Albinen – Guttet – Feschel
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Intermediate
4h15min
13984m
One way
+587m
-587m
Description
The sunny winter hiking trail connects the two rustic mountain villages of Albinen and Guttet-Feschel. The view of the Rhone Valley, the Turtman ...
Besides the charming villages with their sun-browned barns and the phenomenal view into the Rhone Valley, this winter hike also reveals nature at its wonderful best. The hike from Albinen to Guttet-Feschel passes through a "ghost forest" above Leuk, which almost completely burned down in 2003. It is naturally and gently recovering and gradually coming back to life. An extremely impressive winter experience. From Guttet, you return on the same route to Albinen.
If you want to shorten the route and hike back to Albinen, turn right after about 2 km in Höhwald (Pt 1488 - see map). Descending through the Thelwald, you eventually reach the main road and so back to Albinen.
Transport
From Basel and Zurich: Highway A1 to Bern; A6 to Spiez; towards Kandersteg; car shuttle Kandersteg – Goppenstein; towards Gampel; Leuk – Albinen
From Geneva: Highway A1 to Lausanne; towards Sion/Sierre; Leuk – Leukerbad/Albinen
From Milan: Highway A8/A26 towards Simplon; car shuttle Iselle-Brig; towards Leuk – Leukerbad/Albinen