Walserweg

5 tips on the Walserweg Graubünden:

Medergen: Numerous sunburnt wooden houses form near Arosa at 2000 m above sea level the Walser settlement Medergen with a great view of the Schanfigg.

Sertig Dörfli: A small mountain chapel, lush green meadows, a larch forest, rustic wooden houses and three distinctive mountains: Welcome to the Walser village Sertig.

Cresta in Avers: The section is characterized by natural stone buildings, the Edelweiss chapel as well as numerous Walser houses scattered over Avers for more than 400 years. 

Camanaboda with local history museum: The mountain huts at Camanaboda were once used as individual dairy farms. You get deeper insight into the traditional rural everyday culture of the Safiental in the local history museum.

Valserberg: In the 14th century, Walser from the Rheinwald moved to Vals. Once at Valserberg, you enjoy an impressive view.

The path begins in the village of San Bernardino. Around 1270, the first settlers from Valais came over the pass of the same name and settled in Rheinwald. In Hinterrhein, Nufenen and Splügen, the mighty houses still remind today of the time of the muleteers, as the Splügen Pass, the Safierberg, as well as the Passo del S. Bernardino and the Valserberg were important north–south connections. The route leads through historically grown cultural landscapes and typical Walser scattered settlements. The hiking time per stage is between 4 and 7 hours. There is enough time to enjoy and discover the beautiful landscape. Alpine transitions connect the high valleys, along the path you will encounter fresh mountain lakes and protected raised bogs, it goes through species-rich alpine meadows and shady Swiss stone pine and larch forests. These impressive natural spaces alternate with witnesses of Walser pasture and alpine farming. Typical slanting wooden fences, Walser houses blackened by the sun, log stables and regional architectural differences, such as stone roofs in Vals or wooden shingle roofs in the Safiental, create the charm of this long-distance hiking trail.

Every hiking stage concludes with a cozy dinner. Whether in a still typical Walser village/valley like Hinterrhein, Vals, Safiental, Avers, St. Antönien or Langwies or in large Walser tourism destinations like Davos, Arosa or Klosters.

The long-distance hiking trail comprises 23 stages, which are also suitable as one- or two-day hikes. Except for the stage locations Ela Hut and Carschina Hut, all stage locations are accessible by public transport. 

Individually tailored hiking offers with luggage transport bookable at www.walserweg.ch. Start day and number of stages freely selectable.