Rhone Route, Stage 2/8

National route No. 1, Stage 2: Oberwald – Brig

Description

National route: No. 1 (Andermatt – Geneva)
Length: 50 km
Ascent • Descent: ↑ 620 m • ↓ 1300 m
Lowest point • Highest point: 671 m • 1365 m


Fitness level: medium

National route No. 1: Rhone Route: Stages; 0. Andermatt – Oberwald; 0. Oberwald – Brig; 0. Martigny – Montreux; 0. Genève – Bois de Chancy; 0. Morges – Genève; 0. Montreux – Morges; 0. Brig – Sierre; 0. Sierre – Martigny

The young Rhone, known in the Goms Valley as the «Rotten», flows through an authentic natural and cultivated landscape. Pretty villages with beautiful baroque churches, stone pine forests, insect-rich flower meadows and a tangy resin aroma accompany cyclists through the sunny high valley.