I've been too busy to do much on this blog (again). With our Swiss event going off in a couple days, it's no surprise. If you want to look over the elevation profiles for the three days of Alpine stage racing we've got planned, check out our Stage Details page and click on the "Stage Profile" links for each day. That Pilatus one shows a sheer 600 meter drop that is actually a cable car from the tippy top of the mountain. Otherwise, everything else will be covered on foot by the participants (but they will have freedom of route choice so their % grade might be less or more aggressive).
I think it's going to be a challenging 3 days; each one of these stages on their own is a good day of training for me, so combining 3 of them back-to-back-to-back will make things . . . interesting.