Leukerbad - Varneralp
Description
The tour starts in Leukerbad with the ascent to Larschialp. A little further south, the path leads spectacularly through the middle of a rocky ledge, where the bike has to be pushed for a few minutes. You are quickly back in the saddle, but still have to push again in phases for the last 300 meters up to Varneralp. The descent to Cave du Sex starts promisingly, but then becomes challenging. Even very good bikers have to get off their bikes here from time to time. The route only becomes really fun after Cave du Sex, where the trail drops very steeply to the Pichiour waterfall. The trail rides behind the roaring stream here. This passage is also steeply downhill until you ride a few meters uphill to the left at a small road and then immediately head into the next descent to the first bisse to Varen. There is another downhill section and then you reach Varen on the lower bisse. Now follow the cycle path via Leuk to Susten.
Alternatives: Descent from Nüschelet via Tschanieru to Varen
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Details of the tour
30 km
1085 m
1855 m
619 above sea level
2182 above sea level
1 day
Leukerbad
Susten
1291
not suitable
More information
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User comments (3)
About the author: Thomas Giger
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I have an e-bike (BH Xsteps Lynx pro 5.5) and would like to ride part of this route in the opposite direction (Pfärschong - Leukerbad) and would like to know whether the passage in the rock face between the chapel and Leukerbad is passable (width >50 cm, no steps >30 cm etc.) and how steep it is. Is it possible, for example, to cross it on foot next to the bike if necessary?
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I can recommend this tour to anyone who likes to hike a lot. If you prefer to sit mainly on your bike, you should refrain from this tour. We didn't just have to push our bikes for a few minutes, but practically half the ascent because the second half of the ascent was too steep and rocky. You can no longer talk about pushing in phases.
However, further down, after the Cave du Sex, there are a few nice single trails where we were rewarded for our efforts.
It was a pity that the cycle path was used directly from Varen. There could certainly have been a few more sections on unpaved paths.