This terrific ride in the heart of Switzerland may be your challange!
Enjoy this continious ride over six famous mountains i.e. Oberalp (2040m), Lukmanier (1916m), Gotthard (2091m), Susten (2259m), Grimsel (2164m) and Furka (2429m) with it's corresponding downhill's.

The wohle ride of about 270 km with it's total of 7500 m of ascend and desent is just astonishing!
To make your ride enjoyable, there are 13 longer stages (A to M) and 29 shorter parts (1 to 29) for everybody to enjoy at it's max.

PS: There are some people, they ride this loop in just one day (day and night)! If you want to do so, please feel free.

Please find here the plan for the longer stages:

The Swiss Butterfly Loop (stage A/M) - col de Oberalp (uphill)
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (stage B/M) - col de Oberalp (downhill)
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (stage C/M) - col de Lukmanier (uphill)
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (stage D/M) - col de Lukmanier (downhill)
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (stage E/M) - Leventina (uphill)
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (stage F/M) - col de Gotthard (uphill)
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (stage G/M) - col de Gotthard (downhill)
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (stage H/M) - Schöllenen (downhill)
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (stage I/M) - col de Susten (uphill)
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (stage J/M) - col de Susten (downhill)
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (stage K/M) - col de Grimsel (uphill)
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (stage L/M) - col de Grimsel-Furka (down-&uphill)
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (stage M/M) - col de Furka (downhill)

Please find here the plan for the shorter parts:

The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 1/29) - Nätschen
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 2/29) - Oberalp
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 3/29) - Disentis
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 4/29) - Gions
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 5/29) - Lukmanier
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 6/29) - Olivone
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 7/29) - Biasca
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 8/29) - Giornico
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 9/29) - Faido
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 10/29) - Rodi-Fiesso
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 11/29) - Airolo
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 12/29) - Motto Partolla
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 13/29) - Gotthard (Tremola)
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 14/29) - Andermatt
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 15/29) - Wassen (devil's bridge)
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 16/29) - Meien
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 17/29) - Fläschboden
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 18/29) - Sustenbrüggli
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 19/29) - Susten
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 20/29) - Innertkirchen
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 21/29) - Guttannen
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 22/29) - Handeck
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 23/29) - See
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 24/29) - Grimsel
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 25/29) - Gletsch
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 26/29) - Obere Alpe
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 27/29) - Furka
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 28/29) - Realp
The Swiss Butterfly Loop (part 29/29) - Andermatt

Why is it calles the Swiss Butterlfy Loop? Plot your entire ride onto a map an see it's shape! it looks like a butterlfy!!!

Enjoy riding and keep smiling on uphills.

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PS: Sometimes the video is a bit moving, but I tried my very best on such long and steep ascending uphills.

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