Close Menu
    @cyclingeu
    @cyclingeu@pubeurope.com
    Switzerland

    Col de la Croix, Col du Pillon & Col des Mosses (Switzerland) – Cycling Inspiration & Education



    After exploring the sensational Col du Sanetsch earlier in the season with Alain Rumpf from Grand Tours Project, Alain mentioned we’d be welcome back anytime. Well, like a carrot dangled tantalisingly in front of a rabbit naturally that was an offer we simply could not pass up, especially with peaks as glorious as those found in the Swiss Alps!

    Today we’re venturing into the Vaud Alps for a classic loop starting at the UCI World Cycling Centre in Aigle before tackling the triple bill of the Col de la Croix, Col du Pillon and Col des Mosses. Approximately 100km in length with close to 2,500m elevation gain, the prospect of 3,000m high glaciers, waterfalls and regional cheese sounded like the perfect recipe for a truly exceptional day on the bike!

    Start: Aigle
    Distance: 108km
    Highest point: 1,778m
    Elevation gain: 2,458m
    Max gradient: 14%

    Thank you to our partners Mavic, Cannondale, Exposure Lights, Lezyne, MyPower by InfoCrank, Muc Off, The Sufferfest, TORQ and USE for enabling us to bring these truly special mountains to life for you all. If you’re in need of new bike kit in the future and you enjoyed this video then bear them in mind and help keep the wheels turning 🙂

    Special thanks to Alain Rumpf and Valais tourism for helping us pull this ride together and the opportunity to experience such a wonderful region. Fortunately there are many more mountains to explore so we’re looking forward to taming a few more Swiss peaks one day.

    For more help and advice visit our website at http://thecolcollective.com, become part of our col community and sign up for our free newsletter for monthly updates.

    If you fancy riding with us and exploring the mountains together then we’ll be hosting a small number of cycling experiences in the French Pyrénées in the summer. More details available are at http://thecolcollective.com/cycling-tours.

    Never miss a video, subscribe to our YouTube channel or get in touch on Instagram, Facebook orTwitter. We’d love to hear from you.

    Stay well, ride safe and thank you for watching.

    Mike Cotty
    The Col Collective

    Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheColCollective?sub_confirmation=1
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheColCollective
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/colcollective
    Instagram: http://instagram.com/thecolcollective
    Google+: https://plus.google.com/+TheColCollective

    Related

    View 36 Comments

    36 Comments

    1. lbmcr on

      Was over at the world cycling center in the spring.. definitely recommend it for a visit. Stayed in a B&B near the châteaux in Aigle.

    8. jose ferreira on

      The shooting, the music selection, the editing, everything in this series is
      according to a high standard of quality.

      Thank you, Mike Cotty.

      I thank you all who are part of this team.

    10. Victor on

      The closest I came to Switzerland was descending through the Umbrail Pass, in late June this year, on a glorious day on which I rode up the west then east sides of Passo dello Stelvio. This video has just confirmed that I want to ride the Swiss parts of the Alps also 🙂

    11. Thomas on

      Awesome stuff ! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
      Why the hell the streets are completly empty?
      What date and time you prefer for you videos?
      Sporty regards!

    19. JosieQ on

      OMG!.. How wonderful is this place!.. It is totally magical!!… I really, really, really want to cycle some of these places one day!!..💐🌺🙏Thank you for being such an inspiration!!..👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

    21. Igor O on

      Thank you Mike, it was real plesure to watch this stunnig video. Btw. do somebody know what is the jacket Mike is wearing?

    25. G Kuljian on

      Nice. That definitely made riding on the rollers much more enjoyable. Reminds me of my road rides back in the 60's before there were cars everywhere.

    30. Zach4rias on

      For the people who are wondering about cars; For sure we do have 😀 But the roads where are shown here are famous and more confident for cycling and motorcylists, not for cars (normal residents there uses other roads or the highway). We do have perhaps the most exciting mobile pass roads in europa (About 15), the most famous are in central switzerland with a peak over 2'200m. But mosty people do not know, that the west area of our country where i live has aswell some amazing, smaller pass roads. Not as high and wide as the others (You have to pay attention when you are crossing another), but with a beautiful panorama. I prefer these, its more quit like you can see it. And if you are alone on a saturday morning, you can fly over it with your car 🙂

      Greetings from switzerland

    32. Andrea M. on

      In all of these videos the words are not completely readable because they disappear too early. Can’t you edit them for a few seconds longer?

    Leave A Reply