Statistics
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day +
11,409
m
12,000
m
15
max°
Difficulty
FATMAP difficulty grade
Description
The Via Valais is a mountain runner’s tour.
It’s a challenge, but not unattainable.
Breaking the route into nine stages, you’ll arrive to Zermatt with 225 km and around 14000 meters of vertical in your legs.
And bonus peaks if you chose! Each stage isn’t too long and the vertical is inside the range of an average/challenging day out for runners in the Alps, but the days get stacked one on top of another.
Thankfully, the overnights are comfortable, with hotel nights, hot showers, and grocery restocks in Zinal and Randa, to balance out hut nights. FATMAP Guidebook: https://fatmap.com/guidebooks/50/via-valais:-an-exciting-9-day-trail-in-the-swiss-alps?fmid=cp Full online guide from ALPSinsight: https://elevation.alpsinsight.com/via-valais/