Gorges

The Durnand Gorge has been made accessible thanks to a network of tunnels, staircases and galleries that is 1 km long.

The trail leading through the gorge was completely renovated in 1995. It is a good job that the trail is so sturdy: the gangways, galleries and stairs lead across some vertigo-inducing heights.

Over thousands of years the tumbling waters of the young Aare gradually eroded a passage by rushing and gurgling their way ever deeper into the rock until the present gorge with its niches, grottoes and hollows was formed.

The Rosenlaui Glacier Gorge has attracted romantics from near and far for more than a century. The Weissenbach River has carved a way into the slate and limestone. A narrow hiking trail follows the rushing mountain stream step for step. In some areas, the gorge is so narrow that the highly polished cliffs seem to nearly touch, leaving only a sliver of sky.

A canyon experience of a special kind is the crossing of the Gorge Alpine between Saas Fee and Saas Grund.

The Via Mala Gorge, 5km from Thusis, is the largest gorge in the canton of Graubünden, in parts only a few meters wide, with rocks up to 300m high forming its walls.

The Blenio Valley is where the "Sentiero Basso" is, a hiking path following the valley from Biasca to Olivone. It passes through Aquarosse, and touches some nearly virginal parts of the Ticino. Every once in a while one will find a hidden treasure, such as the Romanic belfries, the baroque churches and the medieval castle ruins.

The Trient river, which rose from the glacier of the same name, gouged the 200 metre-deep gorge in the rocks. A bridge built in 1934 connects the 187 metre-high walls on either side of the river, and a path has been constructed along the river itself, turning the area into a real paradise for climbers and botanists.

Fun, adventure, adrenalin rush and nature in the wild - the promise of a canyoning adventure in the Wolfs Gorge.

A romantic hike leads from Grellingen on the river Birs through the green, densely forested gorge of the river Ibach to the little village of Meltingen.