Rhine-Reuss-Rhôneweg: Brig/Gils - Gampel

Medium
27.2 km
7:10 h
293 mhd
330 mhd
Raron: Felsen und Burg
Brig/Gils: Wallfahrtskirche

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Brig/Gils: Wallfahrtskirche - Goldene Pforte
The Rhine-Reuss-Rhône Way connects the Graubünden Surselva to the vicinity of Lake Geneva. From the beginning in Disentis over the passes Oberalp and Furka to the Valais Goms we are, today again up to half of the stage, in the mountains at over 1000 m on the way.
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Fitness 4/6
Highest Point  902 m
Lowest Point  630 m
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Start
Brig at the town square
Destination
Gampel-Steg in the town centre
Coordinates
46.316685, 7.988135

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Glis (Eglise = church) is still the most popular pilgrimage church in the Upper Valais. Architect Ruffiner built the choir, a side chapel for Cardinal Schiner's arch-enemy, the "Golden Gate", which is well worth seeing, as the north portal and fell to his death from the scaffolding. We leave Glis via the medieval Letzi (defensive wall) of Gamsen and walk on the new Rhone dam to Visp, the hub of Valais public transport. Just below the Ausserberg train station, we set off on the old "cultural trail" to St. German and Raron. Around 1500, architect Ruffiner came from the neighbouring Italian town of Prismell, took up residence at the foot of the rock in Raron and converted the old castle ruins into a Gothic church with a reticulated vault. In the 1970s, the impressive "Felsenkirche" was blown up in the church hill of Raron.

On the Rhone dam we continue to Gampel-Steg.

Geheimtipp

From Brig to Raron we move parallel to Postbus routes. In Visp we say goodbye to the Matterhorn-Gotthard Railway, which turns off to Zermatt. In the further course, we will concentrate on sbb or RegionAlps parallel to our route.

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