Day 339 – EU – Switzerland [Chateau d’Oex to Villeneuve]

09/03/21

43.4km

  From Chateau d'Oex (Switzerland) to Villeneuve (Switzerland)

Europe

An uphill start to the Col de Mosses at 1445m then downhill to Geneva Lake – beautiful day

Leaving Chateau d’Oex by the Route des Mosses

I knew what I was in for today: 521m of uphill towards the Col de Mosses within the first 14km of the run. Then it would get better, with over 1000m downhill over 30km towards the lake. I was a bit uncertain as I left this morning, wondering how the traffic will be like on this narrow mountain road, the only way to cross over to the valley. Well, it turned out pretty good. Traffic was very light and I did not have to worry about cars.

Les Mosses – Lecherette Ski resort

As I reached the Col de Mosses, it truly was all winter wonderland around me. I ended up at the bottom of ski slopes, it was very tempting to just park BoB the stroller and rent a pair of skis for a couple of downhills. The ski lifts were right there and I did consider it for a little while. I decided to carry on and run on, through these beautiful landscapes, surrounded by cross country skiers and snowshoes hikers. Simply stunning.

Le Col de Mosses

I then hit a veil of thick fog as crossed to the other side of the mountain and started running downhill. Strange to be back at Geneva Lake, which I left 3 weeks ago, as I was leaving Lausanne to run all the way east, when I still thought Austria would maybe reopen its tourism business… Well, that was 3 weeks ago, things change fast! Tonight I have headed to Montreux, as I wanted to spend my rest-day there to visit the area. My hosts have very kindly upgraded me to a massive bedroom with a jacuzzi bath which I sure will be trying out tomorrow, the first one of the world run!

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Here is the map of today’s run: