Goms High Trail (Route 184)
Oberwald · Obergoms, Valais · Switzerland
Difficulty scale
Historic recorded designation; not verified as fitness or technique.
These groups reflect the recorded general designation, not a verified fitness or technical grade. Terrain, exposure, chains and ladders must be assessed separately; read the source notes. No SAC grade is inferred.
- Official technique (source wording)
- medium mountain hiking trail
- Official fitness (source wording)
- medium
SAC T-grade: not verified
Painted waymarks: not verified
Official route sourceSafety and route notes
Existing editorial notes, not live trail status. Any check date below applies only to that static check; recheck official notices and local conditions before departure.
- No SAC T-grade is independently established.
- Use the marked mountain trail and take care at stream crossings.
- The Nordic Centre closure/diversion through 31 March 2027 is at least 1,247 m from this exact track and is not a part of this route.
- Summer hiking entry: snow-free conditions are required; no verified fixed opening months are asserted.
- Current closure layer checked 2026-10-24: no closure or diversion intersects this exact route; notices are not guaranteed complete or current on departure.
Map and track
Track with 1,602 imported points
Altitude and elevation
Elevation profile
About the trail
Traverse the sunny side of the upper Rhone valley from Oberwald to Münster, crossing mountain streams and walking through larch woodland and meadows above the Goms villages. This entry covers only the official twelve-kilometre Oberwald–Münster day route. It does not claim to include the almost twenty-nine-kilometre continuation to Bellwald. Official figures: 12 km, +680 m / −680 m, 4.00 hours. The complete federal track measures 12.03 km with accumulated +665 m / −669 m. Official classification: medium mountain hiking trail; medium fitness. No SAC T-grade is independently established. Use the marked mountain trail and take care at stream crossings. The official narrative names a panorama point at 1,712 m; the complete independently sampled federal track reaches 1,728 m, which is the stored track maximum. The Nordic Centre closure/diversion through 31 March 2027 is at least 1,247 m from this exact track and is not a part of this route. Summer hiking entry: snow-free conditions are required; no verified fixed opening months are asserted. Current closure layer checked 2026-10-24: no closure or diversion intersects this exact route; notices are not guaranteed complete or current on departure. Recheck official notices and local weather before walking. Source: https://schweizmobil.ch/en/hiking-in-switzerland/route-184. Geometry licence: OGD BY. Attribution: Bundesamt für Strassen, Kanton, Stiftung SchweizMobil.
Getting there and access
- Location:
- Oberwald · Obergoms, Valais · Switzerland
- Track start:
- 46.53063, 8.34340
- Parking:
- No data
Start coordinates: 46.53063, 8.34340
Check public transport and mountain roads before leaving; some routes close in winter.
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