A) Grächen - Egga - Bärgji

Distance 2.69 km

Duration 0:50 Hours

Difficulty easy

Information

Historical insights are available in the chapel at Egga, and in front of it you have a fantastic view of the mountain panorama. The Bärgji-Alp restaurant is a culinary hot spot.

Suitable for strollers and wheelchair accessible as well.

Characteristics

Descent

22 Metres

Fitness level

Highest point

1.666 Metres

Quality of the experience

Lowest point

1.614 Metres

Scenery

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POI details

Your route starts at the village square and leads you along the paved road past the base station of the Hannigalpbahn. You follow the route slightly uphill with a stop at the chapel at Egga. The road then takes you through the larch forest, past the parking lot, and you follow the path to Bärgji.

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

- 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)