Another great climb up to an Alpine hydro-electric dam/lake. 26.6 kilometres and 1680 metres (5500 feet) of ascent - this is a gigantic and beautiful ride well worth the visit.

Mont Tendre is the highest point in the Jura mountains at 1,679 metres. It's another of those great, steep, deserted Jura roads climbing through the woods - with Alps views at the top.

A pretty epic day! There are loads of truly great climbs in central Switzerland which I have yet to explore. But today I rode two of the highest - amazing.

A beautiful but challenging mountain bike route above Gruyere. And once finished - Starving, Barry and I ordered all-you-can-eat authentic alpine soup from the local chalet restaurant. Barry even offered to cook. Delicious!

The final day of our mini Swiss Alps cycling trip. We had driven from Gstaad to Villars yesterday - and had to take the long way as the Col de la Croix is still closed due to snow. But it was our cycling goal, so we decided to have a look from [...]

This is cycling paradise with signed routes everywhere, perfectly surfaced roads up high, and scenery to die for.

The French Alps are savage and exciting. But the Swiss Alps always seem picture-postcard beautiful.

The 62nd Tour de Romandie started today. Romandie (Romandy) is the French region of Switzerland so the entire Tour is near me. Eric, Katy and I went to watch the prologue on the lake front of downtown Geneva.

I knew it was a stupid idea, but at least I had a backup plan. Oh, and no parking your tank here!