Swiss Bicycle Ascents

Swiss Bicycle Ascents

A long-term cycling project to document, ride, and organize bicycle ascents across Switzerland.

I started this project in May 2020. The goal is not only to collect famous climbs, but also smaller and less-known ascents that are useful for planning rides, understanding regions, and exploring Switzerland by bike.

The initial ascent list was built with extensive help from cols-cyclisme.com, whose work has been extremely useful.

Progress 85 / 244

Ascents completed so far.

Completion 35%

Approximate total completion.

Focus Switzerland

Regional ascent database and riding archive.

Total progress 85 / 244

View detailed cycling statistics


Ascents by region

The table below lists the ascents grouped by mountain region.


Heatmap

Heatmap of Swiss bicycle ascents


Regional progress

Region Completed Total Progress
Alpes Valaisannes 23 32 72%
Alpes Bernoises 17 54 31%
Jura 22 38 58%
Mont-Blanc 5 5 100%
Chablais 5 12 42%
Massif de l’Ortles 2 2 100%
Alpes Uranaises 0 17 0%
Alpes Glaronaises 0 5 0%
Alpes Lépontines 2 24 8%
Alpes Rhétiques 3 14 21%
Rätikon 0 3 0%
Chaîne de la Bernina 1 4 25%
Saint-Gothard 5 7 71%
Autres 0 2 0%
Total 85 244 35%

Statistics to add later

This page will eventually include more statistics, for example:

  • total distance
  • total elevation gain
  • hours spent on the bike
  • ascents done with the road bike
  • ascents done with the blue bike
  • progress by year
  • progress by canton or region
  • hardest remaining ascents