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; 1. Andermatt – Oberwald; 2. Oberwald – Brig; 3. Brig – Sierre; 4. Sierre – Martigny; 5. Martigny – Montreux; 6. Montreux – Morges; 7. Morges – Genève; 8. Genève – Genève (Chancy)

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.