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Hiking Trails Under 5 km in Grisons

The directory currently contains 425 quality-checked routes matching this guide in Grisons. Their average mapped distance is 2.3 km and average recorded ascent is 161 m (528 ft); the longest route in the set is 5.0 km.

This subset represents 61% of the 696 quality-checked routes in Grisons. Its average distance is 2.3 km, compared with 8.7 km across the full local set. Average recorded ascent is 161 m (528 ft), versus 444 m (1,457 ft) for all quality-checked routes in the same area.

Every route in this set has a mapped distance of 5 km or less. Time and suitability still depend on ascent, surface and conditions. Within this set, 79 routes (19%) are rated easy, 1 (0%) are rated hard or expert, and 14 (3%) 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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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

1.5 km

Crap da Sass - Ova dal Sagl (Wasserfall)

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Lowest recorded ascent in this sample

10 m

Crap da Sass - Ova dal Sagl (Wasserfall)

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

Return logistics

1 recorded loop

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Trails

Mountain tour from S-charl a place in the Swiss canton Graubünden to Alp Sesvenna. View of the mountains from Alp Sesvenna.
Moderate

Alp Sesvenna - Rims

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
4.1 km
/ 2.6 mi
Elevation gain
896 m
Typical duration
2 hr 12 min
  • Mountain
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Ranunculus glacialis , Ranunculaceae, Glacier Crowfoot, Glacier Buttercup, habitus; Diavolezza, Engadin , Switzerland, altidude ca. 3.000 m. The plant is used in homeopathy as remedy: Ranunculus glacialis (Ran-g.)
Moderate

Glacier Experience Trail

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
1.6 km
/ 1.0 mi
Elevation gain
211 m
Typical duration
39 min
  • Mountain
  • Glacier
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Gir dals Lais

Swiss National Park · Grisons

Distance
1.7 km
/ 1.0 mi
Elevation gain
33 m
Typical duration
24 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Mainefeld Enderlinhütte

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
4.0 km
/ 2.5 mi
Elevation gain
1,421 m
Typical duration
2 hr 58 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Kinderpfad Champlönch

Swiss National Park · Grisons

Distance
5.0 km
/ 3.1 mi
Elevation gain
339 m
Typical duration
1 hr 33 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Falknis - Lawena

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
5.0 km
/ 3.1 mi
Elevation gain
102 m
Typical duration
1 hr 12 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Schwarzhorn, Davos, Susch, Grisons, Switzerland, Panorama
Moderate

Flüela-Schwarzhorn

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
3.7 km
/ 2.3 mi
Elevation gain
762 m
Typical duration
1 hr 55 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Schwarzhorn, Davos, Susch, Grisons, Switzerland, Panorama
Moderate

Flüela-Schwarzhorn-Weg

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
3.8 km
/ 2.3 mi
Elevation gain
761 m
Typical duration
1 hr 55 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Piz Cambrena, Piz Palü Ostgipfel, Piz Palü and Piz Spinas in Switzerland. View from the trail Senda da Diavel.
Moderate

Senda dal Diavel

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
2.3 km
/ 1.4 mi
Elevation gain
570 m
Typical duration
1 hr 20 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Piz Lischana 10 Tage vor dem Felssturz
Moderate

Chamonna Lischana - Rims

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
2.4 km
/ 1.5 mi
Elevation gain
490 m
Typical duration
1 hr 14 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Via Nova, Flims Dorf
Moderate

Panoramaweg Foppa-Fidaz-Flims

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
5.0 km
/ 3.1 mi
Elevation gain
438 m
Typical duration
1 hr 41 min
  • Panoramic viewpoint
  • Waymarked route
Viamala-Schlucht
Moderate

Viamala-Schlucht-Zillis

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
4.6 km
/ 2.8 mi
Elevation gain
444 m
Typical duration
1 hr 37 min
  • Canyon and gorge
  • Waymarked route
Bernina vor der Fuorcla Surlej
Moderate

Murtél-Fuorcla Surlej

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
2.3 km
/ 1.5 mi
Elevation gain
196 m
Typical duration
47 min
  • Mountain
Moderate

Via son Giachen

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
4.9 km
/ 3.0 mi
Elevation gain
180 m
Typical duration
1 hr 17 min
  • Waymarked route
Bernina Express from Bernina Train Window
Moderate

Cascada da Bernina

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
0.6 km
/ 0.4 mi
Elevation gain
84 m
Typical duration
15 min
  • Waterfall
  • Lake
Easy

Spundisköpf See - Malixer Alp

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
0.6 km
/ 0.4 mi
Elevation gain
44 m
Typical duration
11 min
  • Lake
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Aussichtsweg Morteratschgletscher

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
4.4 km
/ 2.8 mi
Elevation gain
272 m
Typical duration
1 hr 20 min
  • Panoramic viewpoint
  • Waymarked route
Strudelloch, Gletschertopf in der Viamala .
Easy

