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Best Autumn Hikes in Valais/Wallis

The directory currently contains 714 quality-checked routes matching this guide in Valais/Wallis. Their average mapped distance is 4.5 km and average recorded ascent is 337 m (1,106 ft); the longest route in the set is 52.0 km.

This subset represents 70% of the 1,014 quality-checked routes in Valais/Wallis. Its average distance is 4.5 km, compared with 6.1 km across the full local set. Average recorded ascent is 337 m (1,106 ft), versus 460 m (1,509 ft) for all quality-checked routes in the same area.

Every route in this set carries an autumn season tag. Weather, daylight and vegetation vary by location and year. Within this set, 73 routes (10%) are rated easy, 87 (12%) are rated hard or expert, and 36 (5%) are recorded as loops. Ratings are computed from available distance and elevation data and do not establish current terrain or access.

Data refreshed September 2026

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How do these routes differ?

A closer look at the first 6 routes in this page’s default ordering. These comparisons describe this sample, not the entire destination or a field-tested recommendation.

Shortest mapped distance in this sample

13.9 km

43-Alpine Passes Trail

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Lowest recorded ascent in this sample

608 m

43-Alpine Passes Trail

6 of 6 have ascent data. Missing measurements are excluded.

Return logistics

0 recorded loops

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Trails

Hard

43-Alpine Passes Trail

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
13.9 km
/ 8.6 mi
Elevation gain
608 m
Typical duration
3 hr 49 min
  • Mountain
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Hard

26-Alpine Passes Trail

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
14.7 km
/ 9.2 mi
Elevation gain
762 m
Typical duration
4 hr 13 min
  • Mountain
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Hard

37-Alpine Passes Trail

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
15.1 km
/ 9.4 mi
Elevation gain
972 m
Typical duration
4 hr 36 min
  • Mountain
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Hard

19-Alpine Passes Trail

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
17.2 km
/ 10.7 mi
Elevation gain
937 m
Typical duration
5 hr 3 min
  • Mountain
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Hard

36-Alpine Passes Trail

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
15.9 km
/ 9.9 mi
Elevation gain
1,021 m
Typical duration
4 hr 53 min
  • Mountain
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Hard

40-Alpine Passes Trail

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
21.0 km
/ 13.0 mi
Elevation gain
1,027 m
Typical duration
6 hr 5 min
  • Mountain
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Via Alpina Blue D7

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
14.8 km
/ 9.2 mi
Elevation gain
1,602 m
Typical duration
5 hr 29 min
  • Mountain
Hard

Via Alpina Blue D6

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
17.2 km
/ 10.7 mi
Elevation gain
1,009 m
Typical duration
5 hr 10 min
  • Mountain
Hard

35-Alpine Passes Trail

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
15.3 km
/ 9.5 mi
Elevation gain
611 m
Typical duration
4 hr 7 min
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Hard

42-Alpine Passes Trail

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
9.5 km
/ 5.9 mi
Elevation gain
1,010 m
Typical duration
3 hr 30 min
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Expert

ViaStockalper

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
30.4 km
/ 18.9 mi
Elevation gain
1,369 m
Typical duration
8 hr 51 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Expert

Walliser Sonnenweg Etappe 2

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
22.6 km
/ 14.1 mi
Elevation gain
1,838 m
Typical duration
7 hr 42 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Walliser Sonnenweg Etappe 1

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
24.2 km
/ 15.1 mi
Elevation gain
1,027 m
Typical duration
6 hr 52 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

41-Alpine Passes Trail

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
14.9 km
/ 9.3 mi
Elevation gain
704 m
Typical duration
4 hr 10 min
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

04-Lötschberg Panoramaweg

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
9.3 km
/ 5.8 mi
Elevation gain
340 m
Typical duration
2 hr 27 min
  • Panoramic viewpoint
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Sommet des Vignes > Planojan

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
1.2 km
/ 0.7 mi
Elevation gain
238 m
Typical duration
36 min
  • Mountain
  • Summit push
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Chemin de la Foire

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
5.1 km
/ 3.2 mi
Elevation gain
135 m
Typical duration
1 hr 16 min
  • Mountain
  • Forest
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Leidbach - Obere Schwarze Wald

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
2.7 km
/ 1.7 mi
Elevation gain
25 m
Typical duration
36 min
  • Mountain
  • Forest
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Glis - Gibidumpass

