Biking along suonen, culinary highlights on the alp, relaxation in the thermal baths and kilometre-long descents: during the ride along the Valais Alpine Bike, you can do several things from your Valais to-do list at once. But actually the ride is too beautiful to simply tick it off. It's best to start again from the beginning!
The tour climbs steadily at the beginning. The culminating point is the Cabane de la Tièche where a descent of more than 1'000 metres of altitude down to Leuk begins. Occasionally, you rush past a few alps, later the descent at Varen leads through the vineyards and grapevines of the Rhone Valley. Once in Leuk, the bus takes you up to Leukerbad.
In the morning, you will take the cable car up to Rinderhütte, where the Torrent Trail Bike, one of the most beautiful singletrails in Switzerland, awaits you. Make a turn at Erschmatt and descend into the Rhône Valley.
From Raron, the cable car takes you up to the next stage destination, i.e., Unterbäch. If you want to enjoy the Valais mountain sun a bit longer, you can add a few more laps to the Flowtrail Leukerbad at the top of the first gondola in Rinderhütte before heading towards Untere Feselalp on a balcony trail.
A chairlift takes you up to Brandalp. From here you have to cycle uphill to reach Moosalp. After enjoying the beautiful view, it is time to get back in the saddle and tackle the descent into the Mattertal, via the mountain village of Törbel and into the valley floor to Stalden. Then continue on the beautiful Matterhorn Valley Trail up through the Mattertal to St. Niklaus. From St. Niklaus, a bus will take you to Grächen, the destination of today's stage.
You follow the Mattsand Enduro Trail and the Matterhorn Valley Trail down to Kalpetran and on to Stalden on the valley floor. The cable car takes you up to Gspon and then a beautiful trail leads through the Sädol forest to the Gibidumpass. A comfortable trail leads you from the pass down to the wild Nanztal Valley. You can take a short break at Nidristi Alp before the final trail takes you to the final destination, i.e., Brig.
approx. 51 km (Singletrails: 18 km)
890 m
2'900 m
Tour character
Many metres in altitude are conquered by cable car but there are always challenging climbs. Some of the descents are long, on some days there are over 1'000 metres of descent at a time. Good basic fitness is required for this. The trails are also manageable for averagely experienced bikers and doable with E-MTBs.
You can find more information about the area here.
Entry at thermal baths Alpentherme in Leukerbad (3 hours)
Costs for luggage pick-up at the station (for direct departure)
Subsidy for arrival by train
Cable car rides as per programme
Carefully elaborated route description
Travel documents (1 x per room)
Service hotline
Note:
Tourist tax, if due, is not included in the price
Reservation fee of CHF 15.- per adult (incl. legally required customer money protection)
Information
Arrival/Departure:
Arrival by public transport to Crans-Montana.
Departure by public transport from Brig. For direct departure: your luggage will be delivered to the luggage counter by 17:00 at the latest.
Travel documents
Travel documents "digital"
We reduce the amount of printed documents. You will receive instructions to help you find your way around using the Eurotrek Travel Guide App. We provide you with further information online.
In advance you will receive a small package of documents with the following contents:
Your travel program
Luggage tags
Description of how to use the app
Any vouchers
The Eurotrek Travel Guide App will help you find your way around. In addition to your digital map, you will find further information about your booked trip. The app is also available offline, simply download the trip in advance.
Die Landschaft von Crans-Montana über Leukerbad, Unterbäch und Grächen nach Brig war fantastisch. Tolle Biketrails, super Restaurants, tolle Hotels und spektakuläre Aussichten. Wir waren oft ganz alleine unterwegs. Die Highlights der Tour: Cabene de la Tièche, der Torrenttrail, der Trail durch den Lärchenwald nach Törbel, der Matterhorn Valley Trail, der Gibidumpass mit seinem Seeli, der Mattsand Enduro Trail, das Aktiv & Spa Hotel Hannigalp in Grächen und das Restaurant Trächu Hittu auf der Unteren Feselalp.