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Rhone Route, Stage 3/8

National route No. 1, Stage 3: Brig – Sierre
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Description

National route
No. 1 (Andermatt – Geneva)
Length
42 km
Ascent • Descent
↑ 180 m • ↓ 320 m
Lowest point • Highest point
524 m • 672 m
Fitness level
medium
National route No. 1: Rhone Route
Stages
1. Andermatt – Oberwald
2. Oberwald – Brig
3. Brig – Sierre
4. Sierre – Martigny
5. Martigny – Montreux
6. Montreux – Morges
7. Morges – Genève
8. Genève – Bois de Chancy
The main valley in the Valais widens, sun warms the dry mountain slopes. Between Leuk and Sierre an unruly part of the Rhone, and the Pfynwald, a nature reserve on a huge mound of glacier detritus; a motorway will be built here by 2020.

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