Cham-Zermatt MTB, day 3
August 5th, 2010Brutal! So much for counting on stopping for food and drinks at the various villages along the way. Little did we know that most cafes are closed on Tuesday. We climbed over the big hill known as Sex Pey (yes, that’s right) with only remnants of food from the previous day.
The morning started by waiting for the light rain to let up. By 10:00 it did and we were off for the next village of Vaysonaz. A cable car took us up 2,000 feet to where we hopped on some forested single track and on down towards the bottom of the big climb. The 3,000 foot climb involved a lot of paved road, but we had no complaints as it offered relatively efficient climbing. Eventually, we hopped on single track to finish the climb. Out of food and long past lunch time, we were feeling hammered.
The next section of single track was a two mile traverse of an alpine hillside on a technical and skinny track. Normally, we’d be pretty psyched for this type of tricky, obstacle strewn trail, but being famished made it difficult to appreciate. The traverse ended on a long, windy road down to the lovely Swiss Village of Evolene, where we promptly found some tasty raclette!
