Around 30,000m of climbing packed into 1,000km. That is roughly 3,000m every 100km, one of the most climbing-dense long bikepacking routes anywhere. The vertical, not the distance, is the whole story.
The route
A point-to-point traverse east to west across Switzerland, self-navigated on a fixed GPX line with no course markings and no lifts or trains allowed. Farm and forest gravel out of Romanshorn give way to repeated high alpine passes, paved and gravel climbs with singletrack descents, before the long drop to Montreux on Lake Geneva.
Mid-June, Romanshorn -> Montreux
Highs around 21°C and lows around 12°C, but it has dropped to 5°C. Rain on 65% of days.
Who finishes, and how
Training for the Hope 1000
We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.
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