{"id":1557,"date":"2017-07-31T11:27:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T11:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europaweg.ch\/?page_id=1557"},"modified":"2026-07-14T10:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T10:52:17","slug":"2-day-hike-in-the-alps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.europaweg.ch\/en\/2-day-hike-in-the-alps\/","title":{"rendered":"2-day hike in the Alps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_pb_fullwidth_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<section class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_0 et_pb_fullwidth_header et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_container left\"><div class=\"header-content-container center\"><div class=\"header-content et_flex_module\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Europaweg - 2-day hike in the Alps<\/h1><div class=\"et_pb_header_button_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_scroll\"><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_specialty et_pb_gutters3 et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row-3-4_1-4 et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_specialty_column et_pb_column_3_4 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_inner_0 et_pb_row_inner et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_inner_0 et_pb_column_inner et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/zermatt.swiss\/en\/p\/europa-trail-01tVj000005EufKIAS\" width=\"100%\" height=\"2500px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_inner_1 et_pb_row_inner et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_inner_1 et_pb_column_inner et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_8 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>Gr\u00e4chen - Zermatt<\/h3>\n<p>Recommendation: Start the hike before 7am, use the cool morning air to quickly descend 300m from Gr\u00e4chen to Herbriggen.<\/p>\n<p>First place to get food from is after a 3.5 h hike the hotel Bergfreund in Herbriggen.<\/p>\n<p>Take a lot of liquid with you.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_inner_2 et_pb_column_inner et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_8 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>Zermatt - Gr\u00e4chen<\/h3>\n<p>We suggest taking the Sunnegga train. It takes you from Zermatt (1620m) to Sunnegga (2288m). With that, you\u2019ve managed the biggest ascend.<\/p>\n<p>Last place to get food from is the hotel Bergfreund in Herbriggen, after a 2-2.5 hike leaving the Europah\u00fctte.<\/p>\n<p>Take a lot of liquid with you.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_single et_pb_column_1_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_code_0 et_pb_code et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><div class=\"startseite\">\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europaweg.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/europaweg-ampelbild.jpg\" \/>\n<div class=\"wanderweg-teilweise\">\n<strong>Partial Opening of the Europaweg Trail Gr\u00e4chen \u2013 Zermatt as of June 26, 2026<\/strong>\nThe Europaweg trail between Gr\u00e4chen and Zermatt is partially accessible. Due to closures on certain sections, we kindly ask all hikers to take note of the following information:\n<br \/><br \/>\n<strong>Closed Trail Sections:<\/strong>\n<strong>Randa \u2013 T\u00e4sch:<\/strong>\nSection between <strong>Springelboden and Eggenstadel<\/strong>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<strong>Detours:<\/strong>\n<strong>Randa (Springelboden) \u2013 T\u00e4sch (Eggenstadel):<\/strong>\nPlease follow the hiking trail from <strong>Springelboden<\/strong> to <strong>Attermenzen<\/strong>. From there, the trail continues to <strong>T\u00e4sch<\/strong>. In T\u00e4sch, take the marked hiking path toward <strong>T\u00e4schalp<\/strong>.\n<br \/><br \/>\nWe thank you for your understanding and wish everyone a safe and enjoyable hike on the Europaweg.\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_code_1 et_pb_code et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europaweg.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wanderer-icon.jpg\" style=\"float:left; margin-right:10px;\"><strong style=\"font-size:13px;\">Please note:<\/strong><br>The Europaweg involves challenging mountain hiking and is marked on the <a style=\"color:#243e90; text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.europaweg.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SAC-Wanderskala.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAC difficulty scale as T3<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_code_2 et_pb_code et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><div style=\"width: 230px; height: 380px;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 230px; height: 380px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kachelmannwetter.com\/widget\/standard\/2659107\" width=\"230\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"    margin-left: -15px;\"><\/iframe>\n<figure><a style=\"border: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/kachelmannwetter.com\/ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/kachelmannwetter.com\/images\/widgets\/kachelmannwetter.png\" alt=\"kachelmannwetter.com\" width=\"230\" height=\"30\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/figure><div style=\"position: absolute; top: 357px; left: 0px; width: 230px; height: 30px; margin-left: -15px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1557","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europaweg.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europaweg.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europaweg.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europaweg.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europaweg.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1557"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.europaweg.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3315,"href":"https:\/\/www.europaweg.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1557\/revisions\/3315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europaweg.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}