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CROSS ALPS
A self-supported, single-stage, fixed-route bikepacking tour across the Swiss Alps. Wild, beautiful, and entirely on your own.
- Grand Départ
- Thu 10 Sep 2026, (12:00, Scuol)
- Distance
- ~660 km
- Elevation
- ~22'000 m
- Route
- Scuol → Aigle
About
One route. One stage. On your own.
Crossalps follows the legendary Alpine Bike, Route 1 of SchweizMobil: a continuous mountain-bike traverse of Switzerland, from the Engadin in the east to Lac Léman in the west.
In the spirit of bikepacking and friends, this is a free-to-enter, grassroots tour, not a race against others, but a long honest ride against the mountains and yourself.
The Crossalps tour requires no entry fee and no formal registration. There are no prizes for finishing. Riders who carry SPOT, Garmin inReach, or Zoleo satellite devices are tracked via the live tracker.
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Format
Self-supported · single-stage · fixed-route
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Start
Scuol · Engadin · GR
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Finish
Aigle · Chablais · VD
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Tracking
SPOT · inReach · Zoleo · Trackleaders
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Entry
Free · non-capped · Letter of Intent via Trackleaders
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Cutoff
2 weeks from Grand Départ
Route
Alpine Bike · 16 segments · one push.
The Crossalps route is identical to the full SchweizMobil Mountainbikeland Route 1, the Alpine Bike. We ride all sixteen official segments back-to-back, following the red rhombus-shaped signs the whole way. No alternates, no shortcuts, no skipped passes.
Indicative segment data. Official GPX will be published before registration.
| # | From | To | km | vm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Scuol | S-charl | 18 | 1,100 |
| 02 | S-charl | Livigno (IT) | 30 | 1,400 |
| 03 | Livigno | Bever | 35 | 1,200 |
| 04 | Bever | Bivio | 32 | 1,500 |
| 05 | Bivio | Tiefencastel | 40 | 1,200 |
| 06 | Tiefencastel | Arosa | 33 | 1,900 |
| 07 | Arosa | Chur | 28 | 800 |
| 08 | Chur | Brigels | 56 | 2,100 |
| 09 | Brigels | Disentis | 24 | 900 |
| 10 | Disentis | Andermatt | 36 | 1,500 |
| 11 | Andermatt | Engelberg | 48 | 1,700 |
| 12 | Engelberg | Meiringen | 47 | 1,500 |
| 13 | Meiringen | Grindelwald | 38 | 1,500 |
| 14 | Grindelwald | Lenk | 60 | 2,200 |
| 15 | Lenk | Gstaad | 32 | 1,100 |
| 16 | Gstaad | Aigle | 55 | 1,400 |
| Total | 612 | 23,000 |
Requirements
What you need. How we ride.
Mandatory kit
- Helmet, to be worn at all times while riding
- SPOT, Garmin inReach, or Zoleo satellite tracker with a valid personal emergency contact configured in the device profile
- Front and rear lights with enough autonomy to ride through the night
- Bivy or shelter (there are no manned checkpoints)
- Mobile phone with Swiss reception and emergency numbers stored
- Capability and equipment to be fully self-sufficient between resupply points
Rules of engagement
- Self-supported
- Use only resources available to every other rider on the route: shops, restaurants, public water, hotels. No private support, no caches, no pre-arranged rides.
- Single stage
- The clock runs from the start in Scuol until you reach the finish in Aigle. Sleep when you need to. Rest where you want to. But the timer never stops.
- Fixed route
- Follow the official Alpine Bike Route 1 signage from start to finish. Off-route only for resupply, sleep, or emergencies, then return to where you left it.
- Respect the mountains
- Leave no trace. Yield to hikers. Ride open trails responsibly. We share these paths. Leave them better than you found them.
Riders
The field.
The Crossalps roster mirrors the Trackleaders sign-up list, a Letter of Intent. The field is non-capped: everyone who signs up and shows up at the start in Scuol rides.
Solo
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