Hikes near Thyon
Thyon (2090 m) sits in Valais (Wallis), Switzerland. MR. ALPS lists 29 waymarked hiking trails starting from or crossing the area, 474 km of marked route in total. They run from 3.3 km to 100.7 km, the longest being Tour pédestre du Val d'Hérens. 29 of them record their elevation gain, between 51 m and 8181 m.
The trail network at a glance
- Waymarked trails
- 29
- Total marked distance
- 474 km
- Shortest route
- 3.3 km
- Longest route
- 100.7 km
- Elevation gain
- 51–8181 m (on 29 trails)
- Difficulty recorded
- on 10 trails
- Route maps available
- on 29 trails
Walking times are estimates calculated from distance and elevation gain using Naismith's rule, and exclude stops.
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00-Tour pédestre du Val d'Hérens
The route descends from the Cabane des Becs de Bosson at 2985 m — renovated in 2012 and perched below the 3149 m summit with panoramic views of Valais 4000-metre peaks — through the wild and remote Vallon de Réchy. It finishes at Nax, known as the "Balcony of the Sky" for its elevated position.
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01-Tour pédestre du Val d'Hérens
From alpine pastures and a 13,000-year-old raised bog — the Gouilles d'Essertze, where information panels describe local fauna — the route builds toward the Grande Dixence dam: at 285 metres high and 15 million tonnes, the world's tallest gravity dam, holding 400 billion litres of water in Switzerland's largest reservoir. The entire stage unfolds above 2,000 m, with views across the Val d'Hérémence to glacier-covered peaks of the Valais Alps.
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03-Chemin des Bisses
From Nendaz to Veysonnaz (Télécabine)
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Mayens-de-Sion ouest - Planchouet
markierter Wanderweg
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04-Chemin des Bisses
The fifth segment of the Chemin des Bisses runs from St-Martin to Nax, tracing the course of ancient irrigation canals through a landscape of mixed forests, spectacular mountain peaks, and the constant murmur of water channelled through centuries-old bisses. These ingenious waterways, built by Valais farmers to carry water to their fields, thread through a varied flora and carry with them a deep layer of regional history.
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06-Tour pédestre du Val d'Hérens
From Nax to Sion gare
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Chemin du Grand Bisse de Vex
A historic irrigation channel — the "bisse" — runs beside you through dense larch and spruce forest, its quiet broken only by sudden open views across the wide valley floor to the mountain world beyond. Tiny glades and secluded picnic spots punctuate the mostly wide path through this idyllic region above the valley.
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Euseigne - fixme
markierter Wanderweg
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Euseigne - Hérémence
markierter Wanderweg
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Euseigne - fixme
markierter Wanderweg
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03-Chemin du Vignoble
From Sion to Venthône
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Bisse de Savièse (Torrent-Neuf)
From Buvette à Brac to P2 Bisse du Torrent neuf
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Bisse de Savièse (Torrent-Neuf)
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Bisse de la Tsandra
From Auberge de Zanfleuron to Aven, village (Arrète de bus)
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Bisse de la Tsandra
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Chemin des Bisses: Veysonnaz - Saint-Martin
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Chemin d’Ossona
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Chemin des Bisses: 40 - Veysonnaz
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Bisses de Lentine et de Mont d'Orge
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Chemin des Bisses: Saint-Martin - Nax
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Chemin des Bisses: Les Chablotays - 40
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Chemin du vignoble: Saillon Village - 5
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Chemin du Vallon de Réchy
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Autour du Mont Gond
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Alpenpässe-Weg: Becs de Bosson - Evolène
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Chemin du Vignoble
From Martigny to Leuk
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Tour pédestre du Val d'Hérens
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Chemin du Vallon de Réchy
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Bisse de Bitailla
More hiking near Thyon
Other walking bases within 40 km of Thyon, each with its own trail list:
- Veysonnaz, Valais (Wallis) — 30 trails, 3.1 km away
- Nendaz, Valais (Wallis) — 28 trails, 6 km away
- Nax, Valais (Wallis) — 27 trails, 6.8 km away
- Nax - Mont Noble, Valais (Wallis) — 31 trails, 8.4 km away
- Mayens de Conthey, Valais (Wallis) — 22 trails, 10.8 km away
- La Tzoumaz, Valais (Wallis) — 28 trails, 11.4 km away