National route 1
Via Alpina
Via Alpina. 390 km, 135 h 45 min. From Vaduz (Gaflei, FL) to Montreux.
- Distance
- 390 km
- Time
- 135 h 45 min
- Ascent
- 23,500 m
- Descent
- 24,700 m
- Highest point
- 2,778 m
- Lowest point
- 375 m
- Technique
- medium
- Fitness
- difficult
Stages
20 stages
- 1Vaduz (Gaflei, FL) – Sargans
28 km · 7 h 30 min · Ascent 480 m · Descent 1,600 m
Technique easy · Fitness difficult · Reverse 8 h 35 min
- 2Sargans – Weisstannen
13 km · 4 h 15 min · Ascent 820 m · Descent 300 m
Technique easy · Fitness medium · Reverse 3 h 45 min
- 3Weisstannen – Elm
22 km · 7 h 50 min · Ascent 1,400 m · Descent 1,450 m
Technique medium · Fitness difficult · Reverse 8 h
- 4Elm – Linthal
25 km · 9 h 10 min · Ascent 1,650 m · Descent 1,950 m
Technique medium · Fitness difficult · Reverse 9 h 35 min
- 5Linthal – Urner Boden
16 km · 5 h 20 min · Ascent 1,100 m · Descent 360 m
Technique medium · Fitness difficult · Reverse 4 h 30 min
- 6Urner Boden – Altdorf (UR)
27 km · 8 h 20 min · Ascent 1,050 m · Descent 1,900 m
Technique medium · Fitness difficult · Reverse 9 h 15 min
- 7Altdorf (UR) – Engelberg
30 km · 10 h 45 min · Ascent 2,100 m · Descent 1,500 m
Technique medium · Fitness difficult · Reverse 10 h
- 8Engelberg – Engstlenalp
12 km · 5 h · Ascent 1,300 m · Descent 440 m
Technique medium · Fitness difficult · Reverse 4 h
- 9Engstlenalp – Meiringen
22 km · 7 h · Ascent 740 m · Descent 1,950 m
Technique medium · Fitness difficult · Reverse 8 h 15 min
- 10Meiringen – Grindelwald
23 km · 8 h · Ascent 1,550 m · Descent 1,100 m
Technique medium · Fitness difficult · Reverse 7 h 25 min
- 11Grindelwald – Lauterbrunnen
20 km · 6 h 40 min · Ascent 1,150 m · Descent 1,400 m
Technique easy · Fitness difficult · Reverse 7 h
- 12Lauterbrunnen – Griesalp
22 km · 9 h · Ascent 2,000 m · Descent 1,400 m
Technique medium · Fitness difficult · Reverse 8 h 25 min
- 13Griesalp – Kandersteg
17 km · 7 h 15 min · Ascent 1,450 m · Descent 1,700 m
Technique medium · Fitness difficult · Reverse 7 h 35 min
- 14Kandersteg – Adelboden
16 km · 6 h 45 min · Ascent 1,400 m · Descent 1,250 m
Technique medium · Fitness difficult · Reverse 6 h 35 min
- 15Adelboden – Lenk
14 km · 4 h 30 min · Ascent 700 m · Descent 1,000 m
Technique easy · Fitness difficult · Reverse 4 h 50 min
- 16
- 17Gstaad – L'Etivaz
16 km · 6 h 25 min · Ascent 1,250 m · Descent 1,200 m
Technique medium · Fitness difficult · Reverse 6 h 20 min
- 18L'Etivaz – Rossinière
14 km · 3 h 40 min · Ascent 320 m · Descent 580 m
Technique easy · Fitness medium · Reverse 4 h
- 19Rossinière – Rochers de Naye
18 km · 7 h 20 min · Ascent 1,850 m · Descent 780 m
Technique medium · Fitness difficult · Reverse 6 h 15 min
- 20Rochers de Naye – Montreux
14 km · 4 h · Ascent 90 m · Descent 1,700 m
Technique medium · Fitness difficult · Reverse 5 h 35 min
Routes nearby
- Chemin de la Sarine au Pays-d'Enhaut
14 km · Rougemont – Rossinière
- Le Grand Tour des Vanils
13 km · Rossinière – Allières
- Lötschberg-Panoramaweg
51 km · Kiental – Fafleralp
- Rheintaler Höhenweg
110 km · Rorschach – Sargans
- Saane-Uferweg
3 km · Gstaad – Saanen
- Sardona-Welterbe-Weg
100 km · Filzbach – Flims
Distances, times, ascent, and grades as published by Stiftung SchweizMobil. Heights from the surveyed line, Federal Office of Topography swisstopo.