Hike from Ried-Mörel via Goppisberg to Mörel-Filet

Tip
6.80 km long
Round trip
Difficulty: medium
Condition: easy
Hike
  • 2:30 h
  • 6.80 km
  • 232 m
  • 656 m
  • 764 m
  • 1,385 m
  • 621 m
  • Start: Ried-Mörel, gondola mid-station
  • Destination: Mörel, gondola valley station

From Mörel-Filet take the gondola up to the mid-station at Ried-Mörel. Follow the path along the Great Trench. At the height of Greich, located on the other side of the trench, cross the gorge. The path is narrow but easy to walk. From Greich, hike past the distinctive mid-station of the Mörel-Riederalp cable car toward Goppisberg. The path runs above the road, later between avalanche barriers and through a forest, until it meets the road again just before Goppisberg. Follow this for about 100 meters, then turn onto the gravel path branching off to the right, which leads down to Goppisberg. On the way back, hike via Breiten back to Mörel-Filet.

Aletsch Arena AG
Aletsch Arena AG

Good to know

Directions

Ried-Mörel – Greich – Goppisberg – Breiten – Mörel-Filet

Safety guidelines

Summer sports report

Use of the hiking trails and information on this website is at your own risk. Conditions on site may lead to changes in the route. Aletsch Arena AG assumes no responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the information on this website.

  • Carry a map with you. Download the complete description of the hiking trail with a large-scale map by clicking "Print" in the top right corner of the page.
  • Use only marked hiking trails and obey all signs and instructions—for your own safety, for the protection of grazing animals, and out of respect for wildlife.
  • Close gates after passing through.
  • Be considerate of other trail users, plants, and animals.  

Tour information

  • Familiy-Friendly

  • Loop Road

  • Stop at an Inn

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Pavements

Street
Trail

Equipment

We recommend:

  • Good footwear
  • Weather-dependent clothing: always carry a waterproof vest
  • Headwear
  • Sunscreen
  • Water bottle
  • Picnic
  • Camera
  • Binoculars (optional)
  • Walking sticks (optional)
  • Printout of the hike (click "Print" to download) 

Directions & Parking facilities

Via cantonal road 19 to the Mörel-Filet exit, then continue to the signposted parking areas. Take the Riederalp cable car (Aletsch Bahnen AG) up to Ried-Mörel.
  • Limited number of paid parking spaces at Mörel-Filet station. Additional parking options are signposted.
  • Large paid parking garages at the entrance to Mörel-Filet and in the village center.
By train from Brig or Oberwald to Mörel-Filet, then walk to the Riederalp cable car (Aletsch Bahnen AG). Take this up to Ried-Mörel.

Additional information

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

Literature

At the mountain railways and info centers of the Aletsch Arena, you will receive a free panorama map. 

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Are you traveling with children? The little ones can let off steam on the playgrounds in Ried-Mörel, Greich, and Mörel-Filet along the way!

Map

SwissTopo national maps: 1:25,000: 1269 Aletschgletscher

Location and Contact

Hike from Ried-Mörel via Goppisberg to Mörel-Filet
3986 Ried-Mörel