Activities in Goms | Valais Switzerland

Bellwald

Two chair lifts and two ski lifts bring guests quickly and comfortably to the fabulous groomed slopes of Bellwald. Slopes with a view to the Matterhorn, difficult and steep terrain, broad carving pistes or gentle beginner hills – Bellwald offers something for all guests. Particular daring visitors meet up in the snowpark, whilst youngsters can playfully acquire their first ski experiences in the snow garden.

Ski areas

Outdoor rink in Goms, Valais, Switzerland

Ice Skating

Curlingrink Goms

Do you want to get to know curling more closely? Do you want to rent a curling rink for a special group event or to complement your program? In any cast, it is time to get an introduction to the basics of this ancient Scottish winter sport: The Curling Club Goms will help you with that.

Ice Skating

Glaciers

Rhone Glacier

Gletsch is located immediately next to the Rhone Glacier. In those days, the guests of the Hotels Glacier du Rhone were able to dine with a view onto the nearby ice flow. These days one has to hike several kilometres before encountering the glacier. Nonetheless, this hike is very interesting because it is interspersed with many informational signs (in six languages) showing the apron of the glacier in all its splendour. There are moraines from different ages, plants that have found a home in the apron, the dynamics of the ice flow, animals that live here, wet zones and the various types of moors that the glacier has left behind. There is also some information on glaciologists and the science of glaciology.

Glaciers

Skilift in Gluringen, Obergoms, Valais, Schweiz

Children's snow playgrounds

Skilift Gluringen

Many children are the have already made their initial attempts at skiing and thus acquired a taste for winter sports in the authentic village of Gluringen in Goms. Whether the little ones are attending their first ski lessons or already know their way around the ski lift on their own, parents can enjoy the sun in the surrounding Gommerhof and Tenne restaurants or at the ski lift buvette. Families with different interests can also enjoy the toboggan run and the proximity to the cross-country ski trail.

Children's snow playgrounds

Ski school for children in in Münster, Obergoms, Valais, Switzerland

Children's snow playgrounds

Skilift Münster-Geschinen

The Münster-Geschinen ski lift can be reached on foot, by bus or by train, like all the children's snow facilities in Obergoms. Three kilometres of runs with two T-bar lifts and a sled run are available for children and all those who want to try their hand at winter sports, while Münster also features a magic carpet. The Hotel Landhaus and the Münster snack bar invite you to take a well-deserved break on cold winter days and after energetic hours in the snow.

Children's snow playgrounds

Skilift in Oberwald, Obergoms, Valais, Switzerland

Children's snow playgrounds

Skilift Oberwald

Oberwald lies at the foot of the Grimsel and Furka passes. As a pioneer community of tourism, the furthest village in Goms naturally has a ski lift. Equipped with a button lift, the ski slope is ideal for children and adults alike wanting to try their first turns in a safe environment. And all those who enjoy greater variety can simply swap their skis or snowboard for a sled after a few runs.

Children's snow playgrounds

Mobility

Steam Railway via Furka

Built between 1902 and 1913 and following a long hiatus, the steam locomotives are once again in full operation. They make daily trips along the breathtaking stretch from Realp to the 18740metre-long Furka crest tunnel to Gletsch in the Upper Goms. Once the tunnel was constructed, the steam engines started again, today offering one of the most spectacular train rides in the Alps. The Glacier Express’ classic route from Realp to Oberwald has been continuously open since 2010. The route’s brilliant design, the nostalgic experience of the steam engines and the incredible mountainscape makes this a perfect and unforgettable adventure.

Mobility

Tobogganing

Toboggan descent Fleschen-Richenen

Guaranteed fun and thrills on a sledge run where you discover the local scenery along the way. With views of the mountains, forests and traditional villages, you will experience all kinds of different scenery. How you do things depends on your mood and how you feel on the spur of the moment – whether you’re looking to be thrilled or simply captivated. You can head down in your sledge from Fleschen (2,000 metres above sea level) to Bellwald. If you’re not in a hurry, take the time to lose yourself in the far-reaching views towards the valley and the snowy forests that make up the magical vista. Or are you looking for action? Go for a lightning-fast sledge run on the well-groomed piste that will leave you wanting only one thing: to go again! The route begins with a stretch along the forest that offers breathtaking views of the Alps towards the Simplon Pass. You’ll then make several long runs through the forest itself before arriving back at the upper part of the resort, where you'll dive straight into the heart of Bellwald, a traditional village with a baroque church and cottages and barns whose wood has coloured in the sun. This village is situated in the Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn region, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Don’t forget that Fleschen is easily accessible by chairlift.

Tobogganing

Local products shops

Walliser Päckli

This online sales platform offers different-sized hampers of local products filled with specialities from Valais and delivered at home. Bread, meat and cheeses are sourced from three local producers, who guarantee the authenticity of their products.

Plus points: tailor-made hampers to suit any taste

Local products shops

Fixed rope routes

Eggishorn via ferrata

Exciting crossings, vertical climbs and amazing views. Eggishorn via ferrata is a unique experience, and altho...

