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The Bernardino spoils you in parts with curves that you don’t want to drive just once (here in the southern part of the pass).

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8th place: The Fluelapass, which often comes up with bad, holey asphalt, which only gives way to better on the descent.

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At the top of the Nufenen Pass with a lake and a thrilling view of the Gries Glacier, in the eastern, upper part, a picturesque stone desert opens up.

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Arrival to the Swiss Pass tour: via Singen, Schaffhausen, Zurich / Winterthur or via Memmingen, Bregenz, Sargans to Niederurnen. The 4,000-inhabitant town on Lake Walen is the start and end point of our pleasure tour recommendation, which leads over 16 passes, can be varied as desired and which includes the ten pass roads that we have awarded .

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On the Swiss side, the Splugen Pass starts in the picturesque village of the same name, Splugen, which is suitable for overnight stays. In the further course you drive through different worlds.

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The Splugen Pass: Length: 39 kilometers – Height: 2113 meters – Opening times: May to November – Maximum gradient: 13 percent – Special features: demanding driving, wild landscape impressions, even more diverse than Umbrail, winner of hearts, southern part in Italy.

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The Gotthard Pass: Length: 27 kilometers – Height: 2106 meters Opening times: April to November – Maximum gradient: nine percent – Special features: barren, extensive, the entire massif was hollowed out as a bunker system.

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The Susten Pass: Length: 46 kilometers – Height: 2224 meters – Opening times: mid-June to early November – Maximum gradient: nine percent – Special features: The landscape is extremely attractive, great to drive.

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A pass to drive dizzy: The Umbrail is one of the most diverse there is, older passages increase its appeal.

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The Albula Pass: Length: 35 kilometers – Height: 2312 meters – Opening times: beginning of June to November – Maximum gradient: 12 percent – Special features: lunar landscape, rough surface, variety.

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The San Bernardino Pass: Length: 47 kilometers – Height: 1948 meters – Opening times: May to November – Maximum gradient: nine percent – Special features: beautiful mountain panorama, diverse and entertaining.

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The Grimsel Pass: Length: 33 kilometers – Height: 2165 meters – Opening times: June to October – Maximum gradient: eleven percent – Special features: very scenic, ingenious panoramic road, views of Grimselsee, Raterichsbodensee, Ritzlihorn (3282 meters), Gerstenhorner (3189 meters ).

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The Umbrail Pass: Length: 14 kilometers – Height: 2503 meters – Opening times: May to the beginning of December – Maximum gradient: twelve percent – Special features: southern part in Italy, gravel passage, access to the Stilfser Joch, impressive nature.

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1st place: The Susten Pass with an intense landscape experience, unearthly views and a stronger rollercoaster feeling.

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5th place: The San Bernardino Pass, which has beautiful, well-developed driving routes in addition to picturesque mountain landscapes.

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7th place: The Nufenen Pass offers varied roads and landscapes that have a typical Canadian national park appearance.

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The Fluela Pass: Length: 28 kilometers – Height: 2383 meters – Opening times: April / May to November – Maximum gradient: ten percent – Special features: sparse landscape, but impressively high alpine.

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The panorama road at the top of the pass, which is only ever open in one direction, makes the Grimsel experience perfect.

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The Klausern Pass is a pass from a picture book, small detours are worthwhile, but the quality of the asphalt varies.

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The San Bernardino Pass: Length: 32 kilometers – Height: 2065 meters – Opening times: April to December – Maximum gradient: 9.7 percent – Special features: picturesque cairns, Moesola Lake at the top of the pass, moor-like landscapes on the north side.

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6th place: The Klausen Pass, which is rather poorly developed at the beginning and only gives the best of beautiful, level curves with grippy asphalt towards the end.

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The Nufenen Pass: Length: 37 kilometers – Height: 2478 meters – Opening times: May to October – Maximum gradient: 13 percent – Special features: the highest purely Swiss pass, fantastic views from the top of the pass, high peaks of snow along the road are still possible in June.

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9th place: The Albula Pass, which impresses with its fantastic, wide lunar landscapes.

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4th place: The Splugen Pass, which on its 30 km long southern ramp is something for adventurers who are hungry for adventure. However, it is less suitable for beginners.

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The wild, rough Fluelapass shows that barren landscapes can also develop charms.

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The top of the Susten pass offers fascinating views of the mountains.

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2nd place: The Grimsel Pass, which with the right route allows unforgettable views of the glacier world.

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3rd place: The Umbrail Pass, which despite or because of the many hairpins offers a lot of driving fun.

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Place 10: The Gotthard Pass, which has beautiful slopes, but is unbelievably smooth in places when it is wet.

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Pass roads in the Alps are among the most popular and attractive motorcycle routes in the world. MOTORRAD has therefore decided in 2010 to test as many passes as possible and to present the ten best of each. In this issue, we are starting with the Swiss passports and are releasing further passport highlights at a relaxed pace.

