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A) Grächen - Egga - Bärgji

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Egga Chapel
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Easy stroller-friendly hike to Bärgji

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Distance 2.7 km

0:50 h

52 m

22 m

1,666 m

1,614 m

Historical insights are available in the chapel at Egga, and in front of it you have a fantastic view of the mountain panorama. The Bärgji-Alp restaurant is a culinary hot spot.

Suitable for strollers and wheelchair accessible as well.

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Grächen & St. Niklaus Tourismus & Gewerbe

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easy

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easy

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1,666 m

Lowest point

1,614 m

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2.3 km

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425 m

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Kapelle Egga
Restaurant Taverne

Roadbook

Your route starts at the village square and leads you along the paved road past the base station of the Hannigalpbahn. You follow the route slightly uphill with a stop at the chapel at Egga. The road then takes you through the larch forest, past the parking lot, and you follow the path to Bärgji.

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Kapelle Egga
Restaurant Taverne

Public transport

Public-transport-friendly

From Visp, take the train to St. Niklaus. There, change to the PostAuto, which takes you every half hour to Grächen. On weekends, there is a direct bus from Visp to Grächen.

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A) Grächen - Egga - Bärgji

Directions

- Rhone Valley: Via Martigny - Visp to Grächen / St. Niklaus

- Lötschberg car shuttle: Via Kandersteg - Goppenstein - Visp to Grächen / St. Niklaus (bls.ch/autoverlad)

- Furka car shuttle: Via Andermatt - Realp - Oberwald - Brig - Visp to Grächen / St. Niklaus (Furka car shuttle)

- Ticino/Simplon: Via Lugano - Centovalli - Domodossola - Brig - Visp to Grächen / St. Niklaus (Simplon car shuttle)

Parking

Parking options in Grächen: The Millegga parking garage is located at the village entrance of Grächen. Price per day (for covered parking): CHF 15.00

Private parking providers:

Amstutz Trudy

Tel. +41 (0)27 956 13 35

Jeiziner Leon

Tel. +41 (0)27 956 16 31

Hotel Alpha

Tel. +41 (0)27 956 13 01

Coordinates

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2'630'966E 1'116'204N

46.196586, 7.839786

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46°11'47.7"N 7°50'23.2"E

UTM

32T 410480 5116544

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Difficulty

easy

Overall difficulty

easy

Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

Distance

2.7 km

Duration

0:50 h

Ascent

52 m

Descent

22 m

Highest point

1,666 m

Lowest point

1,614 m

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