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Hiking Trails Under 5 km in Valais/Wallis

We track 703 routes that match this search in Valais/Wallis. They average 2.4 km and 211 m (692 ft) of ascent, with the longest running to 5.0 km.

That is 67 percent of the 1,044 routes we map in Valais/Wallis. They are shorter than the local average, 2.4 km against 6.0 km, which is what makes this a practical shortlist for a half day. They also climb less than the area average, 211 m (692 ft) against 449 m (1,473 ft), so they suit a recovery day or a group with mixed fitness.

Short routes for a spare couple of hours, an evening walk, or a day when the weather only gives you a window. The mix is broad: 92 are rated easy and 11 are hard or harder, so there is something here whether you have two hours or a full day.

Trails

Brought dad along for the ride
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
RH - panoramio
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
View into the Valais from Ravoire
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
MSN 2081 A318-111 AIR FRANCE FLIGHT CDG-BLQ
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
From Bishorn to Grand Combin
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
Bettmersee above Bettmeralp , canton of Valas, Switzerland.
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
View form Les Gentianes to Mont Fort (cloudy)
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
500px provided description: Neulich am Fenter. Mit dem Sigma 105mm Makro aus der Hand fotografiert. Ziemlich schwierig bis unm?glich, den Fokus so richtig knackscharf zu kriegen so. Aber immerhin... [#frozen ,#winter ,#cold ,#macro ,#snow ,
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
Durnand Canyon (Bovernier, Switzerland)
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
Train Station Street at Fiesch Valley Street (left) und Furka Street (straight and right), Fiesch , Switzerland
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
Zygaena purpuralis Brünn. Switzerland, Wallis, Saas Fee, Hannig, 2300m
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
Wasenhorn
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
Leukerbad
Moderate

Flaschen - Rinderhütte

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
4.1 km
/ 2.6 mi
Elevation gain
44 m
Typical duration
55 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Zermatt, Switzerland.
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
Sledging at La Tzoumaz resort, in Riddes, Valais, Switzerland.
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
View of Earth taken during ISS Expedition 43.
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
A view to Vispertal towards north in 2010 July.
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
A view to Vispertal towards north in 2010 July.
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
View on the Batiaz old tower
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
RH - panoramio
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
RH - panoramio
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
Zermatt, Canton of Valais
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
An other shot of my 4000m+ trip last summer, hope I'm not boring you with these shots :)
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
Parnassia, at the Simplon Pass , Wallis, Switzerland
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
Bietschhorn seen from Visperterminen.
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
Went for a walk right up the montain where we took our holiday. But as you can see in the background of this picture there was a lot of fog and clouds, so a wide view we didn't get. Nevertheless there was still enough else to see during the
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
Ferdenrothorn from the Lötschen Pass
Moderate

Lötschenpass - Kummenalp

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
3.1 km
/ 2.0 mi
Elevation gain
40 m
Typical duration
43 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Bergweiler Siwinen (oberhalb Saas-Balen) im Dezember 2019
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
Mattmarksee, Valais, Switzerland
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
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 > Closuit - LaboureauValais/Wallis1.3 km28 m18 minModerateApril to October
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

If you only have time for one, start with Lac du Petit Mont-Fort - Col de la Chaux, Glacier Trail Mattmark, Aletschgletscher Aussichtsweg. Those are the routes people come back to. Every route on this page links through to a full guide with the map, elevation profile, seasonal advice and what to bring.

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