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About Bürchen
Known as the Birch Village, this quiet Valaisan balcony offers a slow-paced retreat with expansive views over the Rhone Valley.
Highlights
- Golden birch forests
- Sun-drenched plateau
- Traditional wooden chalets
- Family-friendly atmosphere
Key Facts
- Altitude: 1470m
- Top lift: 2532m
- Ski pistes: 25km
- Ski lifts: 8
- Population: 766
- 4000m+ peaks nearby: 11
- Lakes nearby: 14
- MTB trails: 146.4km
- Mountain huts: 3
Ski Area
Inbegrepen in deze seizoenpassen
Weather and 10-day forecast for Bürchen
- Today: 9 to 17 °C, overcast, 3 h of sunshine
- Freezing level today: about 3921 m (3820 to 4010 m)
| Day | Min / max | Sky | Precipitation | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ma 21 sep | 9 / 17 °C | overcast | dry | 3 h sun |
| di 22 sep | 6 / 16 °C | clear sky | dry | 12 h sun |
| wo 23 sep | 8 / 17 °C | clear sky | dry | 12 h sun |
| do 24 sep | 8 / 15 °C | clear sky | dry | 12 h sun |
| vr 25 sep | 7 / 18 °C | clear sky | dry | 9 h sun |
| za 26 sep | 6 / 19 °C | clear sky | dry | 11 h sun |
| zo 27 sep | 7 / 15 °C | overcast | dry | 1 h sun |
| ma 28 sep | 4 / 20 °C | clear sky | dry | 12 h sun |
| di 29 sep | 4 / 20 °C | clear sky | dry | 12 h sun |
| wo 30 sep | 6 / 19 °C | overcast | dry | 1 h sun |
Things to do in Bürchen
Hikes nearby — Bürchen (20)
20+ curated hiking trails around Bürchen, sourced from OpenStreetMap and enriched with distance, elevation gain and difficulty.
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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
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Tour Monte Rosa tappa 7
around the Monte Rosa group
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20-Alpenpässse-Weg
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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
Mountain biking near Bürchen
- Moosalp Plateau Bike
- Valais Alpine Bike - Stage 3
Getting to Bürchen
Door-to-door travel times as used by the MR. ALPS ranking.
- Nearest airport: Geneva International Airport (GVA), 132 km away, about 2h49 by road
- Lausanne: 1h53 by car, 140 km
- Bern: 2h08 by train, 116 km
- Genève: 2h32 by car, 202 km
- Biel/Bienne: 2h45 by train, 150 km
- Luzern: 2h49 by car, 170 km
- Milano: 3h03 by car, 208 km
Where to stay in Bürchen
72 places to stay for a night on 2026-09-25, from 132 EUR per night, median 235 EUR. Prices are direct with hotels and destinations, compared live on the Bürchen page.