Hikes near Ried-Brig
Ried-Brig (1049 m) sits in Valais (Wallis), Switzerland. MR. ALPS lists 35 waymarked hiking trails starting from or crossing the area, 410 km of marked route in total. They run from 3.5 km to 56.6 km, the longest being Lötschberger Südrampe. 35 of them record their elevation gain, between 20 m and 3245 m.
The trail network at a glance
- Waymarked trails
- 35
- Total marked distance
- 410 km
- Shortest route
- 3.5 km
- Longest route
- 56.6 km
- Elevation gain
- 20–3245 m (on 35 trails)
- Difficulty recorded
- on 10 trails
- Route maps available
- on 35 trails
Walking times are estimates calculated from distance and elevation gain using Naismith's rule, and exclude stops.
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Walliser Sonnenweg Etappe 4
The route runs high above the Rhône Valley, tracing the line of the Lötschberg railway for much of its length, with views across the Walliser Alps. It ends in Brig, home to the Stockalper Palace, passing historical water channels along the way.
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Rotten-Weg Bitsch–Lalden
The trail follows the so-called Red Mile — marked by a continuous red stripe on the tarmac along the former Furka-Oberalp railway route — tracing the gently flowing Rhône through a mix of rural and urban landscapes with panoramic views of the surrounding Alps. Passing through Naters, walkers encounter the World Nature Forum, a centre dedicated to nature conservation, before the path continues alongside the river to Lalden.
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Via Alpina Blue D4
Binn - Rosswald
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Via Alpina Blue D5
Rosswald - Simplonpass
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17-Alpenpässe-Weg
From the cable car at Rosswald — a car-free sun terrace above the Rhône valley with sweeping views over the Valaisian and Bernese Alps — the route traces the Bärgwasser irrigation channel (Suone) before climbing past the Bortelhütte and descending to the Simplon Pass road gallery at Schallbett. In autumn, the larch forests above Rothwald turn gold and the slopes offer wild blueberries along the way.
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Alpenpässe-Weg
This stage of the Alpine Passes Trail crosses through the Binntal Landscape Park, a valley renowned for its mineral wealth — more than 200 different minerals have been found here, over half of them in the Lengenbach mineral mine, where snow-white dolomite marble can be searched for fool's gold.
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16-Alpenpässe-Weg
From Binn to Rosswald
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Lötschberger Südrampe
From Hohtenn Bahnhof to Brig
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ViaStockalper
The ViaStockalper follows a mule track expanded more than 300 years ago by Kaspar Stockalper, tracing a historic cultural route from Brig toward the Simplon Pass. The path passes through terrain carved directly into rock — as visible at Schallberg — on a route that has been revived in recent years as a living piece of Alpine history.
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Burgspitz - Rosswald-Talstation
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Rundweg Brigerberg
This circular route threads through the scattered hamlets of Termen and Ried-Brig, climbing to its high point at the Burgspitz on the moraine terrace of the Brigerberg — a landscape with prehistoric roots, as archaeological finds attest. The path has been developed in connection with the historic Stockalperweg.
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Rundweg Brigerberg
A leisurely circular walk through a landscape steeped in history, the Rundweg Brigerberg traces terrain with roots stretching back to prehistoric times, all while commanding views over the Rhone Valley below.
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Ried-Brig - Rosswald
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Rosswald - Burgspitz
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Schallberg - Ried-Brig
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Brig - Bitsch
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Ganterbrücke - Schallberg
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Ganterbrücke - Undri Schmidmatte
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Z'Garden - Fülhorn
The route follows old military paths through the high terrain above Rosswald, linking the summits of Folluhorn and Fülhorn (2,738 m) with the Rhône valley spread out in the background below.
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Rosswald - Stafel
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Ganterbrigga - Schallberg
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ViaStockalper: Brig - Simplonpass
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Alpenpässe-Weg: Rosswald - Simplonpass
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Alpenpässe-Weg: _ - Rosswald
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Walliser Steppen- und Föhrenweg
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Walliser Sonnenweg: _ - Brig
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Aletsch Panoramaweg: Belalp - _
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ViaStockalper: Simplonpass - _
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Aletschgletscher Aussichtsweg
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Aletsch Panoramaweg: _ - Märjela Gletscherstube
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Simplon-Sirwoltusee-Weg
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Aletsch Panoramaweg
From Blatten, Belalp (Bergstation) to Bellwald
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Massaweg
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Panoramaweg Gebidem
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Kapellenweg - Suone Bodmeri
More hiking near Ried-Brig
Other walking bases within 40 km of Ried-Brig, each with its own trail list:
- Rothwald/Wasenalp (Simplon Pass), Valais (Wallis) — 31 trails, 4 km away
- Riederalp, Valais (Wallis) — 29 trails, 6.9 km away
- Blatten, Valais (Wallis) — 27 trails, 7.6 km away
- Bettmeralp, Valais (Wallis) — 28 trails, 8.8 km away
- Visperterminen, Valais (Wallis) — 29 trails, 10.3 km away
- Fiescheralp, Valais (Wallis) — 27 trails, 12.1 km away