Grächen - Heiminen - Gasenried - Schalbetten

Distance 3.35 km

Duration 0:57 Hours

Difficulty easy

Information

This tour offers wonderful views of the typical Valaisian barns made of sun-blackened larch wood and the surrounding four-thousand-metre peaks.

Characteristics

Ascent

85 Metres

Technique

Descent

17 Metres

Fitness level

Highest point

1.685 Metres

Quality of the experience

Lowest point

1.608 Metres

Scenery

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POI details

This leisurely hike leads through the car-free part of the village and on through the idyllic Grächner winter forest. Follow the signposts along the Suone Bineri to Gasenried and on to Schalbetten.

From Visp take the train to St. Niklaus. There you change to the Post Bus which takes you to Grächen every half hour. On weekends, there is a direct bus service from Visp to Grächen. Find full timetable information at www.cff.ch

- 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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