Altitude over Swiss mountains ?

[Sunlover2]

I require info on altitude. We are ( family by car) traveling from Calais to Venice. One of the group has ear trouble at altitudes over 1100m . Does anyone know of a route over the Swiss mountains that does not exceed 1100 meters?

[897sma]

Drive straight down through France and through the Mont Blanc tunnel

Edit: just checked and it's at around 12-1300m. Without going a very long way around I can't think of a lower route.

Edited by 897sma on Wednesday 10th June 09:05

[matsoc]

897sma said:

Drive straight down through France and through the Mont Blanc tunnel

Edit: just checked and it's at around 12-1300m. Without going a very long way around I can't think of a lower route.

Edited by 897sma on Wednesday 10th June 09:05

Actually it is almost 1300m on the French side of the tunnel (it is a bit downhill for me, I generally come from Italy) but almost 1400m on the Italian side so it is a big higher than requested from OP

Me too I am thinking at alternatives, it is possible to avoid any altitude going down to Mediterran sea and following Italian coast but it would become a quite longer trip...

[Sunlover2]

Many thanks to you both for information.

We travelled different route back from south France last year on advice of sat nav as accident on usual route.. We headed towards Grenoble via Aux en province. Not been that way before, it was stunning but close to our limit re altitude. Luckily the pain had only just started as we reached the top - I can tell you that prayed to God for his mercy on that day!

I have tried to find out the name and altitude of that last village to no avail

I would be grateful for a link to finding info on altitude if you have it to hand .
Again thanks for your time

[matsoc]

This site provide elevation for a precise address, but I guess you should have to remember the name of that village...

http://veloroutes.org/elevation/

[AlexIT]

A bit late maybe, but the Gotthard is most probably the lowest route at 1.150 m.

all others -Mont Blanc and Frejus Tunnels, Brenner Pass- are all higher.
The other option as stated before is taking the Mediterranean coast, but it's probably far too long (+500 Km).