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Heidadorf Visperterminen – Mountain Restaurant Giw loop from Visp

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Switzerland

Valais

Heidadorf Visperterminen – Mountain Restaurant Giw loop from Visp

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Heidadorf Visperterminen – Mountain Restaurant Giw loop from Visp

03:31

33.4km

1,380m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 22, 2026

Tips

Includes very steep uphill segments

You may need to push your bike.

After 1.66 km for 923 m

After 3.57 km for 380 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.64 km

Vineyard Trail in Valais

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Unfortunately with a no-bike sign :(

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8.80 km

Heidadorf Visperterminen

Highlight • Settlement

A beautiful high-altitude location with a great view. This is where Europe's highest vineyards are located.

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9.20 km

Mountain Restaurant Giw

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Beautiful mountain restaurant with a large sun terrace
bergrestaurant-giw.ch

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17.5 km

Suonen

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The historic irrigation canals in Valais, seen here, are called "bisses." They were built to supply the pastures and fields with water from mountain streams.

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19.9 km

Hüoterhüsi (Suonen Guardian's Cabin)

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This was the hut for the bisse overseer who looked after the bisse. That way he didn't have to go down to the village every day. The saying on the hut wall: Who knows how close my end is, time passes, death comes. Oh, how quickly, how swiftly my death can come.

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30.5 km

Wine hike through Europe’s highest vineyard

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Wine hike through Europe's highest vineyard, combined with a wine tasting at the local St. Jodern winery.

Below the village of Visperterminen lies Europe's highest, contiguous vineyard, at an altitude between 650 and 1,150 meters. In short terraces with high dry stone walls, the vineyard, called „Rieben“, overcomes 500 meters of altitude difference in a confined space.

Hundreds of these retaining walls turn the steep slopes into small vine gardens, often no larger than two bedsheets. The southern exposure of the slope, in one of Switzerland's driest regions, and the large stone surfaces of these dry stone walls make the „Rieben“ a heat chamber until late autumn, which gives the grapes – along with a few gusts of Föhn wind – the necessary ripeness.

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32.8 km

Visp Old Town

Highlight • Settlement

The old Visp developed in the hilly zone because until about 150 years ago there were constant floods in the valley floor. The Rhone and the Vispa were corrected, expanded, and channelized. This made the entire area free for development. Another reason why people built on the hill was the military pressure on the Upper Valais. On a hill with ring walls, one could defend oneself better. Several conflagrations in the 13th and 14th centuries and the great conflagration of 1518 destroyed almost all of Visp. Thus, only individual houses built before 1518 can still be found.

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33.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

21.0 km

7.70 km

3.97 km

438 m

262 m

Surfaces

19.8 km

5.44 km

5.01 km

1.89 km

1.03 km

176 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 8 July

32°C

9°C

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Heidadorf Visperterminen – Mountain Restaurant Giw loop from Visp

Vineyard Trail in Valais

Heidadorf Visperterminen

View of Visp

Mountain Restaurant Giw

Suonen

Hüoterhüsi (Suonen Guardian's Cabin)

Wine hike through Europe’s highest vineyard

Visp Old Town

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