WINTER HIKE RISCHINEN - STAUSEE GIBIDUM
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Easy
25 minutes
1339m
One way
+50m
-60m
Description
From Rischinen, the path leads to Stausee Gibidum and back again. A perfect walk for the whole family.
The route leads from the Stalden car park in Rischinen to the Stausee Gibidum and takes about 50 minutes. The Stausee Gibidum, with its area of 21 hectares (about 29 football fields), was completed in 1967 and is fed by the Great Aletsch Glacier.
You can also go to the reservoir via the steel staircase in winter.
Transport
**Arrival by car**
**From western Switzerland:** A9 Lausanne - Vevey, or northwest Switzerland: A12 Bern - Vevey: A9 - Sierre: Main road Sierre - Brig
**From northwest 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 via 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 - Tunnel Grand Saint Bernard (in summer via the pass) - Martigny: Motorway A9 - Sierre: Main road Sierre – Brig
Or via Domodossola – Simplon Pass – Brig
**Blatten bei Naters**
From Brig you reach Blatten bei Naters via Naters.