オルティンゲンの峠・トップ8

From Laufen/Röschenz, it's a steady climb and never particularly steep, but it's a long one until you get to the very top. From Metzerlen, it's really nasty and steep, but shorter. One of the region's classics.

The Blochmont is the perfect Sunday ride pass for a tour through Alsace. Approaching from the north, you'll almost feel like you're in the Tour de France, as the gentle gradient means you can climb really fast. Enjoyable ascents alternate between forest and sunny sections. Reaching the farm at the top means you've completed the climb, though it's certainly not a job; this climb is pure enjoyment.

As soon as you see the farm, the ascent is behind you, because coming from either side, the farm is on a relatively flat section at the pass. You hardly notice the pass itself, at some point it just goes down again and you realize that you're already over it...

The only crossing from Alsace / Basel area to Laufen far and wide. Unfortunately, it is also quite frequented by motorized traffic.

Depending on which direction you are coming from, you will experience a gentle 3% grade downhill or uphill. It's a fairly pleasant climb to do because the slope is relatively easy. In the other direction, it is a beautiful descent that can be traversed quickly.

The Challpass is an unspectacular curve with a parking lot or postbus turning point on a busy main road. Nevertheless far and wide one of the few possibilities to cross the blue chain in north-south direction or vice versa.

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actually more of a gentle hill than a real pass, but as the only transition far and wide from north to south over the foothills of the blue, it is a frequently traveled route. The next options for road bikes are relatively far to the west via Lucelle and to the east with the Challpass, which is a "real" but also very busy pass. With the two possible routes directly from the north of Raedersdorf or via Wolschwiller from north-east to Kiffis, you can also drive an attractive north-north variant without going down into the Lützeltal.