Surenenpass - An underestimated Swiss mountain bike classic

It’s October and winter is coming to the mountains in Switzerland. Soon, everything will be covered in snow, and I will have to swap the mountain bike for skis. However, I do want to enjoy a ride or two in alpine terrain before winter really sets in..
So on this beautiful autumn Saturday, I set off to ride the Surenenpass. It’s a classic mountain bike tour, but comes with quite some challenges. The uphill is long and involves a lot of pushing the bike. And the descent is over 1800 meters or 6000 foot on challenging trails and is easily underestimated.
I got up extra early this morning to get riding as early as possible, knowing there will be many people on the trail on this beautiful weekend. Unfortunately, the Swiss Federal Railway had one of it’s rare delays which made me miss my connection, so I am already an hour late…
To make up for this, I skip part of the uphill by taking a small gondola up to the Führenalp. From there, I pedal up to the Surenenpass. I have to walk parts of the uphill, because it is just too steep to ride for me.
After a great descent on mostly challenging and technical trails, I arrive at the valley floor, grateful for having taken what might have been the last opportunity for a mountain bike ride in the alps in this season.

[@mtbarber83]

Great stuff brother I wish one day I can go MTB Swiss and see its beautiful wonders. I know your channel is going to be big.

[@RobinsBikeAdventures]

Thanks! There are great trails all around the world, but it would be awesome if you could come to Switzerland one day!

[@danieljau3379]

I actually wondered why the channel is still so small. But with such wonderful videos, that will change quickly! Thanks for the inspiration, this tour is now at the top of the list for this year!

[@RobinsBikeAdventures]

Cool that my video inspired you to do this tour. I wish you as much fun as I had!

[@swisstrail]

heute gefahren - Enduro pur, echt gut 🥳

[@November.24]

Haha! Beautiful trail! I've added it to my list, but I'll probably do it on foot :)))

[@remof4480]

Hi Robin, do you have GPX Tracks. You have really nice tours that I would love to ride aswell.

[@maixify]

Great stuff again. Love your cockpit set up with the short stem..beautiful beautiful place! Glorious!

[@RobinsBikeAdventures]

Thanks, glad you enjoy it!

[@benikuqi]

Come to Albania, we have nice singletracks and no hikers on the trail 😁

[@adrianjetsetter3011]

hey, cooles Video!!

[@briansims4107]

Do you have your original route with your planned climb or the actual route you complete available to share? I am looking at this route combined with some other trails in the area.

[@GrumezaStefan]

Awesome trail!!! GP10? The quality is very good.

[@RobinsBikeAdventures]

Its a Gopro9 actually. I had to check, wasn't sure :D

[@bqueezy9]

Is this route at all possible on a rigid gravel bike rather than mountain bike? If not, are there any gravel-bike friendly routes you recommend? Planning to be passing through the alps from Lucerne to Lugano

[@RobinsBikeAdventures]

Disclaimer: I have never ridden a gravel bike. Still, I'm quite sure this trail is NOT suited for a gravel bike. Even with a full-suspension mountain bike, this tour is quite a challenge. As I do not ride gravel bikes, I do not really have any recommendations either.

[@luisantunes7992]

Spectacular . Can anyone tell me where I can find the coordinates of this trail

[@RobinsBikeAdventures]

You can find a tour description here: www.ride.ch/de/touren/surenenpass

[@hamdanifarid4958]

Nice bro you are you viri goud

[@vahedi62]

u need to get an ebike, to not get so tired climbing so much.

[@ignitochild8215]

Rewatching your videos mate just awesome just keep posting atleast once in a month if you can 🖤🚵‍♂

[@RobinsBikeAdventures]

Thanks! Trying my best :)