CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Chur it runs 539 km to Chur; allow about 8 h 23 of riding. It goes by way of Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona, Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina L, back through Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina L and back through Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,500 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 86 km this is Albula Pass Road, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Check the pass is open before you commit to it.
At 593 metres, in a wide bend of the Rhine valley, Chur makes a strong claim to be the oldest town in Switzerland, with traces of settlement going back thousands of years and a Roman presence from the first century BC. It has been the seat of a bishop since late antiquity, and the bishop's court, with its cathedral, sits on a terrace above the old town. Down below, the narrow streets and squares of the Altstadt, with painted houses, fountains and arcades, are a pleasant place to wander after a morning in the saddle.
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Chur is where the day begins. Next is Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona.
Twice a year, in spring and autumn, the sun shines through a hole in a mountain ridge and lights up the church tower of Elm, a village in the Sernf valley of canton Glarus. The hole is the Martinsloch, a natural window in the Tschingelhörner, and it sits right on one of the most famous geological features in the world: a sharp line along the cliffs, clearly visible from the valley, where older rock lies on top of much younger rock. This is the Glarus thrust, and it helped geologists understand how mountains are built by the stacking of enormous slabs of the earth's crust. The Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona was listed by UNESCO in 2008.
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Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona comes up 30 km in. Next is Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona.
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59 km in you reach Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona. Next is Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina L.
The Rhaetian Railway's Albula and Bernina lines were built in the early twentieth century to connect the Engadine with the rest of Switzerland and with Italy, and they are masterpieces of mountain railway engineering, with spiral tunnels, viaducts and gradients that seem impossible for a train. They were listed by UNESCO in 2008 together with the landscapes they cross, and St. If you ride in this area, you will see the red trains everywhere, and you will often be riding beside them.
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Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina L, about halfway. Next is Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina L.
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Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina L sits at 118 km, about halfway. Next is back through Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina L.
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back through Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina L comes up 148 km in. Next is back through Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona.
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177 km in you reach back through Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona. Next is back through Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona.
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back through Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona, late in the day. Next is Chur.
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Read the complete Chur write-up.
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The route ends here after 539 km.
Chur → Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona → Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina L is 88 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina L → back through Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona is 88 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona → Chur is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.