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I'm in the process of planning a two month long European tour, beginning in Dublin, including the IOM TT and getting as far south as the southern coast of Sicily. I'll dedicate a full thread to it at some point in the coming weeks but was wondering if anyone here is familiar with passes in central Switzerland?

I plan on entering Switzerland in the east; probably staying a night in Liechtenstein-because how many chances in my life will I get to be in Liechtenstein. I want to end up in Zermatt for a day of early summer skiing before heading south to the Lake Como region. Initially my plan was to ride to the town of Wassen and spend the night, then take the Susten pass, proceeding to the town of Kandersteg for a pretty cool looking alpine slide before heading south towards Zermatt. However after speaking with a friend he told me that being in that region and not riding both the Susten Pass and Furka Pass would be a crime. I've Googled and found some information on a one day three pass ride that would also include the Grimsel pass but I 'm having trouble figuring out the exact route. Could anybody suggest a route that does not include doubling back that would take me through the Susten and Furka passes and "drop" me towards the west so I could proceed towards Zermatt? I'm pretty sure I could do it by staying two nights in Wassen; doing a loop one day and then finding an alternate route from Wassen to Kandersteg(like I said I hate doubling back,) but I was wondering if anyone here has ridden that region and might have suggestions on a route or other good towns to stay.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

A book well worth the money that have joined me on all my alp tours is John Hermanns " Motorcycle rides through the alps and beyond.
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Why this book is highly recommended for you is because the area around Andermatt is the the absolute favorite area for the author.
Tons of information about riding in the German, Swizz, french,austrian, italian and Slovenian alps. Very helpful when planning routes.

Me and my wife did our first alp tour in 2014, and started the alp part in Switzerland before going to Italy and Austria.
We did Grimsel and Furka pass. Furka is not for the faint of heart, and if you are doing it early/mid june both thoose passes can have quite alot of snow.
We went there in early July and, yes it was still snow (had to wait for the road to be plowed at Grossglockner that year..)
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John have Andermatt as a central point for his different routes, and that might be a good place to stay when doing that part of the swizz alps.


Entered at Basel, did Luzern, stayed in Innertkirchen, rode Grimsel, Furka, passed Andermat. We exited via Chur, Julierpass, st Moritz into Italy for Stelvio (on my bucket list then, done it 5 times by now) and the Dolomites.
Must say i prefer the Dolomites and the area around Canazei much more than swizz alps. switzerland is so expensive that every lunch, dinner, hotel night feels like a rip-off. But very beautiful and well maintained roads. (you immediately feels and can see that you have entered Italy....)

We are going south again this year. In the beginning of planning and just have 2 nights in Garmisch-Partenkirchen booked for the BMW Motorradtag event 5-7 July.

Thanks Wessie, that's exactly the information I was looking for. I'll pop it into Google Maps when I get home and see how it looks.

That makes sense. Last night when I tried to use Google Maps to navigate from anywhere to Furka Pass it said there was no route. I couldn't figure out why; of course because it's closed for the season.

Looks like you can also override the travel dates on Google Maps to a summer date as well and it'll work.

this is the famous "ottovolante svizzero"

if you want, I can sent you my *.gpx files.

I'm from sicily, if you like I can help you for routes and other infos.

If you will tour the alps, don't forget the french alps.

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Thanks so much Folgana. I'll also be in Sicily in mid July and will message you for help😃.

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this is the famous "ottovolante svizzero"

if you want, I can sent you my *.gpx files.

I'm from sicily, if you like I can help you for routes and other infos.

If you will tour the alps, don't forget the french alps.

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