Hikes near Veysonnaz
Veysonnaz (1254 m) sits in Valais (Wallis), Switzerland. MR. ALPS lists 30 waymarked hiking trails starting from or crossing the area, 368 km of marked route in total. They run from 3.2 km to 100.7 km, the longest being Tour pédestre du Val d'Hérens. 29 of them record their elevation gain, between 27 m and 8181 m.
The trail network at a glance
- Waymarked trails
- 30
- Total marked distance
- 368 km
- Shortest route
- 3.2 km
- Longest route
- 100.7 km
- Elevation gain
- 27–8181 m (on 29 trails)
- Difficulty recorded
- on 8 trails
- Route maps available
- on 30 trails
Walking times are estimates calculated from distance and elevation gain using Naismith's rule, and exclude stops.
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Chemin Rhin-Reuss-Rhône
Étape 10 Sion - Saillon
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02-Chemin du Vignoble
From Saillon to Sion
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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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02-Chemin des Bisses
From Le Tzoumaz to Nendaz
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Mayens-de-Sion ouest - Planchouet
markierter Wanderweg
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06-Tour pédestre du Val d'Hérens
From Nax to Sion gare
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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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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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Chemin des berges du Rhône
A level path tracing the Rhône's embankment from the Fendant wine terraces of Ardon, the route passes a small reflective lake and a man-made swimming lake before skirting Sion's airport and arriving in what the sources call the sunniest city in Switzerland.
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Le Bleusy - Haute-Nendaz
From Le Bleusy to Haute-Nendaz
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Planchouet - Le Bleusy
This trail follows the course of a historic bisse — a centuries-old water channel that once carried glacial meltwater to rain-starved valleys — linking Planchouet to Le Bleusy via Haute-Nendaz's gondola station. The bisses, part of a network stretching 1,800 km across Valais at their peak, are maintained and refilled with water to this day.
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Les Tsintres - Les Condémines
From Les Tsintres to Les Condémines
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Plan-Conthey - Vétroz
From Plan-Conthey to Vétroz
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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: Veysonnaz - Saint-Martin
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Chemin du vignoble: Saillon Village - 5
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Chemin d’Ossona
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Chemin des Bisses: Les Chablotays - 40
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Autour du Mont Gond
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Chemin des Bisses: Saint-Martin - Nax
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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 de la Foire
From Bramoise église to Vernamiège (Arrête de bus)
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Bisse de la Tsandra
From Auberge de Zanfleuron to Aven, village (Arrète de bus)
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La voie des Érables
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Au fil de l'eau
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Chemin des amandiers
More hiking near Veysonnaz
Other walking bases within 40 km of Veysonnaz, each with its own trail list:
- Thyon, Valais (Wallis) — 25 trails, 3.1 km away
- Nendaz, Valais (Wallis) — 28 trails, 3.6 km away
- Nax, Valais (Wallis) — 27 trails, 7.8 km away
- Mayens de Conthey, Valais (Wallis) — 22 trails, 7.9 km away
- La Tzoumaz, Valais (Wallis) — 28 trails, 9.8 km away
- Nax - Mont Noble, Valais (Wallis) — 31 trails, 10.3 km away