Alpine Crown

Barrage de Mauvoisin

1963 m · Switzerland

Also: Mauvoisin · Lac de Mauvoisin · Val de Bagnes

Dead-end reservoir road; ride late spring–autumn (upper tunnels/gorge)

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The side

FromLengthGainAvgMaxCat
Sembrancher24.2 km+1252 m5.2%≥10.2%HC

From Sembrancher

1000150024.2 km

Hors catégorie≈18 hairpin bendsfaces NW

0–4%4–7%7–10%10–12%12%+
Barrage de Mauvoisin
Photo: copetan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The climb

A dead-end climb up the Val de Bagnes above Le Châble and Fionnay to the Barrage de Mauvoisin — a great arch dam at the head of the valley, near 1,960 m. The road threads tunnels and gorge switchbacks to the dam wall beneath the Grand Combin.

Source: Wikipedia

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