Rongellen-Viamala-Schlucht

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
1.6 km
/ 1.0 mi
Elevation gain
61 m
Typical duration
25 min
  • Canyon and gorge
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Alp Grüm-Cavaglia

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
2.9 km
/ 1.8 mi
Elevation gain
49 m
Typical duration
41 min
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Lake Davos in Davos at minimum level in spring; Graubünden, Switzerland. The water of the lake Davos is fed for energy production through an underground tunnel to the power plant in Klosters.
Easy

Davos See - Meierhof

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
0.5 km
/ 0.3 mi
Elevation gain
56 m
Typical duration
11 min
  • Lake
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Alp Nalades - Tigia

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
1.5 km
/ 0.9 mi
Elevation gain
20 m
Typical duration
20 min
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Lake Davos in Davos at minimum level in spring; Graubünden, Switzerland. The water of the lake Davos is fed for energy production through an underground tunnel to the power plant in Klosters.
Easy

Davoser See - Bad

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
0.5 km
/ 0.3 mi
Elevation gain
26 m
Typical duration
9 min
  • Lake
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Giro del Lago

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
1.7 km
/ 1.1 mi
Elevation gain
26 m
Typical duration
24 min
  • Lake
  • Waymarked route
Piz Campagnung as seen from Val da Natons (Bivio, Marmorera), Grison, Switzerland
Moderate

Murtér - Alp Natons

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
1.4 km
/ 0.8 mi
Elevation gain
24 m
Typical duration
19 min
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Somtgant in the skiing area Savognin, Grison, Switzerland. On the left the former ski lift Colms, on the right the old ski lift Martegnas, in the background the upper station of the former ski lift Fugna and right of it the former 3-seater
Moderate

Somtgant - Alp Nalades

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
2.7 km
/ 1.7 mi
Elevation gain
79 m
Typical duration
40 min
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Vallatscha - Alp Sampuoir

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
1.9 km
/ 1.2 mi
Elevation gain
138 m
Typical duration
37 min
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Ancubona - Alp de Pian Doss

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
1.6 km
/ 1.0 mi
Elevation gain
60 m
Typical duration
25 min
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Lagh Doss - Alp de Pian Doss

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
0.8 km
/ 0.5 mi
Elevation gain
71 m
Typical duration
16 min
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Hut between Tguma and Präzer Höhi (Mutta), Cazis, Safien, Grison, Switzerland
Moderate

Präzer Höhi-Sarner Alp

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
0.8 km
/ 0.5 mi
Elevation gain
12 m
Typical duration
11 min
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Mountain station Sarner Höhi of ski-region Sarn-Heinzenberg with Präzer Höhi in the background, Cazis, Safien, Grison, Switzerland
Moderate

Sarner Alp-Parsiras

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
2.2 km
/ 1.4 mi
Elevation gain
60 m
Typical duration
33 min
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Hut between Tguma and Präzer Höhi (Mutta), Cazis, Safien, Grison, Switzerland
Moderate

Sarner Alp-Präzer Höhi

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
0.9 km
/ 0.6 mi
Elevation gain
7 m
Typical duration
12 min
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Alte Bibel in der reformierten Kirche Riein, Kanton Graubünden
Moderate

Riein Dutjer Alp

Grisons · Switzerland

Distance
3.6 km
/ 2.2 mi
Elevation gain
702 m
Typical duration
1 hr 48 min
  • Mountain
  • Alpine meadow
  • 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
Nationalpark Wanderroute 14 (Punt la Drossa - Il Fuorn)Swiss National Park2.2 km81 m35 minEasyJune to October
Alp Sesvenna - RimsGrisons4.1 km896 m2 hr 12 minModerateJuly to September
Glacier Experience TrailGrisons1.6 km211 m39 minModerateJuly to September
Gir dals LaisSwiss National Park1.7 km33 m24 minModerateJuly to September
Crap da Sass - Ova dal Sagl (Wasserfall)Grisons1.5 km10 m20 minModerateJune to October
Pass Umbrail - Piz da las Trais Linguas - Piz CotschenGrisons4.9 km133 m1 hr 13 minModerateJuly to September
Mainefeld EnderlinhütteGrisons4.0 km1,421 m2 hr 58 minHardJune to October
Kinderpfad ChamplönchSwiss National Park5.0 km339 m1 hr 33 minModerateJune to October
Nationalpark Wanderroute 13 (Champlönch)Swiss National Park5.0 km338 m1 hr 33 minModerateJune to October
Falknis - LawenaGrisons5.0 km102 m1 hr 12 minModerateJuly to September

Nationalpark Wanderroute 14 (Punt la Drossa - Il Fuorn), Gir dals Lais, Glacier Experience 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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