Alpine Crown

Barrage de la Grande Dixence

2141 m · Switzerland

Also: Grande Dixence · Grande Dixence Dam · Val des Dix

Dead-end reservoir road; ride late spring–autumn

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The side

FromLengthGainAvgMaxCat
Sion24.4 km+1650 m6.8%≈12.5%HC

From Sion

50010001500200024.4 km

Hors catégorie≈19 hairpin bendsfaces N

0–4%4–7%7–10%10–12%12%+
Barrage de la Grande Dixence
Photo: Huk2020 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The climb

A dead-end climb from the Rhône valley up the Val des Dix to the foot of the Grande Dixence — the tallest gravity dam in the world at 285 m. The road ends at the dam wall near 2,140 m.

Source: Wikipedia

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