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Schweizerischer Nationalpark

01 Alp Trupchun

Open

One of the most frequented walks in the Park, in particular during the rutting season at the end of September.

Hiking trail
Time required: 3 hoursLength: 9.50km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

02 Fuorcla Trupchun

Open

Quite steep in the upper region, this is a route for those who are sure-footed on slippery scree.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hours 15 minutesLength: 3.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

03 Fuorcla Val Sassa

Open

This challenging 8-hour alpine excursion is only recommended for sure-footed walkers with a head for heights.

Hiking trail
Time required: 7 hours 30 minutesLength: 17.50km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

04 Piz Quattervals

Open

A challenging ascent of the highest peak that lies entirely within the National Park.

Hiking trail
Time required: 5 hoursLength: 5.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

05 Val Tantermozza

Open

This short hike leads through a sparse spruce-larch-pine forest with some impressive giant trees.

Hiking trail
Time required: 40 minutesLength: 1.50km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

06 Murtaröl

Open

This varied walk requires a certain amount of effort and is not often undertaken. It offers wonderful views into the Cluozza valley, towards the Engadine and the dominating peak of Piz Linard.

Hiking trail
Time required: 3 hours 30 minutesLength: 8.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

07 Chamanna Cluozza

Open

Comparable to a Swiss Alpine Club mountain hut, Chamanna Cluozza is the only hut within the Park that offers overnight accommodation; with 61 sleeps.

Hiking trail
Time required: 3 hours 30 minutesLength: 8.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

08 Murter

Open

One of the Park’s classics: this is a walk that gives plenty of opportunity to observe animals, many species of flora, and fascinating geological features such as dinosaur tracks or fossilised corals.

Hiking trail
Time required: 3 hours 45 minutesLength: 7.50km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

09 Margun Grimmels

Open

This easy walk takes us from the Pass dal Fuorn road down to the Ova Spin compensation reservoir.

Hiking trail
Time required: 1 hour 15 minutesLength: 3.50km
Naturpark Thal

1. Solothurner Waldwanderung

Durch Bärlauch und Märchenwald - diese Wanderung bietet die ganze Faszination der Jurawälder in einer Etappe

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 - 4hLength: 12.50km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

10 Spöl valley

Open

Our wilderness walk!
Less frequented than other routes, this relatively flat walk will suit those who are looking for a bit of peace and quiet. Woodland and waterside landscapes accompany us along its length.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hours 45 minutesLength: 8.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

11 Alp la Schera

Open

On this walk we go along a stretch of the historical former route to Livigno, where horse-driven carts still travelled in the early days of the Park.

Hiking trail
Time required: 1 hour 15 minutesLength: 3.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

12 Grimmels

Open

Provided the snow has already melted, it is possible to do this easy circular walk around the hillside of Las Crastatschas as early as mid-May. The first timid signs of spring can be seen then, and ungulates have not yet moved to the higher regions.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hours 15 minutesLength: 6.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

13 Champlönch

Open

This 2-hour walk follows the former Pass dal Fuorn road, offering pleasant views of the Pass dal Fuorn landscape with its typical stretches of mountain pine forest.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hoursLength: 5.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

14 Punt la Drossa – Il Fuorn

Open

This trail leads from the customs house at Punt la Drossa/P4 to Il Fuorn/P6; we walk alongside the delightful Fuorn stream that manages most of the time to drown the sound of traffic on the Pass dal Fuorn road.

Hiking trail
Time required: 1 hourLength: 2.50km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

15 Munt la Schera

Open

Many people consider this to be the most enjoyable walk in the National Park.

Hiking trail
Time required: 4 hours 45 minutesLength: 13.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

16 Fuorn valley

Open

In the first section, from Il Fuorn to former P7, we see the impressive contrast between a humid alpine mixed forest and a dry mountain pine forest.

Hiking trail
Time required: 1 hour 45 minutesLength: 5.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

17 Margunet

Open

This well-frequented route has become increasingly popular since bearded vultures were released here between 1991 and 2007.

Hiking trail
Time required: 3 hoursLength: 8.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

18 Fuorcla Val dal Botsch

Open

The walk over Fuorcla Val dal Botsch leads from the Pass dal Fuorn region to Val Mingèr, via a 2676 m high pass. It is normally passable from end of June to end of September.

Hiking trail
Time required: 6 hours 45 minutesLength: 17.50km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

19 Val Mingèr

Open

The last bear in Switzerland was shot in Val Mingèr in 1904. Unfortunately the Swiss National Park was only founded 10 years later and could not, therefore, offer any refuge for this creature.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hours 15 minutesLength: 5.50km
Naturpark Thal

2. Solothurner Waldwanderung

Kreten, Schluchten, Wald - ein echtes Highlight im Naturpark Thal.

