Mountain bike tours

Mossmattentrail

Indian Summer mit gelben Lärchen auf dem Moosmattentrail

Obergoms

13/22°

The Mossmattentrail offers everything that makes a biker’s heart beat faster: tough ascent, flowing traverse, and varied descent.

Difficulty

Difficult

Length

20.25 km

Duration

3:30 h

Description

The Mossmattentrail is part of the Valais Panorama Bike route. This route starts at the Grimsel Pass and winds its way through the entire Valais region. The trail takes you from the Ulrichen train station along easily rideable forest roads to Chäller at 1,879 meters above sea level, where the path transitions into a newly built uphill singletrack. From there, you’ll need to push your bike part of the way to the highest point at 2,068 meters above sea level. The subsequent traverse against a breathtaking backdrop will make any biker’s heart race, leading you over flowing trails, hairpin turns, and occasionally soft forest ground all the way to the Geschinen train station. From Geschinen, you’ll take the official bike path back to the starting point in Ulrichen.

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Turn-by-turn directions

The route starts at Ulrichen train station. First, follow the hiking trail towards Nufenen Pass. Just before the small bridge crossing the Aegina stream, leave the hiking trail and cross the Nufenen Pass road to reach the forest road (point 1583). From here, follow the forest road to the end at Chäller (point 1879). Here starts the uphill trail. You will have to push the bike at times. At a small alp at 2050 meters above sea level, the flowing and varied trail begins, first slightly rising, then gaining altitude. Follow the trail to a hiking trail intersection and turn northeast. Here starts a flowing downhill trail to Geschinen. In Geschinen, you either ride along the Rottenvelo path directly back to Ulrichen or first follow the bike path towards Brig to Münster, make a detour through the village, and return via Geschinen to Ulrichen, at the starting point of the route.

Start

Ulrichen train station (1356m)

Destination

Ulrichen train station (1356m)

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