4b) Wasserleiten hike: Grächen – Z'See – Eggeri – Bärgji – Hohtschuggi
Information
The adventurous path leads you along the refreshing Wasserleite and through the shade-giving larch forest and over lush meadows. Stunning views of the Valais mountain world and the valleys open up repeatedly along the way and at viewpoints.
Recommendation for the return route: Follow the signs towards Grächen village. Your path takes you past the chapel on the Egga. Stop here and enjoy the view of the Matterhorn.
Characteristics
Best season
POI details
Starting from the village square, this route leads you steeply up the forest path on the left after the sports center to the idyllic mountain lake. Take a deep breath and then follow the path to the left over lush meadows to the Alpe Äbnet, go under the Hannigalpbahn and hike a little further uphill before following the path to the left into the larch forest. Here you move along the refreshing Wasserleite until you follow the path at the forest edge under the Bärgji lift over the meadow. The path leads you down into the opposite forest area into Bärgji and to the viewpoint Hohtschuggen.
From Visp, take the train to St. Niklaus. There, change to the PostAuto, which takes you every half hour to Grächen. On weekends, a direct bus runs from Visp to Grächen. Detailed timetables for trains and PostAutos 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)
We recommend:
- Good footwear
- Weather-dependent clothing: always carry a waterproof vest
- Headgear
- Sunscreen
- Water bottle
- Picnic
- Camera
- Binoculars (optional)
- Hiking poles (optional)
