12) Grächen - Hannigalp

Distance 3.07 km

Duration 1:30 Hours

Difficulty medium

Information

You will cover around 500 meters in elevation in a relatively short time.

From Hannigalp you can undertake further hikes or use the gondola to return to the valley to Grächen.

Characteristics

Descent

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Fitness level

Highest point

2.120 Metres

Quality of the experience

Lowest point

1.617 Metres

Scenery

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POI details

This route leads you from the village square uphill after the sports centre to the left along the forest path steeply up to the lake. Take a deep breath at the picturesque mountain lake and then hike steadily up through the refreshing larch forest to Hannigalp.

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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