The trail makes several short, steep switchbacks during its descent through the upper canyon rock layers.

Instead, the road up Alpe d'Huez has 21 short and steep switchbacks, which are lined with a quarter of a million people.

Still, up we went, over an exhausting progression of steep switchbacks.

For the majority of its length it's a two lane highway and features steep switchbacks and often abrupt vertical drops to the valleys below.

I repeated the words to myself as I eased my bike down the steep switchbacks.

On the final day around the Ring, we steered our rental car up the steep switchbacks near the coastal town of Vik.

Just beyond the Big Creek headwaters, the trail declines sharply at a steep switchback as it descends to the lower, western half of the mountain.

After this section, the road passes through three short tunnels, before a series of steep switchbacks immediately beneath the summit.

Walter's Wiggles, a series of 21 steep switchbacks, are the last hurdle before Scout Lookout.

We crossed the Bavispe and took a thin trail that led up through scattered oaks, along steep switchbacks toward the pines.