Valais Alpine Bike - Full itinerary
Crans-Montana
4/16°
Set off on an alpine crossing on the new Valais Alpine Bike regional mountain bike route, which features some of the most beautiful singletrails in the Valais.
Difficulty
IntermediateLength
316.69 kmDuration
25:25 h
Description
From Crans-Montana to Brig via the Leukerbad region, Moosalp, Grächen, Lötschental and the Val d'Anniviers valleys, ride your mountain bike along the most beautiful trails in the Valais on the new regional Valais Alpine Bike route. The route takes in the best Alpine singletrails overlooking the Rhone Valley and its side valleys. And to avoid a few difficult climbs, you can use several lifts and public transport for maximum fun. The highlights of this multi-day mountain bike tour are the discovery of the Tièche valley, the panoramic crossing from Rinderhütte to Jeizinen, the Gibidum pass and its eponymous lake, as well as the splendid trails in the Lötschental and the Val d'Anniviers, surrounded by Alpine peaks.
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Turn-by-turn directions
From Crans-Montana, discover the Tièche valley, before descending through a pine forest to the village of Varen. A bus takes you to Leukerbad, from where you leave the next day for the Rinderhütte mountain station. Take the Torrenttrail Bike and ride through the villages of Erschmatt and Niedergampel to the plain. Cross the Rhone Valley and take the cable car from Raron to Unterbäch. The next day, take the Brandalp chairlift and cycle to the Moosalp Pass along part of the Moosalp Plateau Bike. Dive into the Mattertal and reach St. Niklaus on the Matterhorn Valley Trail, from where the post bus to Grächen awaits you. On the next day, enjoy a superb descent via the Mattsand Enduro route. Reach Stalden and take the cable car to the Gspon heights. Follow the Gspon Panorama Bike to the Gibidum Pass before plunging into the Nantzal valley to Brig. The next day, you reach the Lötschental by panorama train and then by bus. After a mountain bike ascent to Lauchernalp, continue uphill and then head down towards the village of Blatten (Lötschen) where this leg ends. For the second day in the Lötschental, from the top of the Lauchernalp cable car, follow the Bietschhorn Bike to Faldumalp, then through various villages to Sierre. Return to St-Luc by bus and finish your mountain bike tour by exploring the Val d'Anniviers. After a funicular ride up to Tignousa, follow the Chemin des Planètes, cross the Lâche forest, descend to Mottec and return to Zinal. Finally, from the top of the Sorebois cable car, descend towards the Moiry lake before reaching the village of Grimentz.
The stages of Valais Alpine Bike:
Valais Bike 1. Crans-Montana to Leukerbad
Valais Bike 2. Leukerbad to Unterbäch
Valais Bike 3. Unterbäch to Grächen
Valais Bike 4. Grächen to Brig
Valais Bike 5. Brig to Blatten (Lötschen)
Valais Alpine Bike 6. Blatten (Lötschen) to St-Luc
Valais Bike 7. St-Luc to Grimentz
View this tour on SwitzerlandMobility: Valais Alpine Bike no. 41
Start
Montana Gare (1472m)
Destination
Grimentz (1586m)
Author's recommendation
Book one of the Valais Alpine Bike holiday offers! Choose between three, four or seven nights and enjoy some great riding days. You will be staying in bike hotels and will be provided with a daily luggage transport service; all that’s left for you to do is hit the trails! Go to www.visitvalais.ch/shop-valais-alpine-bike.
Technical information
Altitude
2856m
522m
Ascent
+5570m
Descent
-13610m
Technique
Stamina
Experience
Landscape
Best time of the year
- Jan
- Feb
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- Dec
Tags
Public transport
Approach
From Basel and Zurich: Take the A1 motorway to Bern; then the A6 as far as Spiez; follow the signs for Kandersteg; Kandersteg–Goppenstein car-carrying train; follow the signs for Sion/Sierre; Sierre-Crans-Montana.
From Geneva: Take the A1 motorway to Lausanne; follow the signs for Sion/Sierre; Sierre-Crans-Montana.
From Milan: Take the A8/A26 motorway towards Simplon; Iselle-Brig car-carrying train; follow the signs for Sion/Sierre; Sierre-Crans-Montana.
Parking
P+Rail Sierre: Place de la Gare 6, 3960 Sierre
Parking train station Sierre: Route de la Mondérêche 5, 3960 Sierre.
If you are doing the Valais Alpine Bike from Crans-Montana to Grimentz (7 stages), we recommend that you park your car in Sierre and take the funicular to Montana (SMC Sierre-Montana).
Don’t forget to book a place for your mountain bike on the bus lines along the Valais Alpine Bike route on the Resabike platform (www.resabike.ch).
Source
This activity is brought to you by Valais/Wallis Promotion
