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The road leading up from Moutier to Court is on a well travelled road. The road is in decent condition with a few rough spots but nothing dramatic. There are also a lot of places to pull over at the side of the road to get out of traffic. The rock formations in the gorge are beautiful and nice to stop and take a few pictures.

The Binzberg is know by most of the local cyclists in and around the Cantons of Bern, Solothurn, Jura and Basel. The asphalt is not in great condition with a lot of potholes here and there, the worse part is on the side of Court which is in horrible condition. The climb from the Welschenrohr side is steep with an average of 10%, with some places having 16%. Once to the top of the climb there is the restaurant Binzberg which provides a good menu and drinks.

The route between Moutier and Delémont is a beautiful route, with mainly decent asphalted surface but there are some places near the industrial areas where the asphalt is a bit rough but overall good a surface. Geological speaking it offers a lot of unusual rock formations creating nice backgrounds for photos. The route and following the River Birse which flows all the way to Basel.

This climb from Balsthal side leads up to some of very nice climbs, even one of the steepest asphalted climbs in Switezrland. The first climb is direct to Gänsbrunnen and it is a mild 3-5% climb on excellent asphalted surfaces and for the most part with dotted lines to separate them from traffic. It depends on what time of day as traffic can range from zero to medium. There is a chance to stop halfway up at the village of Welschenrohr which has several cafés near the Raiffeisenbank. It also leads to several other climbs, one of Switzerland’s steepest asphalted climbs, Balmberg with up to 25% grade as well as another, just as challenging climb Weissenstein.

A beautiful landscape here

In Roman times, the Jura was crossed through the Schüss gorge north of the small town of Studen/Petinesca, or what is now Biel. Parts of this ancient road were excavated by the Archaeological Service of the Canton of Bern. The Roman Jura transversal was examined at various points during the construction work on the A16 national road between Biel and Tavannes in 1992 and 1994. Parts of the Roman road that are accessible today are at the so-called Martinsklafter in Péry, in the Tournedos field in Sonceboz or at the Pierre-Pertuis in the municipality of Tavannes. The latter is a natural opening in the rock that was used as a road passage in Roman times and was provided with an inscription

Not a spectacular climb. But a beautiful rural area.