Furka-Höhenweg
Verified OSM relation: SchweizMobil regional hiking route 51, Furka-Höhenweg, Oberwald to Andermatt, 34.2 km OSM 2-D. Vertical figures sampled from Copernicus GLO-30.
Byline
- The Hiking World editorial · author
Desk byline for seed records. Named surveying editors replace this once a trail is verified.
Figures marked provisional are seed data and still need verification. Source and last-checked date sit under each cited value.
Editorial v1 · Provisional catalog
Moderate (Easy technical / Medium physical)
- SAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade)
- Mountain hiking. Continuous trail, some steep ground, sure-footedness helpful.
- YDS Class 1
- Class 1. Walking on an established path; low fall risk.
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Ingested from OpenStreetMap relation 1108176 (ODbL). The mapped line and 2D length are derived from that geometry. Ascent, descent, and high/low points are sampled from Copernicus GLO-30 (copernicus-dem:glo-30) and remain provisional. Water, permits, and hazards were not taken from OSM tags and must be verified.
OSM 2D length is 34.2 km (relation 1108176; network=rwn, operator=Wanderland Schweiz, ref=51). lengthKm is verified: 34.2 km is 1.44% under the official 34.7 km (https://www.schweizmobil.ch/en/hiking-in-switzerland/route-51; ch.astra.wanderland Route attributes (opendata.swiss langsamverkehr-wanderland-schweiz, dataset 2026-02-25, parsed 2026-09-09)). Official km is the ±3% cross-check, not this DataPoint.
DEM high 2,458 m. GLO-30 cumulative ascent 1,869 m is the same order as the official 2,100 m figure (ch.astra.wanderland Route attributes (opendata.swiss langsamverkehr-wanderland-schweiz, dataset 2026-02-25, parsed 2026-09-09)). High point left as Copernicus.
typicalDays 2 is the official SchweizMobil stage count (https://www.schweizmobil.ch/en/hiking-in-switzerland/route-51, checked 2026-09-09), not Math.round(lengthKm/12) and not a duration statute. A calendar season is not published on the federal Route record; it is not invented here.
Water was not mapped to named WaterSource points (no honest atFraction). Villages and inns exist; they were not positioned from an official named list this pass.
Water
No water sources recorded.
Permits & fees
No permit required.
Getting there
Sourced legs to the Oberwald (OSM line start) base start station — where this trail record begins. This is not a route planner: durations are approximate and marked provisional until an official transport page confirms them.
Rail · Geneva (GVA) → Oberwald
Geneva Airport is a usual air gateway (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Airport, checked 2026-09-09, CC BY-SA). Rail/PostBus toward Oberwald (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberwald,_Valais, checked 2026-09-09, CC BY-SA). SchweizMobil route 51 (https://www.schweizmobil.ch/en/hiking-in-switzerland/route-51, checked 2026-09-09). Uri at the Andermatt finish.
en.wikipedia.org · 2026-09-09 · wikidata · official · provisional
No walking permit on the Swiss public Wanderland network (https://www.schweizmobil.ch/en/hiking-in-switzerland, checked 2026-09-09). SAC and private hut booking is logistics.
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Trailheads
- Oberwald (OSM line start) car-free: yes
- Andermatt (OSM line end) car-free: yes
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Hazards
- Length: official 34.7 km / 2,100 m of walking ascent over 2 stages (ch.astra.wanderland Route attributes (opendata.swiss langsamverkehr-wanderland-schweiz, dataset 2026-02-25, parsed 2026-09-09)).
- No walking permit on the Swiss public Wanderland network; SAC and private hut booking is logistics, not a trail permit (https://www.schweizmobil.ch/en/hiking-in-switzerland, checked 2026-09-09). There is no walking fee on that page.
Questions
Do I need a permit for Furka-Höhenweg?
No trail permit is listed on this record for Furka-Höhenweg.
How difficult is Furka-Höhenweg?
Furka-Höhenweg is graded Wanderland: technical and physical grades on the route page · SAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade) · YDS 1. A sourced hazard on this record: Length: official 34.7 km / 2,100 m of walking ascent over 2 stages (ch.astra.wanderland Route attributes (opendata.swiss langsamverkehr-wanderland-schweiz, dataset 2026-02-25, parsed 2026-09-09)).
How long is Furka-Höhenweg?
The OSM 2-D length on this record is 34.2 km (verified). Published figures may differ. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail
How do I get to Furka-Höhenweg?
The record’s base start is Oberwald (OSM line start). A primary gateway on the record is Geneva Airport (GVA). Trailhead transit notes are not included in this public FAQ.
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