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Obvously, the ten passes of this web site are but a small sample of all climbs that Switzerland offers to road bikers. Two regions with a high density of interesting ascents are Central Switzerland, which includes the Susten, Furka, Nufenen, St. Gotthard and the Grimsel Pass, and the Canton of Graubünden with e.g. Albula, Bernina, Flüela and Maloja Pass. All climbs of this website are situated in these two regions. The hardest one is the Umbrailpass located on the border between Switzerland and Italy and with 2501 meters the highest mountain pass in Switzerland. Common features of the ten ascents are the generally very good state of the road and the uniformity of the slope of the steep sections. Many roads are wide and rather busy.
         
Rank Name of climb Diffi-
culty
(cep)		 Height
(m)		 foot-top
(m)		 Steepest
km (%)		 Mean
slope (%)		 Length
(km)
1 Fideriser Heuberge 1272 1258 743-2001 12.5 9.7 13.0
2 Umbrailpass-Stelvio 1238 1400 1370-2757 10.2 8.3 16.6
3 Forcola di Livigno-south 1049 1302 1019-2315 10.9 7.2 18.0
4 Berninapass-south 1044 1309 1019-2328 9.1 7.5 17.5
5 Albulapass-northwest 1029 1395 977-2312 10.9 6.0 22.3
6 Furkapass-east 1026 1347 1102-2429 9.9 5.0 26.6
7 Nufenenpass-west 1025 1138 1342-2478 10.2 8.4 13.5
8 Malojapass 941 1493 325-1815 9.8 4.7 31.9
9 Klausenpass-east 924 1292 662-1948 8.5 5.9 21.7
10 Furkapass-west 764 1061 1368-2429 10.3 6.5 16.3
11 Gotthardpass-north 738 1019 1102-2106 9.7 5.6 17.8
12 Oberalppass-west 676 947 1102-2044 9.7 5.8 16.2
13 Ofenpass-east 618 792 1370-2149 10.1 5.7 13.6
14 Göscheneralpsee 602 703 1102-1797 11.0 7.1 9.8
15 Grimselpass-south 596 793 1368-2161 9.5 7.0 11.4
16 St. Anton-northeast 535 722 465-1108 11.1 5.1 12.7
17 Berninapass-northwest 281 603 1728-2328 7.2 3.4 17.8


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Rank Name of climb Diffi-
culty
(cep)		 Height
(m)		 foot-top
(m)		 Steepest
km (%)		 Mean
slope (%)		 Length
(km)
1 Fideriser Heuberge 1272 1258 743-2001 12.5 9.7 13.0
2 Umbrailpass-Stelvio 1238 1400 1370-2757 10.2 8.3 16.6
3 Forcola di Livigno-south 1049 1302 1019-2315 10.9 7.2 18.0
4 Berninapass-south 1044 1309 1019-2328 9.1 7.5 17.5
5 Albulapass-northwest 1029 1395 977-2312 10.9 6.0 22.3
6 Furkapass-east 1026 1347 1102-2429 9.9 5.0 26.6
7 Nufenenpass-west 1025 1138 1342-2478 10.2 8.4 13.5
8 Malojapass 941 1493 325-1815 9.8 4.7 31.9
9 Klausenpass-east 924 1292 662-1948 8.5 5.9 21.7
10 Furkapass-west 764 1061 1368-2429 10.3 6.5 16.3
11 Gotthardpass-north 738 1019 1102-2106 9.7 5.6 17.8
12 Oberalppass-west 676 947 1102-2044 9.7 5.8 16.2
13 Ofenpass-east 618 792 1370-2149 10.1 5.7 13.6
14 Göscheneralpsee 602 703 1102-1797 11.0 7.1 9.8
15 Grimselpass-south 596 793 1368-2161 9.5 7.0 11.4
16 St. Anton-northeast 535 722 465-1108 11.1 5.1 12.7
17 Berninapass-northwest 281 603 1728-2328 7.2 3.4 17.8

Obvously, the ten passes of this web site are but a small sample of all climbs that Switzerland offers to road bikers. Two regions with a high density of interesting ascents are Central Switzerland, which includes the Susten, Furka, Nufenen, St. Gotthard and the Grimsel Pass, and the Canton of Graubünden with e.g. Albula, Bernina, Flüela and Maloja Pass. All climbs of this website are situated in these two regions. The hardest one is the Umbrailpass located on the border between Switzerland and Italy and with 2501 meters the highest mountain pass in Switzerland. Common features of the ten ascents are the generally very good state of the road and the uniformity of the slope of the steep sections. Many roads are wide and rather busy.