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Region: Switzerland
Climbing effort: 1028 cep
Elevation meters: 1427
Steepest kilometer: 8.3%

Steepest 250 m: 10%
Foot: 560 m    Top: 1979 m
Mean slope: 6.1%
Length: 23.4 km

From: Sierre
Road conditions (2025): average
Other race bikers: 0-1 per hour
Motor vehicles: 60-180 per hour
Scenery and road: (2/5)
Restaurant or bar near top: no

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This climb from Sierre to the village of Chandolin, situated more than 1,400 metres higher than Sierre, consists of two parts of roughly equal length. The first 13 kilometres from Sierre to Vissoie follow the busy road through the Val d’Anniviers, which is also heavily used by lorries. Even so, I found this section attractive, thanks to the views of the Rhône valley and the varied character of the road. In the first five fairly steep kilometres (7–8%) there is a section with six hairpin bends following one another in quick succession. On the stretch between the hamlet of Niouc and Vissoie, relatively little elevation is gained at an average gradient of 3.5%. Here the road runs high above a gorge in the Val d’Anniviers and has to deviate sideways twice to cross side valleys. The almost vertical walls of these side valleys are impressive. In Vissoie we turn left to begin the second part of the ride, which runs via the village of St-Luc to Chandolin, roughly back in the direction of Sierre, but uphill, of course. Almost 800 metres of elevation are climbed in this second part, which I found less exciting than the first part of the ride, partly because the gradient hardly varies. Apart from the last few hundred metres, the slope consistently measures 7 or 8%. During the climb views are mostly not outstanding, although in clear weather the Matterhorn can be seen far to the south.