Hikes along the bisses and over bridges

8 hikes

Riederalp, Riederfurka3 h 45Blatten, Belalp → Riederalp, Riederfurka9.9kmDistance700mAscent740mDescentTechnical mediumFrom Belalp, over the suspension bridge across the Massa gorge, up to the old pines of the Aletsch Forest.
Ausserberg3 h 45Gampel → Ausserberg12.0kmDistance620mAscent240mDescentTechnical easyOn the south-facing side of the Rhone valley, from Gampel to Ausserberg past the Lötschberg line, its irrigation channels, its gorges and its rocky steppe.
Saas-Fee2 h 20Gemsweg Saas-Fee7.9kmDistance190mAscent720mDescentTechnical mediumFrom Hannig station down to the village of Saas-Fee, along the slopes of the Mischabel and the old moraine of the Fee Glacier.
Arbaz, Etang-Long3 h 10Grand Bisse d'Ayent12.0kmDistance150mAscent620mDescentTechnical mediumFrom Lake Tseuzier to the Mayens d'Arbaz, along a fifteenth-century irrigation channel and its restored cliff-side gutters at Torrent-Croix.
Loop from Randa3 h 10Randa Hängebrückenweg7.0kmDistance700mAscent700mDescentTechnical mediumA loop above Randa through the larch forest, with the Charles Kuonen suspension bridge strung across the Grabengufer at the top.
Loop from Le Sépey2 h 20Sentier des ponts historiques du Sépey7.0kmDistance400mAscent400mDescentTechnical easyA loop around Le Sépey that drops twice to the Grande Eau river, to a stone bridge from 1729 and another from 1778, reopened in 2024.
Crans-Montana, Aminona4 h 30Sentier Panorama 400013.6kmDistance540mAscent1,300mDescentTechnical mediumFrom Cry d'Er to the Tièche valley, facing the highest peaks of the Valais, then along the Tsittoret bisse and through the forest down to Aminona.
Grimentz5 h 25Vercorin → Grimentz16.8kmDistance900mAscent660mDescentTechnical easyFrom Vercorin to old Grimentz, village after village and along the Grand Bisse de St-Jean, to finish the Chemin des Bisses.

Questions people ask

How many hikes are in this selection?

8 hikes: Gemsweg Saas-Fee, Sentier des ponts historiques du Sépey, Grand Bisse d'Ayent, Randa Hängebrückenweg, Blatten, Belalp → Riederalp, Riederfurka, Gampel → Ausserberg, Sentier Panorama 4000 and Vercorin → Grimentz.

Which is the shortest?

Gemsweg Saas-Fee: 2 h 20 of walking according to SwitzerlandMobility, 7.9 km, 190 m of climbing.

Which are technically easy?

SwitzerlandMobility rates these stages as technically easy: Gampel → Ausserberg, Sentier des ponts historiques du Sépey and Vercorin → Grimentz.

In which regions?

Valais (7) and Vaud Alps (1).