CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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248 km from Interlaken to Interlaken, about 4 h 17 of riding. It goes by way of Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch, Old City of Berne, back through Old City of Berne and back through Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,350 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
The ride follows Grand Tour of Switzerland for 34 km.
For 1 km this is Lake Thun and Lauterbrunnen Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it. Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast.
Interlaken means between the lakes, which is exactly where it sits: a flat strip of land on the Aare, wedged between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz, with the Bernese Oberland piled up behind. On a clear day the Jungfrau fills the end of the main avenue, and visitors line up to take pictures of that view across the green lawn of the Höhematte, where paragliders land.
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Interlaken is where the day begins. Next is Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch.
No road comes anywhere near. This is a landscape of ice, rock and sky, the first Alpine area to be listed as a World Heritage site, and the riding is all around it rather than through it.
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Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch comes up 31 km in.
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62 km in you reach Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch. Next is Old City of Berne.
Bern does not shout. The Swiss capital sits on a sandstone spur in a tight loop of the green Aare, with six kilometres of arcaded streets that let you walk the whole old town in the rain without getting wet. It was founded in 1191 by Duke Berthold V of Zähringen, and legend says he named it after the first animal he killed hunting nearby, a bear. The bears have been the town's mascots ever since, and a few still live in the BärenPark down by the river at the end of the Nydeggbrücke.
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Old City of Berne, about halfway.
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Old City of Berne sits at 124 km, about halfway. Next is back through Old City of Berne.
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back through Old City of Berne comes up 155 km in. Next is back through Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch.
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186 km in you reach back through Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch.
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back through Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch, late in the day. Next is Interlaken.
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The route ends here after 248 km.
Interlaken → Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch → Old City of Berne is 90 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Old City of Berne → back through Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch is 90 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch → Interlaken is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.