WM route

The starting point of the 2019 Marathon World Championships is the town of Grächen in the Mattertal. The start loop above the town along the Eggeri-Suone gives a first taste of the upcoming route. After passing through the town again, it leads almost up to the Hohtschugge guesthouse. Just before that, it goes left into the varied descent – initially still on gravel roads, but soon on fun singletrails. In switchback mode it descends to Kaleptran and then a bit along the main road and finally down gravel roads to the historic bridge below Stalden. Then the fun is over for the time being: The 800-meter ascent up to Riedji goes over a road but is demanding the first time. Finally, Visperterminen is reached, where the fun riding takes center stage again. First slightly downhill to Hotee, then over the now widely known supertrail through the Teelwald to Visp. Along the Vispa river you warm up for the next long ascent, this time 700 meters up to Zeneggen. For the upcoming descent, trail fun is on the agenda again. Via Törbel and Embd it goes down to the valley floor near Kalpetran, the starting point of the final ascent. For this, follow the marked bike route to St. Niklaus, at times uphill even on singletrails, until on the gravel road via Tennjen and Gasenried back to Grächen the last reserves of strength have to be tapped. The racers must then do a small lap after entering Grächen so that spectators can see something. However, no one will feel demeaned if they head straight for a beer garden here. They definitely deserve it.

By train from Visp to St. Niklaus and then by bus to Grächen. Regular train and bus connections at https://www.sbb.ch/ and https://www.postauto.ch/de/fahrplan

By car ideally to Grächen parking garage.