Walliser Sonnenweg

Name: Walliser Sonnenweg
Address: CH

Reported OSM relation: SchweizMobil regional hiking route 61, Walliser Sonnenweg, Crans-Montana to Brig, 76 km OSM 2-D. Vertical figures sampled from Copernicus GLO-30.

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Distance 76 km Reported · Ascent Computed · High point Computed · 4d · SAC T2 · Moderate (Easy technical / Medium physical)

Last verified 2026-10-07

Cite this record

The Hiking World, Walliser Sonnenweg, verified 2026-10-07, https://www.thehikingworld.com/trails/walliser-sonnenweg

How we verify · last checked 2026-10-07

Byline

The Hiking World editorial · author

Zermatt and the Valais high country on the Walliser Sonnenweg corridor

Figures marked provisional are seed data and still need verification. Source and last-checked date sit under each cited value.

Forecast at page generation, 2026-10-26T10:44:29.738Z

Representative point on Walliser Sonnenweg: 46.329°, 7.691°, about 2236 m. A forecast, not a trail-surface reading.

At generation: 5°C, Overcast.

2026-10-26 Overcast, -2–6°C
2026-10-27 Overcast, 5–11°C
2026-10-28 Fog, 2–6°C

Source Open-Meteo. Mountain weather changes with elevation and aspect.

Life-safety notices on this page come from the issuer.

Altitude weather delta

High 2,236 m minus low 640 m is 1,596 m of relief on this record. A standard tropospheric lapse of 6.5 °C per 1,000 m implies about 10.4 °C cooler at the high point than the valley, all else equal.

That is a model (International Standard Atmosphere environmental lapse), not a forecast and not a trail-closure. Wind, snow, and storms stay in Hazards.

derived:lapse-rate · computed 2026-09-10 · provisional

ISA 6.5 °C / 1,000 m · wikipedia.org · 2026-09-10

Stored line for Walliser Sonnenweg, from 46.308°, 7.469° to 46.319°, 7.988°. The drawing is the simplified record, not a surveyed GPS track.

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GeoJSON

Line download is the stored OSM geometry, simplified. It is not a surveyed GPS track. GPX · GeoJSON

Facts46.308, 7.469

Distance76 km

osm:relation:19702382 · verified 2026-09-09 · osm

Ascentnot published

Cumulative ascent not published — stored line geometry is too coarse for a reliable DEM figure.

Descentnot published

High point2,236 m

copernicus-dem:glo-30 · verified 2026-09-24 · dem

Low point640 m

copernicus-dem:glo-30 · verified 2026-09-24 · dem

Routepoint-to-point

Days4

Seasonunverified

GradeWanderland: technical and physical grades on the route page · SAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade) · YDS 1

Editorial v1 · Provisional catalog

DifficultyWanderland: technical and physical grades on the route page

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.

schweizmobil.ch · verified 2026-09-09

Elevation

Ingested from OpenStreetMap relation 19702382 (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 76 km (relation 19702382; network=rwn, operator=Wanderland Schweiz, ref=61). lengthKm is verified: 76 km is 0.78% under the official 76.6 km (https://www.schweizmobil.ch/en/hiking-in-switzerland/route-61; 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 2,236 m. GLO-30 cumulative ascent 2,663 m is the same order as the official 3,305 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.

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

Permits, closures, and hazards on this page are a citation, not a substitute for the issuer’s current notice.

No permit required.

Getting there

Sourced legs to the Crans-Montana (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) → Crans-Montana
Geneva Airport is a usual air gateway (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Airport, checked 2026-09-09, CC BY-SA). Rail/PostBus toward Crans-Montana (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crans-Montana, checked 2026-09-09, CC BY-SA). SchweizMobil route 61 (https://www.schweizmobil.ch/en/hiking-in-switzerland/route-61, checked 2026-09-09).
en.wikipedia.org · verified 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.

Plan from your location

Type a city, then pick a match. These links open external search tools — they do not fetch fares or timetables.

Getting there car-free

Crans-Montana (OSM line start): car-free flag yes.
Brig (OSM line end): car-free flag yes.

Trailheads

Crans-Montana (OSM line start) car-free: yes
Official start at Crans-Montana (https://www.schweizmobil.ch/en/hiking-in-switzerland/route-61, checked 2026-09-09). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crans-Montana, checked 2026-09-09, CC BY-SA.
Brig (OSM line end) car-free: yes
Official finish at Brig (same SchweizMobil page, checked 2026-09-09). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brig-Glis, checked 2026-09-09, CC BY-SA.

Hazards

Length: official 76.6 km / 3,305 m of walking ascent over 4 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 Walliser Sonnenweg?

No trail permit is listed as required on this record for Walliser Sonnenweg.

How difficult is Walliser Sonnenweg?

Walliser Sonnenweg 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 76.6 km / 3,305 m of walking ascent over 4 stages (ch.astra.wanderland Route attributes (opendata.swiss langsamverkehr-wanderland-schweiz, dataset 2026-02-25, parsed 2026-09-09)).

How long is Walliser Sonnenweg?

The OSM 2-D length on this record is 76 km (verified). Published figures may differ. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail

How do I get to Walliser Sonnenweg?

The record’s base start is Crans-Montana (OSM line start). A primary gateway on the record is Geneva Airport (GVA). Trailhead transit notes are not included in this public FAQ.