Rischinen - Stausee Gibidum
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Easy
25 minutes
1337m
One way
+49m
-58m
Description
From Rischinen you go to Stausee Gibidum and back. A perfect walk for the whole family.
The short hike from the Stalden parking lot in Rischinen to Stausee Gibidum takes about 50 minutes and is suitable for a short break.
The circular hike leads from the Stalden parking lot in Rischinen to Stausee Gibidum. The Stausee Gibidum, with an area of 21 hectares (about 29 soccer fields), was completed in 1967 and is fed by the Great Aletsch Glacier. You reach the reservoir via a steel staircase. The road is asphalted and therefore also suitable for strollers.
Transport
**Arrival by car**
**From Western Switzerland:** A9 Lausanne - Vevey, or Northwestern Switzerland: A12 Bern - Vevey: A9 - Sierre: Main road Sierre - Brig
**From Northwestern Switzerland:** A6 Bern - Thun - Spiez: Main road Spiez - Kandersteg (car shuttle Lötschberg tunnel) - Goppenstein - Gampel - Brig
**From Eastern and Central Switzerland:** Andermatt - Realp (year-round car shuttle Furka; in summer over Furka pass) - Oberwald - Brig
**From Ticino (in summer):** Airolo - Nufenen pass - Ulrichen – Brig
Or via Centovalli – Domodossola – Simplon pass – Brig
**From Italy (Aosta, Mt. Blanc Tunnel):** Aosta - Grand Saint Bernard tunnel (in summer over the pass) - Martigny: highway A9 - Sierre: main road Sierre – Brig
Or via Domodossola – Simplon pass – Brig
**Blatten near Naters**
From Brig you reach Blatten near Naters via Naters.