Swiss National Mountain Biking Routes experience?

EnglishChris

Hi,

I'm planning a bit of a tour in the summer. Probably bike down to Switzerland to visit some friends and then head on down and around the Med coast to Barcelona to visit another friend. I'll be using a On-One Inbred built up as a tourer.

I've been looking at routes through Switzerland and have come across 3 National Mountain BIking Routes which essentially run the length of the country. I'd like to integrate one into my route.

Info here: http://www.mountainbikeland.ch/en/routen_list.cfm?tour=route&art=national

Route 1 (Alpine Bike) is the most difficult both in height and technicality and an account of the route by someone on the site in English suggests that it would be too difficult to do with a fully loaded bike and panniers etc.

Route 2 (Panorama Bike) looks more do-able and has the benefit that one end is virtually at my friends place in St Gallen. However, there are no accounts of this route in English, and the guide book is also only available in French or German (the Alpine guide book also come in English!).

Route 3 (Jura Bike) looks easier still but isn't in the best location. Guide books and accounts only in French and German again.

Does anyone have experience of doing the Panorama Bike or the Jura Bike Routes? Can you advise how difficult it is, both technically and fitness (height) wise, and whether its feasible to do on a touring mountain bike?

Many thanks, Chris

(Mods - have also posted this in the Touring thread as thought it might be relevant to folk looking at both topics... Hope thats ok?)