DRAFT — awaiting Kevin's confirm-notes below before publish. Part of the Home Turf area.

Switzerland · Jura · Canton Bern

The ridge that gives away three lakes at once — the biggest single day out from home turf.

Ridden 20 August 2018 — out from Bargen and up onto the Chasseral ridge, the high point of the whole Jura range above the Bern lakes. The transmission tower at the summit is unmissable, and on a clear day the view takes in Lake Biel, Lake Neuchâtel and Lake Murten all at once.

Route data (from Strava): 101.4km, 1,451m of climbing, max grade 18.4% — the longest and highest of the home-turf rides on this site so far.

The route, from Kevin's own GPS track

Real GPS route map showing the ride from Bargen to Chasseral summit
The actual recorded route, plotted from Kevin's own Strava GPX/FIT data onto a real OpenStreetMap base — not a screenshot, not a live embed, a static image built from the real GPS track.

What it actually looks like

Panoramic view from Chasseral ridge over the Swiss lakes
The view from the ridge — three lakes on a clear day.
The red and white transmission tower at the summit of Chasseral
The transmission tower that marks the top.

📝 Kevin — needs your input

  • Confirm the exact loop/roads used, if worth naming specific villages passed through
  • Any food/coffee stop on this one?

Source: Kevin's Strava export (20 Aug 2018), real GPS track, plus 2 real photos from the Google Photos archive.