Circular hike from Fiesch over the Goms-Bridge to Ernen and back

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7.51 km long
Round trip
Difficulty: medium
Condition: easy
Hike
  • 2:25 h
  • 7.51 km
  • 306 m
  • 307 m
  • 1,007 m
  • 1,258 m
  • 251 m
  • Start: Fiesch, train station
  • Destination: Fiesch, train station
You’ll need a head for heights to cross the 280m-long Goms-Bridge suspension bridge. It’s the highlight of this easy tour and offers amazing views.

From the public transport hub in Fiesch, walk towards the old valley station of the Fiesch-Eggishorn cable car and follow the Bregeraweg towards Fieschertal. After the railway crossing, take the path that branches off right and continue via Gibelegg and the Äbiwald forest to Fürgangen. Take the underpass and head to the Goms suspension bridge (which is accessible to wheelchair users and cyclists). From Mühlebach you can either continue alongside the water channel and through the meadows and fields, or via Mosshubel past the gallows to Ernen. Follow the path across Ärnerfäld down to the power station and cross the young Rhone before arriving at the starting point of the tour again. 

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Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

Fiesch – Gibelegg – Fürgangen – Mühlebach – Ernen – Ärnerfäld – Fiesch

Tour information

  • Loop Road

Equipment

We recommend: 

 

  • good footwear
  • clothing suitable for the weather: always carry a waterproof jacket
  • hat or cap
  • sunscreen
  • bottle for water
  • picnic
  • camera
  • binoculars (optional)
  • hiking poles (optional)
  • printout of this hike (click «Print» icon, to download)  

Directions & Parking facilities

Take Kantonsstrasse 19 to the Fiesch exit, follow Furkastrasse as far as the parking facilities.
 Large pay car park at the valley station of the Fiesch-Eggishorn cable car (Aletsch Bahnen AG).
By train from Brig or Oberwald to Fiesch, on foot to across the public parking to the beginning of the tour.

Additional information

Aletsch Arena AG
Furkastrasse 39
CH-3983 Mörel-Filet
+41 27 928 58 58
info@aletscharena.ch
www.aletscharena.ch 

Literature

Get a free panoramic map at the cable car stations and info centres of the Aletsch Arena. 

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Sightseeing tip:

Safety guidelines

Summer sports report

Use of the trails and the information on this website is at hikers’ own risk. Local conditions may entail changes to routes. Aletsch Arena AG accepts no liability for the accuracy and completeness of information on this website.

 Crossing the Goms Bridge requires sure-footedness and a head for heights.

  • Bring a map. Download full description of this route including large-scale map by clicking on «Print» icon, top right of this page.
  • Use marked trails only, and observe all signposting – for your own safety, to safeguard grazing animals and to avoid disturbing wildlife.
  • Close gates after passing through.
  • Please be considerate to other trail users, and to the plants and animals.
  • Do not leave any waste in nature.

Map

SwissTopo maps 1:25’000: 1269 Aletschgletscher

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Circular hike from Fiesch over the Goms-Bridge to Ernen and back
3984 Fiesch