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    Klausenpass Downhill West Full Descent in 4k! [Cycling switzerland]



    Full descent of Klausenpassn on the west side with a road bike on the 12.10.2019
    From wikipedia:
    Klausen Pass (German: Klausenpass; elevation: 1,948 metres or 6,391 feet) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting Altdorf in the canton of Uri with Linthal in the canton of Glarus. Somewhat unusually, the boundary between the two cantons does not lie at the summit of the pass, but some 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) down the slope towards Linthal, with the summit being in Uri.

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    1. George Clooney on

      30 minute decent, 5 hrs back up 😆🤪. In a perfect world they’d have a ski lift for cyclists, I’d buy a plane ticket to do that. You guys might be okay on an ebike.

    21. Hans-Joerg Mueller on

      There is a legend on the location of the cantonal border on the Klausenpass.
      The border between Uri and Glarus

      According to legend, a dispute broke out between the people of Uri and Glarus over the canton border on the Klausen Pass. The reason for the dispute was the lush pasture behind the pass – today's Urnerboden. Both wanted to own this magnificent alp. Because they could never come to an agreement, they decided on the following agreement: On the date of the equinox, one runner each from Uri and Glarus should set out early in the morning at cockcrow and run towards the disputed border. In the future, the border should be at the point where the two runners would meet. Of course, each of the runners wanted to be the first to run. The choice of Güggel was therefore important: the people of Glarner took a big, fat rooster and gave him as much food as he could swallow. He should finally crow powerfully in the morning. The people of Uri, on the other hand, rely on a poor little rooster. He was given just enough food to keep him from starving. Already at the crack of dawn, the hungry cock of Uri began to crow terribly. The runner from Uri immediately made off through the Schächental in the direction of the Klausen Pass. At that time, the Glarner runner waited in vain for cockcrow. The well-fed fowl just didn't want to crow. Even when day was breaking in Glarus, it was still. Even when the sun was shining, the rooster didn't crow. Although the people of Glarus almost died of impatience, they remained fair and did not let the runner start. It was not until noon that the fat rooster finally gave the signal. Only now was the man from Glarus allowed to start running. Although he gave everything, it was no longer of any use: From afar he saw the Urner runner running downhill at a leisurely pace from the top of the pass. Despite his heart pounding, the man from Glarner didn't give up. He tried to gain as much ground as possible for his canton. But he soon met the Urner runner. "Here is the limit," he shouted. The Glarner dropped his head and begged: "Neighbour, be fair and give me a piece of the pastureland that you have won." At first the man from Uri didn't want to know anything about it. But the Glarner runner didn't give in until the Urner finally took pity: "I'll leave you as much land as you can carry me uphill." The man from Glarus agreed and, panting, carried the man from Uri up the steep mountain slope. He thought he saw the hunting sticks when he collapsed dead. Today you can still see the little border stream,

      Yes, there are many legends concerning different borders within CH. The Swiss expression "If it isn't true, it speaks to good imagination" applies. 😉

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