In the Swiss Jura mountains

Downhill biking after days of snowstorms

After a gentle climb warming up muscles, then around one hour of cold hitting my face as I went downhill through a thick-snowed forest.

You might have seen that a snowstorm recently hit Switzerland. If this was my home down by Lac Leman, I couldn’t wait to see what was it like up in the mountains!

So I put my bike on a train and went to Le Pont, a town around 1000 m above sea level surrounded by mountains. That’s around 1 hour ride from my town, including one change at Le Day. Here I’m changing train right there:

By the way, Le Day is the starting point for this stunning summer hike with water as the main theme:

Just arrived in Le Pont, I was received by a mild snowfall that actually was quite annoying because the flakes were hard. Like tiny pieces of ice, rather than actual snow. But the view was great:

From there, I first rode for around 15 minutes up to Petra Felix.

From that point on, it was all a long way down, first on a road like the one in the lead photo and then on a road covered with minimum 20 cm of snow, deep inside the forest:

Some patches of forest were more open, giving views like this one shot next to a small stream of water:

Later on, right before the town of Romainmotier, I stop by that same stream to have some hot soup sitting right on that armchair:

I always carry hot water and quick-cook meals! Their quality is probably low, but when you are hungry and cold, you really don’t care!

On my last 4 km, a view of the monastery of Romainmotier covered in snow:

Which you can see here in summer:

And a curious shot in a snowed garden:

Here are three 360 degree shots of this bike trip, to immerse yourself in the adventure:

360 shot 1: Stop in an open space of the forest

360 shot 2: Stop deep inside the snowed forest

360 shot 3: Lunch by the water stream (honestly the best of these 360 shots!)

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