Valais Cycling Tour: Champéry - Le Bouveret (stage 9)

To leave Champéry, you tackle the discrete Col de Champoussin (1,588m) via a place called Sur Cou. As you climb higher and higher, you find yourself face to face with the imposing Dents-du-Midi mountain chain. There will be a 1-kilometre section of good-quality gravel road to add a bit of fun to your journey. A photo stop is a must before crossing the pass onto the small road towards Délifrête that will bring you down into the village of Val d’Illiez. You then pick up the main road for a few kilometres before you take a left for a 6km climb to the Morgins plateau. While descending the road to the Pas de Morgins, you whisk passed the town of Troistorrents before diving into the town of Monthey. The big climbs are all behind you now. Take the time to frolic in the Rhone plain along the Stockalper Canal on the banks of the Rhone River.