Hiking trail
Time required: > 6hLength: 19.50km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

20 Mot Tavrü

Open

Val Tavrü is of historic importance to the National Park. From 1911 to 1936, when the whole valley was part of the Park, it formed the boundary to our vast nature reserve.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hours 15 minutesLength: 6.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

21 Lais da Macun

Open

23 lakes, crystalline bedrock, rare plant species and a fantasy world of dragons and dwarfs all contribute to Macun’s renown as one of the pearls of the National Park.

Hiking trail
Time required: 8 hoursLength: 21.00km
Regionaler Naturpark Schaffhausen

Accessible route: Eschheimertalweg

This route leads from Schaffhausen up to the Jura heights. From there you follow a circular path into the Eschheimtal valley. The path is, sometimes wooded, sometimes lined by meadows and fields.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hours 30 minutesLength: 9.00km
Wildnispark Zürich Sihlwald

Albispasshöhe – Sihlbrugg

Diese Gratwanderung führt auf dem Albisgrat mit Blick über den gesamten Naturerlebnispark Sihlwald auf der einen Seite und toller Fernsicht ins Knonaueramt auf der anderen Seite vom Albispass bis nach Sihlbrugg.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hoursLength: 10.10km
Wildnispark Zürich Sihlwald

Albispass–Albishorn–Albispass

A scenic hike with distant views. In addition there are great views of the Sihlwald wilderness, the first nature discovery park of Switzerland.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hours 40 minutesLength: 8.80km
Wildnispark Zürich Sihlwald

Albispass–Albishorn–Sihlwald

Der erste Teil dieser Wanderung bietet viel Weitsicht und tolle Ausblicke über den Sihlwald. Im zweiten Teil tauchen Sie dann direkt ein in die Wildnis des ersten Naturerlebnisparks der Schweiz.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hours 15 minutesLength: 8.10km
Wildnispark Zürich Sihlwald

Albispass–Hochwacht–Albispass

Kurzer Spaziergang zum Aussichtsturm Hochwacht mit unvergleichbarem Ausblick über den gesamten Wildnispark Zürich.

Hiking trail
Time required: 50 minutesLength: 3.10km
Wildnispark Zürich Sihlwald

Albispass–Sihlbrugg

Welch ein Kontrast! Kaum zehn Kilometer von Zürichs Zentrum, von Shoppingzentren und Banken, liegt einer der ursprünglichsten Wälder und der erste Naturerlebnispark der Schweiz.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 - 4hLength: 9.20km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut

Allières - Les Avants

The trail starts with the ascent to the Col de Jaman. It leads up over alpine meadows. The alpine huts have traditional shingle roofs. The trail then descends again to the village of Les Avants.

Theme trailHiking trailOther routes
Time required: 3 hours 10 minutesLength: 9.20km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut

Allières - Les Avants

The walks starts with an ascent to the Col de Jaman. The trail leads over meadows with cairns and past alpine huts with shingle roofs. The trail then descends to the village of Les Avants.

Theme trailHiking trailOther routes
Time required: 3 hours 10 minutesLength: 9.20km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut

Allières - Montbovon

This stage is the only one on the Grand Tour des Vanils to offer a magnificent glimpse of Lake Geneva (from the Col de Jaman) and along the slopes of the Cape au Moine.

Hiking trail
Time required: 6 hoursLength: 18.10km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut

Allières – Les Avants

Two passes, two worlds

Hiking trail
Time required: 4 hours 30 minutesLength: 10.90km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut

Allières – Montbovon

From the Allières relay station to the Montbovon crossroads

Hiking trail
Time required: 1 hour 25 minutesLength: 4.60km
Naturpark Beverin

Alp Nursera ad Schwarzwald

The mountain trail from Ausserferrera to Sufers leads across the Nursera and Schwarzwald Alps with magnificent views of the Hinterrhein valleys of Val Ferrera and Rheinwald, which are characterised by alpine farming and the former mining industry.

Hiking trail
Time required: 4 hours 30 minutesLength: 11.00km
Naturpark Gantrisch

Alpenpanoramaweg Etappe 17 (SchweizMobil 3)

Vom Aaretal über den Belpberg, hinab ins Gürbetal und wieder hinauf auf den Längenberg. Bei dieser Route zeigen sich immer wieder grossartige Aussichten, wie aber auch kleine Ortschaften im Berner Gürbetal.


