The season kicked off with eleven teams departing from the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, California, and traveling to . After a terrifying Roadblock featuring a 700-foot bungee jump off the Verzasca Dam—the world's second-tallest—teams headed to Interlaken for the task that gave the episode its name. The Infamous Cheese Challenge

Located at , teams faced a physically grueling task:

: Teams had to use traditional Swiss wooden carriers known as pajegans .