.85mi

Elevation +

404f

TrailRank

31

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the long haul alongside Lake Neuchatel and Lake Biel/Bienne, following later the river Aare to Solothurn, return via Grenchen to Biel/Bienne

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Bike Trip: Lausanne - Morges - Bremblens - back along the Venoge

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Road Bike

Esther on Tour

Distance

20.19mi

Elevation +

719f

TrailRank

31

just an easy trip around Lake Leman and countryside. The part back along the river Venoge is offroad.

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Vierwaldstättersee from Grafenfort Part 1

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Road Bike

amorenomtz

Distance

48.56mi

Elevation +

1778f

TrailRank

31

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North side of the lake: Circular tour from Grafenfort to Beckenride, boat to Gersau and through Luzern and back to Grafenfort through Stans

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Lichtenstein to Constanz via Rhine, and Rhine Delta

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Road Bike

Miguel Alcober

Distance

62.54mi

Elevation +

141f

TrailRank

30

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Start in Buchs SG, 4h21 min net time Completely flat but there are some stretches of very good gravel (but still gravel). There are also touristy stretches where you have to keep an eye out for cyclists, pedestrians and...

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Intragna - Locarno (Valle Maggia)

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Road Bike

Sebby.fy

Distance

11.02mi

Elevation +

262f

TrailRank

30

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Easy ride, crossing Locarno along Lago Maggiore and up the Maggia River. Well indicated in safe. It would be better to drive to Losone and start riding along the river from there to avoid the city bit. From here, you can...

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Zug Reuss Wohlen and Aargau.

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Road Bike

Miguel Alcober

Distance

59.17mi

Elevation +

1440f

TrailRank

30

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Very relaxed touristy ride. Done in 4h15 moving time. Zug to Cham, then follow route 84, until you see signs for route 77 which will go north close to the Reuss. You follow route 77 until you get to route 34 and st...

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3 Passes (Furka, Grimsel, and Susten)

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Road Bike

oceans2001

Distance

71.07mi

Elevation +

16243f

TrailRank

30

This is a spectacular ride. Take a train to Andermatt to start. I start the ride here because it is not fun riding up through the tunnels from Goeschenen. If you drive to the start, leave you car in Goeschenen and take t...

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Geneva - Thonon (daily, back from work)

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Road Bike

AlexandreGagnaire

Distance

22.96mi

Elevation +

617f

TrailRank

29

The traffic can be quite busy on this road, but with proper gear you can be seen and be safe. I never had any problems during the last 7 years. Meeting my two friends the horses on the way back, and where there is an ...

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Steinhauserwald - Kappel a. A. - Baar

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Road Bike

dchr1

Distance

10.62mi

Elevation +

600f

TrailRank

28

Nice bike tour with some great panaorama views down on Zug valley, for the most part using official bike routes 51 and 22. If not an experienced mountain biker, be careful on the trail from Sihlbrugg down to Baar, it's q...

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Zürich lake round tour

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Road Bike

amorenomtz

Distance

58.42mi

Elevation +

1083f

TrailRank

27

Long ride but no wind with a perfect sunny day My track was wrong I tried to improvise but I did a wrong turn on Wangen SZ, when I should have ride straight. Pls don't follow that part of my track, go straight and catch...

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Bike: Luzern

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Road Bike

Tis

Distance

37.83mi

Elevation +

1109f

TrailRank

27

Added pause from 25.10.2012 15:16:58 to 25.10.2012 15:17:18 (dist:12.27667, elapsedSec:2.9, per:0.167760367688301 gps: 73.17978) Added pause from 25.10.2012 15:46:24 to 25.10.2012 15:46:52 (dist:6.75, elapsedSec:2, per:...

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Neuchatel Lake Road Bike Adventure

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Road Bike

Alessandro Reynaud

Distance

64.66mi

Elevation +

1056f

TrailRank

27

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Started from free parking in Neuchatel, made a ring of the Neuchatel lake and arrived at the castle in the middle of the city. Adventurous, with a lot of dirt roads (compatible with road bike) through the the largest na...

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Interlaken Road Bike Ring

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Road Bike

Alessandro Reynaud

Distance

56.95mi

Elevation +

2667f

TrailRank

27

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From free parking in Interlaken made a ring first around Brienzersee and then around Thunsee. Adventurous trail with some dirt roads (compatible with road bike) and many spectacular scenaries (castles, waterfalls, beaut...

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