Fixed rope routes

Rafting on the Rhone in Obergoms, Valais

Water sports

Garbely Adventure

A rafting trip on the Rhone will provide you an unforgettable and unique experience. The trip goes from Oberwald to Gluringen with some quiet parts and some where everyone will have to work together. Our rafting trips are also suitable for children! Fun Yak is the next step for those who have already done rafting. It will provide you a lot of fun and action alone or with another person. One of our guides will always be beside you.

Water sports

Golf

Golf Club Source du Rhône (1350m.)

The golf course is situated on the banks of the Rhone and is ideally integrated with the l...

Golf

Footbridges

Goms Bridge

At 280 metres, the Goms Bridge is one of the longest suspension footbridges in Valais. Inaugurated in 2015, it spans the Lama gorge, linking the villages of Fürgangen and Mühlebach. The walkway brushes the tops of 100-year-old trees and passes a giddy 92 m above the river Rhône. Good news for walkers: the attraction is open year-round.

Footbridges

Geological sites

Ice cave in the Rhone glacier

Nowhere else in Europe can you drive so close to a glacier as here. Easily accessed and always fascinating, the 100-metre long blue ice tunnel and ice chamber has been cut new into the Rhone glacier every year since around 1870. Cutting the ice cave takes about four weeks. The grotto is just short of 2300m above sea level on the Valais side, three km below the Furka pass. The entrance is approx. 180 metres from the Furka pass road and Hotel-Restaurant Belvédère.

Geological sites

UNESCO Welterbe Jungfrau-Aletsch mit dem Aletschgletscher im Hintergrund, Wallis

Hiking Tours

Jungfrau – Aletsch Tour

The Jungfrau – Aletsch Tour circles the perimeters of the UNESCO World Heritage site and discloses the natural...

Hiking Tours

Geisspfadsee in Binntal near to the italian border, Valais

Mountain lakes

Mountain lakes in Binntal

One of the most beautiful with crystal-clear waters, and easily accessible, is the Halsesee, set amid moorland...

Mountain lakes

Natural park of Binn Valley in summer, Valais

Nature parks

Nature park Binntal

The Binntal (Binn valley) surprises at every turn. A world classic and award-winning gastronomy in a mountain village. World-ranking architecture in a primordial landscape. It was the smugglers who came here first. Then came the rock crystal prospectors. For the Binntal had already garnered earlier renown for its mineral wealth. And it was the tourists who arrived finally. The traditional Hotel Ofenhorn dating from the pioneering age of Alpine tourism bears testament to this. Today, this Valais side valley is primarily renowned for its culture (in the music village of Ernen), the tulips (in Grengiols) and its surprising cuisine. And naturally also for its scenery. The Binntal Landscape Reserve offers primal naturalness from the mountain peaks down to the periphery of the villages – which coincidentally are so authentic that they have earned a prize for this very attribute.

Nature parks

Wind turbine in Goms, energieregionGOMS, Valais

Company tours

See the energy revolution in action

Back in 2007, the Goms region set out to become the “first energy region in the Swiss Alps” and has successfully continued along this path ever since. Many enterprising people have done pioneering work by developing a range of flagship projects, highlighting the contribution that rural regions can make to the energy revolution.

Company tours

For the most part, it runs through shady forests, serving to irrigate herb gar- dens in the Binnackern area, summer, Valais

Bisses

Trusera

The Trusera is the most easterly Suone – or irrigation channel – of any significance in the Valais. First mentioned in a purchase document dating from 1499, it draws its water from the Milibach stream in the Rappental valley. The irrigation channel was out of use between 1994 and 2006, but was later restored by numerous helpers at great financial expense. For the most part, it runs through shady forests, serving to irrigate herb gar- dens in the Binnackern area. During the blooming period, various types of native orchid, including the red hellborine, adorn the footpath.

Bisses

Geological sites

Twingi Gorge

In the past, the route through the Twingi Gorge was extremely dangerous in winter. Until the tunnel was built between Ausserbinn and Binn (1965), the remote valley was often cut off from the outside world for weeks at a time in winter. Now the old footpath provides a spectacular scenic route for cyclists and walkers. With its tunnels and ancient walls supporting the sides and marking the edge, it is an impressive monument to earlier times.

Geological sites

Historic routes

ViaPostaAlpina

Steep roads, tight bends, the sound of the post horn, and a skilful PostBus driver – the ViaPostaAlpina brings to life the time-honoured alpine post system, still going strong after more than 160 years. A generous dose of romanticism, a pinch of myth, a dash of serendipity and a few surprising twists and turns. In other words, the very ingredients of a good journey. The ViaPostaAlpina takes you by postbus or on foot through the Swiss Alps using historic paths and roads. The trip takes in the four passes of the Grimsel, Nufenen, Gotthard and Susten. Welcome to the ViaPostaAlpina!

Historic routes

Via Sbrinz, historical hiking trail through Obergoms, Valais

Historic routes

ViaSbrinz - A Swiss cheese conquers the south

Milk, rennet, salt and time – a long time, five years, perhaps. This is the recipe used for generations in central Switzerland to make cheese. The cheese now known as Sbrinz was already a hit in northern Italy back in the Middle Ages. The big round cheeses were one of the main reasons why the mule track over the Grimsel and Gries passes developed into an important trade route. Old paths full of character and unparalleled mountain scenery make hiking the ViaSbrinz an unforgettable experience.

Historic routes