Hikes near Bürchen
Bürchen (1470 m) sits in Valais (Wallis), Switzerland. MR. ALPS lists 26 waymarked hiking trails starting from or crossing the area, 244 km of marked route in total. They run from 3.8 km to 28.2 km, the longest being Lötschberger Südrampe. 26 of them record their elevation gain, between 170 m and 5667 m.
The trail network at a glance
- Waymarked trails
- 26
- Total marked distance
- 244 km
- Shortest route
- 3.8 km
- Longest route
- 28.2 km
- Elevation gain
- 170–5667 m (on 26 trails)
- Difficulty recorded
- on 6 trails
- Route maps available
- on 26 trails
Walking times are estimates calculated from distance and elevation gain using Naismith's rule, and exclude stops.
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Moosalp Panoramaweg
A high-plateau circuit above the Rhône Valley, the route passes the small ornamental Breitmattusee and climbs to the viewpoint "Stand," where twelve four-thousander summits — among them the Bietschhorn, Weisshorn, and the Mischabel massif's Dom, Nadelhorn, and Täschhorn — crowd the horizon across the Bernese and Valaisian Alps.
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Visp - Stalden
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Zeneggen - Stalden
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Neubrück - Staldenried
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Riedboden - Visperterminen
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Suonenweg Brandalp-Eischoll
This trail follows two historic irrigation channels — the "Alte Suon" and the "Alte Eischlersuon" — tracing their courses through the Valais landscape between Brandalp and Eischoll.
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Stalden - Hohtschuggen
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Raron - Visp
The trail descends from the church in Unterbäch past the Capetsch Kapelle and Hochaschtler to the Wandflüekapelle, a chapel pressed against a steep mountainside thick with wild Scots pines, with gemauerte Kreuzwegstationen (stone-built Stations of the Cross) lining the narrow path. Below, the Rhone valley spreads out in full view before the route reaches Raron.
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Visperterminen - Staldenried
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Staldenried - Gspon
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Suone Beitra
The route climbs past a series of historic chapels to a forest chapel above Visperterminen, then follows the Bodmeri Suone — a traditional irrigation channel — back down through the forest to the village.
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21-Alpenpässe-Weg
From Grächen to Gruben VS
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Tour Monte Rosa tappa 7
around the Monte Rosa group
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20-Alpenpässse-Weg
From Saas-Fee to Grächen
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Tour Monte Rosa tappa 8
around the Monte Rosa group
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Suonenweg Brandalp–Eischoll
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Walliser Sonnenweg: Gampel - _
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Walliser Sonnenweg: _ - Brig
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Alpenpässe-Weg: Grächen - Gruben Meiden
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Walliser Steppen- und Föhrenweg
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Zauberwasser-Weg Grächen
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Lötschberger Südrampe
From Hohtenn Bahnhof to Brig
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Kulturweg
From Ausserberg to Raron
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Kapellenweg - Suone Bodmeri
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Obere Wasserleitung Stägeru Lüegju
From Niedergestelen Zentrum to Gampel Steg Bahnmhof
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Panoramaweg Gebidem
More hiking near Bürchen
Other walking bases within 40 km of Bürchen, each with its own trail list:
- Unterbäch, Valais (Wallis) — 25 trails, 1.2 km away
- Eischoll, Valais (Wallis) — 25 trails, 3.1 km away
- Törbel, Valais (Wallis) — 30 trails, 5.4 km away
- Visperterminen, Valais (Wallis) — 29 trails, 8.9 km away
- Gspon (Staldenried), Valais (Wallis) — 28 trails, 9.4 km away
- Grächen, Valais (Wallis) — 30 trails, 9.5 km away