Mountain bike tours

Tewaldji Bike

Saas-Balen

1/6°

Closed

This bike route leads over the southern Alps from Saas-Balen and the Bodme to Saas-Grund. It is a comfortable mountain stage with a fast descent. <strong>Note: Due to construction work in Saas-Balen, the route may be temporarily diverted.</strong>

Difficulty

Intermediate

Length

8.04 km

Duration

1:20 h

St. Josefskapelle mit Blick auf Saas-Grund

Description

The path starts at the village square of Saas-Balen and leads around the old village to the Fellbach waterfall. Before the waterfall, the path turns right and follows the field road over the Rittmal and Tewaldji Alps. At the crossroads, turn right down to the houses and immediately left again across the meadow into the forest. Over roots and stones, the path leads through the larch forest to the Bodme, the alpine pasture above Saas-Grund. From here, follow the field road down to Saas-Grund.

Attention, the descent is fast! At the valley station you can turn towards the sports/tennis court and bike to the Postplatz in Saas-Grund.

Return trip to Saas-Balen possible via the valley path along the Saaser Vispe.

Turn-by-turn directions

Village square - Rittmal - Tewaldji - Bodme - Valley station Hohsaas cable cars - Postplatz

Start

Village square, Saas-Balen (1486m)

Destination

Postplatz, Saas-Grund (1559m)

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Technical information

Altitude

1840m

1486m

Ascent

+360m

Descent

-287m

Stamina

Experience

Landscape

Best time of the year

Public transport

Take the SBB to Visp and there change to the PostBus towards Saas-Fee (Bus 511). Get off in Saas-Balen at the Dorf stop.

Important!: Remember to reserve a spot for your mountain bike via the SBB Mobile app or on sbb.ch.

Approach

By car, the Saastal is easy and convenient to reach from all directions, whether from Switzerland or abroad. From the north, you reach us via Bern through the Lötschberg car transport. From the east, you come via the Furka Pass or the Furka car transport. From the south, we are reachable via the Simplon Pass or Simplon car transport, and from the west you drive via Lausanne along the Rhone valley to Visp and from there towards Saas-Fee.

From Visp head south towards Saas-Fee. At the roundabout "Killerhof" to Stalden, take the second exit to Saas-Fee and follow the main road to Saas-Balen.