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
12.6 km
/ 7.9 mi
Elevation gain
1,558 m
Typical duration
4 hr 58 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Switzerland , Valais , hike on Lötschberg Südrampe
Moderate

Raron - Prag

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
7.0 km
/ 4.3 mi
Elevation gain
123 m
Typical duration
1 hr 38 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Tunetsch

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
13.3 km
/ 8.2 mi
Elevation gain
2,323 m
Typical duration
6 hr 15 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Lax - Laxeralp

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
10.5 km
/ 6.5 mi
Elevation gain
1,525 m
Typical duration
4 hr 28 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Ahorn - Hannigalp

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
4.3 km
/ 2.6 mi
Elevation gain
319 m
Typical duration
1 hr 22 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Alte Kasserne - Erblatte

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
8.6 km
/ 5.4 mi
Elevation gain
950 m
Typical duration
3 hr 13 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Birgisch - Belalp

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
12.4 km
/ 7.7 mi
Elevation gain
599 m
Typical duration
3 hr 29 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Train Station Street at Fiesch Valley Street (left) und Furka Street (straight and right), Fiesch , Switzerland
Hard

Fiesch - Fiescheralp

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
5.6 km
/ 3.5 mi
Elevation gain
1,057 m
Typical duration
2 hr 46 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
guidepost Bovinette, Bovine, Le Borgeaud, altitude: 1605 m
Moderate

Le Borgeaud > Bovinette

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
4.0 km
/ 2.5 mi
Elevation gain
37 m
Typical duration
53 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Gogwärgiweg

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
4.6 km
/ 2.8 mi
Elevation gain
724 m
Typical duration
2 hr 2 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Inden Torrentalp

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
5.1 km
/ 3.2 mi
Elevation gain
205 m
Typical duration
1 hr 22 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Riederfurka, Riederalp
Hard

Riederfurka Knebelbrückenweg

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
8.3 km
/ 5.2 mi
Elevation gain
1,091 m
Typical duration
3 hr 22 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Staldhorn über dem Simplonpass mit Blick Richtung Fletschhorn
Moderate

Simplonpass - Grund

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
5.8 km
/ 3.6 mi
Elevation gain
25 m
Typical duration
1 hr 15 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Visperterminen
Expert

Visp - Visperterminen

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
30.3 km
/ 18.8 mi
Elevation gain
4,299 m
Typical duration
13 hr
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Ze Steinu - Brischeru

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
9.2 km
/ 5.7 mi
Elevation gain
1,581 m
Typical duration
4 hr 17 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Bettmerhorn viewed from Bettmeralp in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
Hard

Betten - Bettmeralp

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
9.0 km
/ 5.6 mi
Elevation gain
1,233 m
Typical duration
3 hr 43 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route

The shortlist, side by side

The ten highest scoring routes on this page, so you can compare effort before opening any of them.

Distance, ascent, walking time and difficulty for the top routes
RouteDistanceAscentTimeDifficultyBest season
43-Alpine Passes TrailValais/Wallis13.9 km608 m3 hr 49 minHardJune to October
26-Alpine Passes TrailValais/Wallis14.7 km762 m4 hr 13 minHardJune to October
37-Alpine Passes TrailValais/Wallis15.1 km972 m4 hr 36 minHardJune to October
Via Alpina Stage 81: Champex-Lac - Bourg St. PierreValais/Wallis16.4 km738 m4 hr 34 minHardJune to October
19-Alpine Passes TrailValais/Wallis17.2 km937 m5 hr 3 minHardJune to October
36-Alpine Passes TrailValais/Wallis15.9 km1,021 m4 hr 53 minHardJune to October
40-Alpine Passes TrailValais/Wallis21.0 km1,027 m6 hr 5 minHardJune to October
Via Alpina Blue D7Valais/Wallis14.8 km1,602 m5 hr 29 minHardJune to October
Via Alpina Stage 79: Vernayaz - TrientValais/Wallis12.2 km1,448 m4 hr 43 minHardApril to October
Via Alpina Blue D6Valais/Wallis17.2 km1,009 m5 hr 10 minHardJune to October

43-Alpine Passes Trail, 26-Alpine Passes Trail, 37-Alpine Passes Trail currently rank highest in this filtered set according to the directory score. Open an individual route to inspect its mapped line, elevation profile, data source and planning caveats. Check live access, conditions and local rules with an official source before travelling.

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