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Hiking Trails Under 5 km in Valais/Wallis

The directory currently contains 674 quality-checked routes matching this guide in Valais/Wallis. Their average mapped distance is 2.5 km and average recorded ascent is 217 m (712 ft); the longest route in the set is 5.0 km.

This subset represents 66% of the 1,014 quality-checked routes in Valais/Wallis. Its average distance is 2.5 km, compared with 6.1 km across the full local set. Average recorded ascent is 217 m (712 ft), versus 460 m (1,509 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, 73 routes (11%) are rated easy, 11 (2%) are rated hard or expert, and 23 (3%) are recorded as loops. Ratings are computed from available distance and elevation data and do not establish current terrain or access.

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Shortest mapped distance in this sample

1.3 km

Sommet des Vignes > Closuit - Laboureau

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Lowest recorded ascent in this sample

28 m

Sommet des Vignes > Closuit - Laboureau

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

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Trails

Mattmarksee and glacier. View from Klein Allalin.
Moderate

Glacier Trail Mattmark

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
3.0 km
/ 1.8 mi
Elevation gain
64 m
Typical duration
43 min
  • Mountain
  • Glacier
  • Waymarked route
Panoramic view on the trail up to Bella Tola
Moderate

Lac de la Bella Tola-Bella Tola

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
2.0 km
/ 1.2 mi
Elevation gain
397 m
Typical duration
1 hr 1 min
  • Lake
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Panoramaweg

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
1.9 km
/ 1.2 mi
Elevation gain
238 m
Typical duration
46 min
  • Mountain
  • 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

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
Panorama from Col Torrent
Moderate

Col de Torrent-Alpage de Torrent

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
2.8 km
/ 1.7 mi
Elevation gain
40 m
Typical duration
38 min
  • Mountain
  • Alpine meadow
  • Waymarked route
Swiss flight LX569? Nice Airport (NCE) - Zurich Airport (ZRH) of 14h50. Airbus A320 HB-IJJ, view on Aletschgletscher.
Moderate

Aletschgletscher Aussichtsweg

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
1.2 km
/ 0.8 mi
Elevation gain
20 m
Typical duration
17 min
  • Panoramic viewpoint
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Col de la Chaux - Cabane Mont-Fort

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
3.2 km
/ 2.0 mi
Elevation gain
41 m
Typical duration
43 min
  • Mountain
  • Castle and ruins
  • Waymarked route
Panoramic view on the trail up to Bella Tola
Moderate

Meidpass-Lac de Bella Tola

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
2.2 km
/ 1.4 mi
Elevation gain
90 m
Typical duration
36 min
  • Lake
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Le Catogne, sommet des Alpes valaisannes au-dessus de Martigny.
Moderate

La Poya > Le Catogne

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
3.8 km
/ 2.3 mi
Elevation gain
62 m
Typical duration
53 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
Le Catogne's sight toward Champex
Moderate

L'Adray > Le Catogne

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
3.5 km
/ 2.2 mi
Elevation gain
262 m
Typical duration
1 hr 8 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
Bearded bellflower, at Längfluh, Saas Fee, Switzerland
Hard

Gletschergrotte - Längfluh

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
3.6 km
/ 2.2 mi
Elevation gain
940 m
Typical duration
2 hr 10 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
Mischabelhütte auf 3329m
Hard

Trift - Mischabelhütte

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
2.4 km
/ 1.5 mi
Elevation gain
962 m
Typical duration
1 hr 56 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Staldhorn über dem Simplonpass mit Blick Richtung Fletschhorn
Hard

Unners Nesseltal - Staldhorn

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
4.1 km
/ 2.5 mi
Elevation gain
1,076 m
Typical duration
2 hr 28 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hotel Belalp, Naters (Belalp-Aletschbord)
Moderate

Aletschbord - Sparrhorn

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
4.4 km
/ 2.8 mi
Elevation gain
854 m
Typical duration
2 hr 12 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Flaschen - Rinderhütte

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
4.1 km
/ 2.6 mi
Elevation gain
44 m
Typical duration
55 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Hörnliweg

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
4.6 km
/ 2.9 mi
Elevation gain
513 m
Typical duration
1 hr 44 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Fingerpost near Chablotays
Moderate

Les Chablotays - Crête de Seu

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
2.1 km
/ 1.3 mi
Elevation gain
113 m
Typical duration
36 min
  • Mountain
  • Forest
  • Waymarked route
Gemmipass seen from a cable car, Leukerbad.
Moderate