Markus Biebricher

03/04/2010

The cold claws of winter cannot prevent us from dreaming about the highlights of the coming season. This definitely includes driving passes. The combination of fast and slow curves, vertical landscapes, breathtaking panoramas, steep passages up and down is a guarantee for happiness hormones and unforgettable experiences. Our neighboring country Switzerland is blessed with dream roads and is ripe for the first pass test. Other countries will follow.

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MOTORRAD has chosen the ten best passes in Switzerland and awarded them on a scale from one to ten points for the following disciplines: general driving pleasure, slow bends, fast bends, landscape and pass altitude scenario. Of course, not every small pass could be driven in every corner of Switzerland, and we tried to combine the pass roads in such a way that they could be driven in one big round without too much “idling”. The great Saint Bernard will be dealt with in a later story, otherwise all passports that have rank and name are included.

We tested sixteen – but now the stage is clear for the top ten. Let yourself be inspired for your season planning, experience the ultimate rollercoaster feeling and write us your opinion.

1st place: Sustenpass

Start from Waasen, right behind the town, grippy asphalt, harmonious, sporty curves, spectacular driving fun, high speeds possible, would be great for a pass race, the twenty minutes from Waasen to the top of the pass mean unlimited driving fun. Recommendation: From the top of the pass up a small road even higher and then rest (or spend a wonderful night) in the mountain inn Sustenpass Hospiz (www.sustenpass-hospiz.ch) between the cantons of Uri and Bern at 2265 meters. Quaint, cozy pub, grandiose panorama. Descent to Innertkirchen spectacular, slightly slower curves, but more intense landscape experience, unearthly views and a stronger rollercoaster feeling. With rare beauty and diversity, this pass honestly deserves victory.

2nd place: Grimsel Pass

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Connection between the Bernese Oberland and Valais. Start in Innertkirchen, majestic curves, partly wide roads, flat, grippy asphalt. Then a large reservoir, a dam, a hospice, it continues over endless hairpin bends, the best panoramic views, you screw your way up into a lunar landscape. The top of the pass is very touristy, especially overcrowded with motorbikes on weekends. Tip: Spend the night (www.grimselhotels.ch), in the evening before sunset again down and up the north side, then the pass is empty. Absolutely: drive on the panorama road from the Hotel Alpenrosli shortly before the pass. It leads to the Oberaarstausee: unforgettable views of the glacier world. Round-trip transportation is the highlight. Descent over the south side to Gletsch: tight curves, good asphalt.

3rd place: Umbrail Pass

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Start from Bormio (Italy), pass from the beginning inspiring with steep curves through wild, overgrown slopes, mixture of narrow and wide hairpin bends, some straights, a lot of driving fun despite hairpins and several tunnels, above desert-like scree landscape, mixture of good and in need of repair Asphalt. Shortly before the pass and the border station (almost always unoccupied) turn off to the Stilfser Joch. Departure towards Santa Maria (Canton of Graubunden) in the Val Mustair very attractive, great serpentines, beautiful views, then from 2200 meters to about 2000 meters a 2.5 kilometer gravel passage, carefully passable with road machines. All in all, a very varied pass, enjoy the silence during intermediate stops, experience nature until the next Ducati approaches.

4th place: Splugenpass

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Start from Splugen (Rheinwald, CH) in the direction of Chiavenna (Sondrio, Italy) through a Scottish-looking high moor landscape, wild nature; very tight turns spiral upwards. Wavy asphalt but spicy, at the top of the pass at the border, then a wildly romantic descent, rusty guardrails, beautiful curve frenzy up to the lake Lago di Monte Spluga. Then it starts: super tight hairpin bends, steep narrow streets meander deep into the gorge, difficult to drive smoothly, many dark tunnels and galleries, dramatic landscape, hairpin bends do not stop until Chiavenna. The north ramp measures nine kilometers, the south ramp, which is very challenging from the lake, is 30 kilometers, a pass for adventurers who are hungry for adventure, less suitable for beginners.

5th place: San Bernardino pass

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Start from San Bernardino in the Misox Valley (Mesocco, CH) towards the Hinterrhein, many bends through the forest, quarry stone barns, on a high plateau wild, picturesque mountain landscape, very impressive. Nice hairpin bends, sometimes narrow, but often also well-developed roads, clean asphalt, easy to drive. At the top of the pass, the European watershed and the language border between German and Italian. Exit north side through Via Mala Gorge as for Splugen, wildly romantic, beautiful hairpin bends, glaciers have abraded rocks, the structures for ventilation of the tunnel protrude from rocks, thanks to this little traffic. Less spectacular in the lower part of the north ramp.

6th place: Klausenpass

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Entry into our round of passes. Start in Linthal (Canton Glarus) towards Altdorf (Canton Uri). Cobblestone in sections, narrow road, partly wavy asphalt, changing panoramas: forest, alpine meadows, rock faces, plateau with cows (attention: cows and cow dung often also on the road). Sometimes police checks, long straight section through villages (with numerous refreshment stops) and meadows, then the final ascent with spectacular panoramas, serpentines better developed, also the descent to Altdorf characterized by sometimes beautiful, flat curves with grippy asphalt, very picturesque pass road. Was the Klausen race track for cars and motorcycles between 1922 and 1934.

