Panorama path Unterbäch-Eischoll
Unterbäch
-1/7°
The prepared winter hiking path leads you from Brandalp above Unterbäch to the Strygge near Eischoll. You can expect an easy hike with beautiful views of the mountain peaks of the Rhone Valley.
Difficulty
EasyLength
6.43 kmDuration
1:50 h
Description
The start of the Panorama Winter Hiking Trail Unterbäch-Eischoll is at Brandalp. By the Alpenrösli restaurant, two paths lead westward. The panorama path runs to the left, above the chairlift station (Brandalp-Breite Stäg). From there, you cannot go wrong and can fully concentrate on the beautiful winter hiking trail. After about 500 meters, you enter a light spruce-larch forest. After roughly ten minutes, the forest opens up. At Breite Stäg, the path makes a hairpin turn and you take on the last gentle ascent. Shortly before the Gorbatbach, the path forks again and you go right. A few more meters and you reach the highest point and at the same time half way through the hike. With a light step, you walk downhill through the forest to the Egga restaurant in the Strygge.
The 200 meters of ascent and descent are each spread over six kilometers and therefore represent no great challenge for hikers.
Turn-by-turn directions
Start
Brandalp Unterbäch (1595m)
Destination
Strygge Eischoll (1554m)
Author's recommendation
You can also tackle the path in the opposite direction. Both areas each have a chairlift as well as a sledding slope.
Every Wednesday, a sports bus runs by prior registration, shuttling between the municipalities of Eischoll and Unterbäch.
Technical information
Altitude
1802m
1554m
Ascent
+210m
Descent
-251m
Technique
Stamina
Experience
Landscape
Best time of the year
- Jan
- Feb
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Public transport
The village of Unterbäch is perfectly accessible by public transport. You can take the SBB train from Visp to Raron. From there, it is about a five-minute walk to the Raron-Unterbäch aerial cableway. Upon arrival in Unterbäch, walk about two minutes east until you reach the Unterbäch-Brandalp chairlift.
After completing the panorama path to Eischoll, return from Eischoll with the aerial cableway back to Raron.
Approach
You can easily reach Unterbäch by car. Either choose the route from Visp via Bürchen to Unterbäch or the route from Turtmann via Eischoll to Unterbäch.
Tip: The Visp-Bürchen-Unterbäch road is a bit curvier but wider. The Turtmann-Eischoll-Unterbäch road is less curvy but narrower.
Parking
In Unterbäch, you can park the car in the parking garage at the eastern village entrance or directly in the village, below the mountain station of the Raron-Unterbäch aerial cableway. If you want to drive by car to Raron and then take the aerial cableway to Unterbäch, you can park at the lot marked LRU.
Source
This activity is brought to you by Valais/Wallis Promotion
