Swiss Grand Canyon

Medium

45.9 km

2:40 h

886 mhd

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On this unique tour you will become aware of why the Rhine Gorge is also called the "Swiss Grand Canyon", athem-robbing mountain roads, dreamy villages and the one-mail Pannorama attracts road cyclists to the Rhine Gorge, especially in autumn and spring.

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Wegpunkte

Plan this tour

Technique

Fitness

Highest Point 1113 m

Lowest Point 592 m

Best Season

Jan

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Start

Flims village

Destination

Flims village

Coordinates

46.833963, 9.282242

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Description

The classic local route with 1,000 metres of climbing where you ride around the stunning Swiss Grand Canyon. The route takes you down to Tamins via Trin Dorf, then over the Rhine and up a small climb to Bonaduz. Here you turn right on quiet roads to Versam. A gentle 3.5km climb averaging 3% warms the legs before the climb to Versam itself. The hairpins on the climb to Versam average over 6% and once through the village of Versam you start a wonderful descent to Illanz. From here there is a 9km climb which winds itself up the other side of the valley back up to Flims.

Geheimtipp

Take photos of the breathtaking Rhine Gorge

Sicherheitshinweis

Roads with little traffic

Ausrüstung

Rain jacket recommended

Directions

The route leads via Trin Dorf down to Tamins, then over the Rhine and to Bonaduz. Here you turn right onto roads with little traffic in the direction of Versam. After you have passed Versam, the wonderful descent to Illanz starts. From here, the 9 km long ascent on the other side of the valley leads back to Flims

Directions

Public Transport

Stop: Flims Bergbahnen

With the Postbus from Chur, or the public Flims Laax Falera Shuttle from Post Flims Dorf.

Anreise Information

By car motorway A13 from Zurich, exit 18 Flims.

Parken

750 paid parking spaces in the Flims Bergbahnen multi-storey car park.

Wegpunkte

Reichenau - Zusammenfluss von Vorderrhein und Hinterrhein

Viewpoint Chur

Reichenau - confluence of the Rhine rivers

The hamlet dominated by Reichenau Castle lies at the confluence of the Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein rivers and is thus virtually the birthplace of the Rhine.

Viewpoint Chur

Aussichtsplattform Zault

Right at the beginning of the Rhine Gorge, a natural elevation spirals up and offers an overwhelming view of the Rhine Gorge. The viewing platform can be reached via the hiking trail from Trin Station.

The observation deck is located on the main road between Bonaduz and Versam. Few parking spaces are available.

Bridge Surselva

Versamer Brücke

One of the first bridge scaffolds that Coray created, the one for the mighty Versamer Bridge, had the difficulty that the distance between the two scaffolding flanks was no less than 25 m.