Detour #252: Braving the Beartooth Highway, Montana/Wyoming, USA
The greater the effort, the sweeter the reward. It’s a phrase that couldn’t be more true of braving the Beartooth Highway.
Detour #250: The Glorious Gotthard Pass, Switzerland
No longer a main route, this fair weather alpine adventure leads to the epicentre of Swiss mountain driving.
Detour #231: The spectacularly scary Sani Pass, South Africa-Lesotho
There’s nothing quite like the prospect of imminent death to make you feel alive. On that basis a drive up (or down) the Sani Pass might be the most life-affirming Detour in Southern Africa.
Detour #200: Driving 2,000 miles for a mountain high in a Morgan
The Morgan Plus Four is a car designed for sunny drives on high days and holidays. This trip’s lofty ambition is to reach the high society hangout of St Moritz in Switzerland in the depths of winter.
Detour #198: Braving the Bernina Pass to swanky St Moritz, Switzerland
St Moritz might be best known for its Cresta Run bobsleigh track, but the bends of the Bernina Pass are just as exhilarating.
Detour #196: Plains, trains and automobiles to the Simplon Pass, Switzerland
We don’t normally write about train journeys at Detour, but when said railway takes you and your car to one of the best mountain passes in Switzerland we’ll make an exception.