1) Grächen - Gasenried - Ridge

Distance 5.81 km

Duration 3:15 Hours

Difficulty medium

Information

This varied route leads you past traditional buildings, over lush meadows, through the refreshing larch forest, following the traces of the Ried Glacier and rewards you with an impressive mountain panorama. Along the way, there is a good chance to see native animals such as chamois and marmots.

Characteristics

Descent

14 Metres

Fitness level

Highest point

2.316 Metres

Quality of the experience

Lowest point

1.608 Metres

Scenery

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POI details

This hike leads you at the beginning relaxed through the car-free part of Grächen. The route runs fairly flat and over wide, mostly paved paths. You follow the signs to Gasenried, which takes you through the refreshing larch forest. From Gasenried it becomes more challenging and continuously ascends. The path climbs steeply through the forest past the glacier gate and you continue sure-footed uphill to the ridge at 2322 meters above sea level.

From Visp take the train to St. Niklaus. There change to the PostBus, which takes you to Grächen every half hour. On weekends there is a direct bus from Visp to Grächen. The detailed timetables for trains and PostBuses can be found at sbb.ch.

- Rhone Valley: Via Martigny - Visp to Grächen / St. Niklaus

- Lötschberg car shuttle: Via Kandersteg - Goppenstein - Visp to Grächen / St. Niklaus (bls.ch/autoverlad)

- Furka car shuttle: Via Andermatt - Realp - Oberwald - Brig - Visp to Grächen / St. Niklaus (Furka car shuttle)

- Ticino/Simplon: Via Lugano - Centovalli - Domodossola - Brig - Visp to Grächen / St. Niklaus (Simplon car shuttle)

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