Leukerbad Gemmi

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
3.2 km
/ 2.0 mi
Elevation gain
487 m
Typical duration
1 hr 24 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

St. Niklaus - Jungu

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
4.0 km
/ 2.5 mi
Elevation gain
958 m
Typical duration
2 hr 17 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Merjubridge near Stalden. Discovered this nice situation back in summer last year. The funny thing is that it actually really was the only place to land for this helicopter as the only other place there was the road with traffic on it. So h
Moderate

Stalden - Hohtschuggen

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
3.2 km
/ 2.0 mi
Elevation gain
260 m
Typical duration
1 hr 3 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
St. Anna Chapel in Gspon, Valley, Switzerland, built in 1691.
Moderate

Staldenried - Gspon

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
3.8 km
/ 2.4 mi
Elevation gain
266 m
Typical duration
1 hr 11 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Sur le Mont > Chez les Proz

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
0.6 km
/ 0.4 mi
Elevation gain
68 m
Typical duration
14 min
  • Mountain
  • Forest
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Abenteuerweg

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
3.4 km
/ 2.1 mi
Elevation gain
775 m
Typical duration
1 hr 52 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Fiescheralp , Switzerland
Moderate

Bärg - Fiescheralp

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
4.3 km
/ 2.7 mi
Elevation gain
856 m
Typical duration
2 hr 11 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Gamsweg

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
4.9 km
/ 3.0 mi
Elevation gain
781 m
Typical duration
2 hr 11 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
View of Weissmies from Hohsaas,near Saas-Grund
Moderate

Kreuzboden - Hohsaas

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
4.5 km
/ 2.8 mi
Elevation gain
744 m
Typical duration
2 hr 3 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Lärchenweg

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
4.6 km
/ 2.8 mi
Elevation gain
847 m
Typical duration
2 hr 13 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
View to Plattjen
Moderate

Saas-Fee - Plattjen

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

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

Simplonpass - Mäderlicke

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
4.4 km
/ 2.7 mi
Elevation gain
788 m
Typical duration
2 hr 6 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Bettmersee above Bettmeralp , canton of Valas, Switzerland.
Moderate

Bettmersee - Bettmergrat

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
3.1 km
/ 1.9 mi
Elevation gain
100 m
Typical duration
48 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Blausee - Mattwaldhorn

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
3.6 km
/ 2.2 mi
Elevation gain
683 m
Typical duration
1 hr 46 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Grächerwald - Heidnische Tossu

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
4.3 km
/ 2.7 mi
Elevation gain
233 m
Typical duration
1 hr 15 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Lötschenpass - Kummenalp

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
3.1 km
/ 2.0 mi
Elevation gain
40 m
Typical duration
43 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Sattel und Rothorn im Mai 2022
Moderate

Heimsichgarte - Sattel

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
4.0 km
/ 2.5 mi
Elevation gain
638 m
Typical duration
1 hr 47 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Staudamm in Saas Almagel in Wallis/ Schweiz
Moderate

Mattmark - Schwarzbergchopf

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
3.1 km
/ 2.0 mi
Elevation gain
655 m
Typical duration
1 hr 38 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
Sommet des Vignes > Closuit - LaboureauValais/Wallis1.3 km28 m18 minModerateApril to October
Lac du Petit Mont-Fort - Col de la ChauxValais/Wallis1.6 km168 m35 minModerateJuly to September
Glacier Trail MattmarkValais/Wallis3.0 km64 m43 minModerateJuly to September
Barrage de Mauvoisin - Le PleureurValais/Wallis4.7 km1,996 m3 hr 58 minHardJuly to September
Lac de la Bella Tola-Bella TolaValais/Wallis2.0 km397 m1 hr 1 minModerateJuly to September
PanoramawegValais/Wallis1.9 km238 m46 minModerateJuly to September
Sommet des Vignes > PlanojanValais/Wallis1.2 km238 m36 minModerateApril to October
Leidbach - Obere Schwarze WaldValais/Wallis2.7 km25 m36 minModerateJune to October
Col de Torrent-Alpage de TorrentValais/Wallis2.8 km40 m38 minModerateJuly to September
Aletschgletscher AussichtswegValais/Wallis1.2 km20 m17 minModerateJuly to September

Sommet des Vignes > Closuit - Laboureau, Lac du Petit Mont-Fort - Col de la Chaux, Glacier Trail Mattmark 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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