Signalkuppe is the name for a 'gendarme' on the east ridge ('the signal'). It is a sub peak of Monta Rosa in the Pennine Alps on the Swiss-Italian border. Right on the summit is the highest hut in Europe (Capanna Regina Margherita), clad entirely in copper to deflect electrical activity.
Very nice climb in the ‘massif du Mont Blanc’. Start at the refuge du Couvercle. The ‘traverse du Jardin’ is...
Very nice climb in the ‘massif du Mont Blanc’. Start at the refuge du Couvercle. The ‘traverse du Jardin’ is...
If you find yourself in the middle of the famous ‘Whymper Couloir’ and haven't made up your mind what to...
Going up Aiguille Blanche de Peutery is one of the longest climbs in the Alps in the shadow of the...
The southernmost 4,000 m summit of the Monte Rosa Massif in the Italian Alps. First climbed (1819) literally for gold,...
The Dent Blanche is one of the more demanding 4,000-metre mountains for alpinists. Together with the Obergabelhorn and the Zinalrothorn,...
Very nice climb in the ‘massif du Mont Blanc’. Start at the refuge du Couvercle. The ‘traverse du Jardin’ is...
Very nice climb in the ‘massif du Mont Blanc’. Start at the refuge du Couvercle. The ‘traverse du Jardin’ is...
If you find yourself in the middle of the famous ‘Whymper Couloir’ and haven't made up your mind what to...
Going up Aiguille Blanche de Peutery is one of the longest climbs in the Alps in the shadow of the...
The southernmost 4,000 m summit of the Monte Rosa Massif in the Italian Alps. First climbed (1819) literally for gold,...
This is the highest paved mountain pass in the Alps. The pass is part of the Route des Grandes Alpes....
An important ‘hors categorie’ climb Check the small cycling museum is at the summit, along with a memorial to Coppi...
A beautiful climb not so far from the sea. Federico Bahamontes won this Tour stage in 1963 and 1964. From...
This is a very classic road pass in the Alps and has been used in earlier days in the Tour...
This is one of the three highest mountain passes between France and Italy (only the Cime de la Bonette and...
Cycling Alpe d'Huez is an great experience. Regular stage finish in the Tour de France. 13.8 km climbing with 21 hairpin...
Cycling Mont Ventoux is something special. Do we need to introduce this climb? This windy mountain? It will be important...
The Alps are great. Mont Ventoux is splendid. Alpe d'Huez is a monument. But let's not forget this beauty. And...
The Dent Blanche is one of the more demanding 4,000-metre mountains for alpinists. Together with the Obergabelhorn and the Zinalrothorn,...
Dent d’Herens has a beautiful icewall at its north face. Less climbed than its neighbour Matterhorn (and we love less...
Dufourspitze is the main peak of the Monte Rosa and the second highest peak in the Alps. A long glacier...
One of the six great north faces of the Alps (Matterhorn and Grandes Jorasses are two of the other ones)....
Topgear used this pass in the Swiss Alps to test an Aston Martin (imitating James Bond). It’s easier to enjoy...
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