Great Driving roads to the east side of Lake Geneva

[Marty V8]

Hi,

My wife and I are spending a week in this area, unfortunately not when the Villars hillclimb is on (as its very near to where we are staying), and would be grateful for any ideas for great driving roads or passes to climb.


Thanks

Regards

Marty

[Marty V8]

Hi,

Thanks for the replies. Stupidly I posted this too near to my hols to take advantage of the info.

Just returned today after a week in Gryon which is halfway between Montreux and Martigny on the east side of the valley. We managed to do a couple of tours as follows:

1. Gryon - Villars - over the Col De la Croix - over the Col Du Pillon - up to Gstaad - then past Chateux D'Oex to Gruyeres - Bulle and then back to Gryon on the motorway past Montreux and Villeneuve.

2. Gryon across to Monthey then to Chatel - into France to Abondance and down into Evian Les Bains and back via the south side of Lac Leman.

3. Our third short run out took us down to Martigny and up the Col du Gran St Bernard (2450m high) and then on over the border to Aosta. hen along to Courmayeur - through the Mt Blanc road tunnel to Chamonix and then to Argentiere and the Col de la Forlaz and down back to Martigny and then back to Gryon.

4. We also went up from Aigle to the col des Mosses and back again.

I didnt know until after I booked my hol that there is a hillclimb between Villars and Ollon due in a couple of weeks time. We travelled the course but didnt set a time

If I had a hat, I would take it off to those hard cases who pedal bikes up and down these passes. I was out of breath just thinking about doing this.

Cheers

Marty