7th place: Nufenenpass

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Start in Airolo (Ticino) towards Ulrichen in the Valais. The pass begins nicely with Italian flair, changes after several beautiful, not too narrow hairpin bends to the typical Canadian national park appearance, further up then wild, rugged, stony mountains. Several straights between serpentines, a varied landscape enjoyment. From the top of the pass (often frequented by many motorbikes) with a lake and a large restaurant, a magnificent view of the Bernese Alps to the south of the Gries Glacier. Valais side drops steeply into gorges, longer straights with hairpin bends at the end, but smooth, brisk driving possible, also thanks to mostly clean asphalt. Warning: marmots often cross fearlessly.

8th place: Fluelapass

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Start from Susch coming from the Ofenpass (also approach lane to Reschen or Bernina) towards Davos. Hairpin bends and bends ascent, after a few kilometers of good road then bad, potholed asphalt. Ascent into a wild, rough, scree mountain landscape, several beautiful waterfalls, at the top of the pass, a motorcycle meeting point and a small lake, the descent is then better and more fun to ride because the smoother asphalt and faster curves create a real rollercoaster feeling. Attention: a hut at the tree line, where regular radar checks. Looks very similar to the Albula Pass in many areas.

Rank 9: Albula Pass

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Start from La Punt Chamues in the direction of Alvaneu Bad, Canadian landscape, many tight hairpin bends, poor asphalt, then straight road with fewer curves through wide plateau valley, scree fields, barren around the pass, wide lunar landscape, hardly any vegetation, descent steeply downhill into dark valleys , delightfully picturesque mountain views, bumpy surface, very rough, wild pass.

Rank 10: Gotthard Pass

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Start from Andermatt in the direction of Airolo, Ticino. Driveway rather unspectacular, fast, wide curves, good asphalt, pass summit crowded, a lot of tourism, hotels, shops. Two variants for the descent to the south: well-developed main road with silky asphalt, easy to drive, or “La Tremola” (The Trembling), the old road: especially when wet, cobblestone pavement, switchbacks, please drive carefully!

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Our selected Swiss passes have the advantage of not costing any tolls and still offering the highest (driving) enjoyment. Watch out for speed traps, cows and cooks.

The route:
We tried to lay our pass route in such a way that one lap is possible. Some of the less attractive passes had to be left by the wayside. The journey works from Zurich or Bregenz, start and end are in Nieder-
Urns at the Walensee. If you have to drive a pass twice on the lap or if you get into Italian territory, that doesn’t detract from the fun, on the contrary. Our pass sequence: Klausen, Susten, Grimsel, Grimsel-Panoramica-Strabe, Furka, Oberalp, Gotthard (Tremola and Neue Strabe), Nufenen, San Bernardino, Splugen, Maloja, Albula, Bernina, Levigno, Umbrail, Ofen, Fluela. That means 16 passes, but not all of them made it into the top ten. Which doesn’t mean that the others are free of fun. Please try it out!

Travel time: 6 days
Distance covered: 1500 kilometers

The review:
In order to present the character and overall perception of the individual passes in a sufficiently differentiated manner, but not too complicated, the following disciplines were assigned on a scale from one to ten points: general driving fun, adventure factor in slow and fast corners (can vary greatly), general impressions of the landscape and the impression of the top of the pass, where you usually stop for a moment because it represents the geographical goal of driving through the pass. The evaluation arises from the finest possible observation, but ultimately subjective impressions and can be discussed.

The other passes:
The Malojapass lands in 11th place with 22 points and the Oberalbpass in 12th place with 21 points. Behind them in 13th place is the Ofen Pass with 20, in 14th place the Furkapass (16 points), a bit behind in position 15, the Bernina (15 points) and 16th place the Livignopass, a rather unspectacular road that connects us between Bernina and umbrail served.

Driving in Switzerland:
You can have maximum fun on federal passports, but you should take speed limits seriously. One to five km / h too fast costs 40 francs, six to ten immediately 100 francs, 11 to 15 km / h too much means 160 francs, all with zero tolerance. The maximum speed on country roads: 80 km / h. 50 km / h applies in towns and 120 km / h on motorways. A vignette is required for the motorway (27.50 euros or 40 francs), which is valid for one year and is available from ADAC, at the borders or in Switzerland at train stations, rest stops or kiosks. It takes more time to complete the pass round without a vignette. Please note that driving on passes costs a lot of tire tread.

Maps / addresses:
Kummerley’s Switzerland road map is recommended as a basic map & Frey (1: 301000) for 8.95 euros. The following addresses can help on the Internet:
www.alpentourer.de
www.traumrouten.com
www.swissinfo.ch
www.alpen.bplaced.net

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