4) Grächen – Gasenried – Plattja – Seetal

Distance 8.75 km

Duration 4:38 Hours

Difficulty hard

Information

A moderately difficult hike with a gentle start and a strenuous finish. On this route you will cover over 1200 metres in altitude and then enjoy a breathtaking view of the impressive mountain scenery at 2865 metres above sea level. Your gaze sweeps from the Aletsch glacier, over the town of Visp and numerous 4000-metre peaks! A magnificent mountain panorama!

Characteristics

Ascent

1.260 Metres

Technique

Descent

14 Metres

Fitness level

Highest point

2.865 Metres

Quality of the experience

Lowest point

1.608 Metres

Scenery

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POI details

The first part of this hike takes you relaxed through the car-free part of Grächen. Your gaze wanders over playgrounds, traditional buildings and lush flower meadows. In Chäschermatte, follow the signs to the left uphill to the forest. You hike steadily uphill through the refreshing larch forest, along the irrigation channels, following the signposts through the rocky mountain landscape past Plattja to the Seetal mountain station.

From Visp you take the train to St. Niklaus. There you change to the bus, which gets you to Grächen every half hour. On weekends a direct bus operates from Visp to Grächen.

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

- Car transport Lötschberg: Via Kandersteg - Goppenstein - Visp to Grächen / St. Niklaus (bls.ch/e/autoverlad/)

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

- Tessin/Simplon: Via Lugano - Centovalli - Domodossola - Brig - Visp to Grächen / St. Niklaus (Car transport Simplon)

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