Swiss Map (waterproof):
from "Kümmerley Frey" http://www.swisstravelcenter.ch/index-kf.html
you can also get from: http://shop.touratech.de/landkarte-s...l#!prettyPhoto

big Book: Grosser Alpenstrassenfuehrer
(but only in german i think:
http://www.denzel-verlag.de

WebSite:
http://alpentourer.com/

POI for your GPS:
http://alpenrouten.de/downloads.html

Have fun!

June is a 'long' month in Switzerland, so far as riding the passes is concerned. As others have mentioned, you'll likely find most passes still closed (snowbound) at the beginning of June. If I recall correctly, the Stelvio is one of the higher passes, I very much doubt that it will be open during the first half of June. But, having said that, I think that the Stelvio is over-rated so far as riding pleasure is concerned.

Marc-S has provided a good list of some of the more enjoyable passes. My personal favourite is the Sustenpass.

Although you might be travelling alone from the UK to Switzerland and back, you won't be alone once you are in CH... you will find hundreds of riders at the various cafes near each end of every pass.

Some suggestions:

1) Buy your vignette (a toll sticker) at a gas station near the border before you enter Switzerland. Cost is about 40 CHF.

2) Whatever else you do, be certain to respect the speed limits within towns and villages. The Swiss cops are pretty reasonable, and tend to leave bikers alone out in the passes, on the understanding that they will strictly respect the speed limits within the villages. If you hoon your way through the villages, you will be shunned by others at the cafes, and will go broke paying the photo-radar tickets.

3) Get a GPS that has the capability to warn you of photo-radar locations, and be sure you have an up-to-date database of photo-radar locations in it. By 'up-to-date', I mean no more than a week or two old.

4) Switzerland is not cheap, primarily because the Swiss Franc is very strong against other currencies at the moment. If you want to save money, stay at the youth hostels - they welcome people of all ages, and are very clean and well run.

Michael

Hello

Well, those days have long gone.
Weekend or Weekday, if the weather is good the hunt is on.
The politicians put a number $ in the budget and the cops love to overachieve that.
It is in their character otherwise they hadn't become cops.


80 km/h is the limit, up to 100 km/h on the odometer is payable.
140 km/h and you get B&B by the cops.


But, the mountains are to beautiful to speed thru them anyway.

If you do Susten/Grimsel/Furka and then Grossglockner you will regret to have paid that much on the entrance fee.

19th of June should work.
If the winter isn't coming back the passes may open in April.
Me 19th of december 2015 Gurnigel 1594 m alt.
Nice place if you have more time.




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This doesn't tick all your boxes but I rode this in a very enjoyable week this Sept. Monday (day 3) was the best day i've ever had in the alps (we did Stevio et al last year) and picks up some of the recommended passes. Meringen was a good base - personally I would skip Zermatt if doing it again - too much traffic.

The route down through the Vosges is pretty special too.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?m...-A&usp=sharing

Cheers
Andy

I like that - if running out of time, for any kind of reason, it would be possible to "cut the corner" of the French section and turn northward earlier.

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Hi Omega

3 years ago me and couple of friends did the Alps.
I think the best recomendation is to use ADAC maps and have a proper equipment because the weather changes a lot.
Have a nice trip

Personally, I recommend you get the Michelin map of Switzerland (Michelin's map number 729) and use it for route planning and general navigation once you get there.

That particular map is 'just the right scale' for planning touring in Switzerland, it lists all the passes, and has the significant advantage of highlighting all of the really scenic routes (which include just about all the passes) with a green line alongside the roadway.

I don't think there is any benefit in getting a more detailed map than the Michelin 729 unless you plan to go off road.

Michael

+1 for Michelin

A few years ago, which is when I last looked because of my general interest in maps as such, ADAC maps could be downloaded from their website and I think they were printable - I don't remember the scale available however.

It might be worth a bit of research for anyone interested in the here and now of what ADAC can offer.

However, for me, Michelin paper maps work OK also.

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