Grächen
Hannigalp · Seetalhorn
Grächen is a ski area in the canton of Valais, Switzerland, with access from Hannigalp, Seetalhorn. It has 10 lifts (1 gondola, 5 chairlifts, 4 T-bars, 1 platter, 4 magic carpets mapped) and 15.9 km of marked pistes – 4.4 km easy, 11.2 km intermediate and 0 km difficult, plus 1 km of ski routes. The lifts reach 2’864 m above sea level; the lowest point is 1’618 m, a vertical drop of 1’246 m. Live webcams are available on the official website. Kalpetran railway station is 2 km from the valley lift.
Conditions & snow forecast
Ski pass & live cams
Day-pass prices have not been published or checked for this area yet. See the official website.
Opens the official live cams in a new tab. Images belong to the ski area.
Piste map
Pistes
- Easy · blue4.4 km
- Intermediate · red11.2 km
- Difficult · black0 km
- Ski routes1 km
- Not classified0.3 km
- Sledging runs2.6 km
Measured along the mapped piste lines. Resorts often advertise larger figures because they count both sides of wide slopes or every variant of a run.
Lifts
15 mapped lifts, highest first. Elevations from swisstopo.
| Lift | Type | Length | Bottom → top (m) | Rise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plattja | Chairlift | 1’403 m | 2’367 → 2’864 | 497 m |
| Stafel-Seetalhorn 2 | Chairlift | 1’185 m | 2’452 → 2’857 | 405 m |
| Stafel-Seetalhorn 1 | Chairlift | 1’036 m | 2’204 → 2’452 | 248 m |
| Furggen 2 | T-bar | 642 m | 2’117 → 2’336 | 219 m |
| Furggen 1 | T-bar | 577 m | 2’120 → 2’319 | 199 m |
| Paradiesli | T-bar | 580 m | 2’050 → 2’183 | 133 m |
| Bärgji 2 | Chairlift | 693 m | 1’982 → 2’169 | 187 m |
| Härdera 2 | Platter | 261 m | 2’088 → 2’142 | 54 m |
| Härdera 1 | T-bar | 261 m | 2’088 → 2’141 | 53 m |
| — | Magic carpet | 82 m | 2’112 → 2’124 | 12 m |
| — | Magic carpet | 37 m | 2’119 → 2’124 | 5 m |
| — | Magic carpet | 112 m | 2’108 → 2’123 | 15 m |
Show all 15 lifts
| Lift | Type | Length | Bottom → top (m) | Rise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Magic carpet | 19 m | 2’121 → 2’123 | 2 m |
| Grächen - Hannigalp | Gondola | 2’259 m | 1’618 → 2’120 | 502 m |
| Bärgji 1 | Chairlift | 816 m | 1’646 → 1’982 | 336 m |
10 lift installations are listed for this area; 15 are currently mapped in OpenStreetMap and shown here.
Practical information
- Canton
- Valais
- Municipality
- Grächen
- Villages
- Grächen, Hannigalp, Seetalhorn
- By train
- Kalpetran station · 2 km from the valley lift
- Website
- graechen.ch
- Avalanche risk
- SLF avalanche bulletin
- Weather
- MeteoSwiss
- Coordinates
- 46.2013, 7.8645
Questions
How many lifts does Grächen have?
Grächen has 10 lifts. Mapped in detail: 1 gondola, 5 chairlifts, 4 T-bars, 1 platter, 4 magic carpets.
How high is Grächen?
The highest lift station is at 2’864 m and the lowest point at 1’618 m, giving a vertical drop of 1’246 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Grächen have?
15.9 km of marked pistes, measured along the piste lines: 4.4 km blue, 11.2 km red and 0 km black. There are also 1 km of ski routes.
How much is a day pass at Grächen?
Prices are published on the official website (https://www.graechen.ch).
Is there a live webcam for Grächen?
Yes – live cams are available at https://graechen.ch/en/Info-service/Webcams.
How do I get to Grächen by public transport?
The nearest railway station is Kalpetran, 2 km from the valley lift.
Lifts, pistes and the map come from OpenStreetMap, elevations from swisstopo. Last update . Something wrong? Fix it on OpenStreetMap – how the figures are calculated.
Nearby ski areas
Straight-line distance.