Hiking trail
Time required: 6 hours 5 minutesLength: 19.44km
Naturpark Gantrisch

Alpenpanoramaweg Etappe 18 (SchweizMobil 3)

Noch ein letzter Blick der Berner Alpen geniessen, bevor der Abstieg in den Schwarzwassergraben folgt. Nach der Überquerung der ältesten Betonbogenbrücke der Welt, wird Schwarzenburg erreicht. Über dessen Plateau, Wälder und Wiesen führt der Weg a...

Hiking trail
Time required: 5 hours 30 minutesLength: 17.66km
Naturpark Gantrisch

Alpenpanoramaweg Etappe 19 (SchweizMobil 3)

Hügellandschaft, Sensegraben, eine Kantonsgrenze und die verdiente Erfrischung im Bergsee - all dies bietet die 19. Etappe des Alpenpanoramawegs. 


Hiking trail
Time required: 5 hours 5 minutesLength: 16.43km
Naturpark Gantrisch

Alpenpanoramaweg Etappe 20 (SchweizMobil 3)

Vom lieblichen Schwarzsee zum Breccaschlund und in die spitze Kalklandschaft der Greyerzer Alpen, über den flachen, von Gletschern ausgehobelten Euschelspass nach Jaun ins einzige deutschsprachige Dorf des Bezirks Gruyères.


Hiking trail
Time required: 4 hours 20 minutesLength: 12.28km
Naturpark Beverin

Alte Averserstrasse

Die alte Averserstrasse von Juf zur Rofflaschlucht steht als historischer Verkehrsweg unter dem Schutz der Eidgenossenschaft und des Kantons Graubünden.

Hiking trail
Time required: 3 hoursLength: 10.00km
Naturpark Gantrisch

Alte Jakobswegroute

Die alte Jakobswegroute ist ein Wander- und Pilger-Klassiker im Naturpark Gantrisch, obwohl sie nicht mehr zur aktuellen Jakobsweg-Route gehört.


Hiking trail
Time required: 3 hours 40 minutesLength: 12.36km
Regionaler Naturpark Schaffhausen

Anabaptist Trail

Discover the historical trails over the Randen, leading you through pleasant forest valleys up to the heights of the Randen with the vast stretch of the Zelgli meadow.

Theme trailHiking trail
Time required: 4 - 6hLength: 11.00km
Naturpark Diemtigtal

Around the Seehore

A huge palette of natural diversity awaits you. Our tip: Leave room for your own impressions and discoveries and sharpen your eye for the inconspicuous.

Hiking trail
Time required: 7 hours 30 minutesLength: 20.06km
Naturpark Pfyn-Finges

Ascent Torrenthorn

Even without much hiking experience this hike can be done easily. Although this is one of the easier hikes, the view is priceless.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 - 4hLength: 6.00km
Parc du Doubs

Au fil du Doubs

This hike does full justice to its name. The trail leads from Les Brenets near La Chaux-de-Fonds to St. Ursanne, almost always alongside the River Doubs and crossing the Doubs Regional National Park from west to east.

Hiking trail
Time required: 20 hoursLength: 67.30km
Parc du Doubs

Au fil du Doubs - Stage 1

From Les Brenets, follow the Doubs to the impressive Saut du Doubs, a 27m high waterfall. The river widens into a mineral world to the Châtelot dam before sinking into deep gorges.

Hiking trail
Time required: 4 - 6hLength: 18.30km
Parc du Doubs

Au fil du Doubs - Stage 2

This stage goes through a thick and wild forest, house of many plant and animal species . It is hard to imagine just how much industry there was here 200 years ago. Today, only a few signs of this intense industrial activity remain.

Hiking trail
Time required: 5 hours 35 minutesLength: 20.70km
Parc du Doubs

Au fil du Doubs - Stage 3

Enjoy the water along the quiet broad pathways, an ideal spot to observe the river's activity. Amid the silent fishermen, you can admire the trouts, pikes and aprons, also known as Roi du Doubs.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 - 4hLength: 12.90km
Parc du Doubs

Au fil du Doubs - Stage 4

Leave the wild nature behind you and slowly come back to the real world before reaching the medieval town of St-Ursanne. There, the Doubs makes a sharp turn; perhaps this is where it gets ist name from - dubitus meaning the hesitant in Latin.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 - 4hLength: 15.40km
Parc naturel régional Jura vaudois

Au sommet du Jura suisse

The trail starting from the Joux valley at the foot of the Jura, leads through the regional Jura Vaudois Nature Park to the highest summit of the Swiss Jura, Mont Tendre (1,679m), with a magnificent view of the Alps and the Lake of Geneva.

Hiking trail
Time required: 4 - 6hLength: 16.00km
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