Red Bull X-Alps 2025: X Marks the Spot

The route of this year’s Red Bull X-Alps passes through the mountain town of St Moritz not once, but twice. It is quite literally the “X” in the X-Alps, acting as turnpoint 6 and turnpoint 13 as pilots travel through it on their way west and then again as they head back east towards the finish.

It is the first time St Moritz has been an official turnpoint in the race, and it has fully embraced it for the week.

Pilots flying in will land at the edge of Lake St Moritz, where a giant Red Bull tent has been set up, and will then need to jog up into the town to sign.

On their way they will pass any number of the chic boutiques that this upscale mountain resort is famous for before adding their signature to the sign-in board right in the heart of the town, outside the tourist office.

From there pilots will head west towards the next turnpoint at Disentis before flying through Switzerland towards Mont Blanc and then into France.

From there they have to turn around and come back again – passing through St Moritz for a second time. For those who make it, the home straight will then be in sight as pilots head back to Austria and to the finish line at Lermoos.

So, St Moritz should see plenty of pilots landing, passing through and pounding the cobbled streets.