2026 Chris North to Tromsø, Thu June 18, 2026

Pick up the scooter from Mototouring (maybe the day before), then ride across a pass (e.g. Colle di Gran San Bernardo) to Bern Switzerland.

Milan, Italy to Bern, Switzerland via Colle di Gran San Bernardo (8h30m, 422km)

Near St Bernard pass, turn right at Saint-Leonard to stay on the old SS27 instead of taking the T2 tunnel. These will rejoin as [21] / E27. Motorways are marked by green signs, while main roads (Hauptstrassen) are marked by blue signs. There are 2 versions of Highway 9, a blue square (Hauptstrassen) version which I want and a green hexagon (Motorway) version. I think only the A (Arterial/Autobahnen/Autoroutes featuring a white letter "A" followed by a number on green signs) require a vingette. So the green hexagon E27/12 might be OK and a bit faster. Col du Gd-Saint-Bernard; Colle del Gran San Bernardo is still closed and temperature is -4C at the top this afternoon Of the xxx passes pass status only St Bernard is still closed. The base route is 7h53m 412km which is pretty long. Here it is broken out into segments part 1: Mototouring to Etroubles avoiding tolls but highways OK 3h56m 242km https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mototouring,+Via+del+Ricordo,+31,+20128+Milano+MI/Etroubles,+11014+Aosta+Valley/@45.7501837,7.8273479,9.3z/data=!4m16!4m15!1m5!1m1!1s0x4786c70b407558f5:0xa19e8739ae1bbd5!2m2!1d9.2412508!2d45.5098848!1m5!1m1!1s0x47892585868a8707:0xd1b11bc275dd14ff!2m2!1d7.2299976!2d45.8202503!2m1!2b1!3e0?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYxMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D https://maps.app.goo.gl/CFH3yB33P14Yvk2Z8 part 2: Etroubles to Rossinière (near Bern) over St. Bernard pass 3h34m 162km https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Etroubles,+11014+Aosta+Valley/Saint-Rh%C3%A9my,+11010+Aosta+Valley/Great+St+Bernard+Hospice,+1946+Bourg-Saint-Pierre,+Switzerland/Rasse,+1884+Ollon,+Switzerland/Route+de+La+Tine+10,+1658+Rossini%C3%A8re,+Switzerland/@45.7266676,7.6099737,8.79z/data=!3m1!5s0x4786c70b3b5e5755:0x7d4bc8b635b8fb2a!4m34!4m33!1m5!1m1!1s0x47892585868a8707:0xd1b11bc275dd14ff!2m2!1d7.2299976!2d45.8202503!1m5!1m1!1s0x47892ffea0aa6a77:0xb91ef9352dcf457a!2m2!1d7.1838312!2d45.8355909!1m5!1m1!1s0x47893034a71151cd:0xfe349f4011c1890d!2m2!1d7.1705651!2d45.8689158!1m5!1m1!1s0x478e9567cdfa14af:0x598b706ac885c547!2m2!1d7.08993!2d46.30564!1m5!1m1!1s0x478e8e127c59eef5:0xd1263aa68ba8dcad!2m2!1d7.0525081!2d46.4700028!2m1!2b1!3e0?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYxMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D https://maps.app.goo.gl/zzwipoqab2vWnTtQA La Reine des Prés (85 euros) Route de La Tine 10, 1658 La Tine, Switzerland


La Tine Switzerland → Gérardmer


La Tine Switzerland → Gérardmer (331 km, 8h40m)


Ride Log

TimeMinuteskmkph avgComment
9:09am0.3 map
9:09am2.80 km4 kph
9:12am5.3 map
9:17am63.259 km56 kph
10:21am1.1 map
10:22am6.25 km44 kph
10:28am2.2 map
10:30am6.04 km44 kph
10:36am2.9 map
10:39am17.19 km33 kph
10:56am1.5 map
10:58am13.813 km57 kph
11:12am12.3 map
11:24am3.91 km17 kph
11:28am2.1 map
11:30am12.96 km30 kph
11:49am4.2 map
11:53am1.30 km9 kph
12:00pm0.0 map
12:00pm1.80 km6 kph
12:02pm2.1 map
12:04pm77.058 km45 kph
1:21pm0.6 map
1:21pm2.51 km13 kph
1:24pm17.3 map
1:41pm24.520 km48 kph
2:06pm2.0 map
2:08pm9.69 km58 kph
2:17pm1.0 map
2:18pm19.921 km64 kph
2:38pm3.6 map
2:42pm54.347 km52 kph
3:43pm2.4 map
3:45pm1.80 km4 kph
3:47pm0.1 map
3:47pm2.00 km10 kph
3:49pm37.2 map
4:26pm69.063 km55 kph
5:35pm0.4 map
 
8h42m6h49m moving331 km48.6 kph78% moving, 114 minutes of breaks