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Alpine elevator

Erlebe echte Walliser Alpentradition von damals und heute!

Experience the "Züglete" at first hand.

S-chargiada d'Alp / Alpabzug. Fest zur Heimkehr des Viehs nach dem Alpsommer. Vor dem Kloster St. Johann, Müstair. Festwirtschaft. Info: Tel. +41 81 861 88 40.

A speaker announces each time a next following Senntum, which moves through the village. In between there is enough time to stroll through the more than 50 stands of the various farming families.

Save the date in your calendar and plan your time in Grächen.

The decorated cattle are driven down from the alpine pastures.

This fair takes place every year on the Monday of the Federal Fast (Jeûne fédéral).

The animals are sheared, brushed, adorned with large bells, their heads decorated with a fir tree crowned with flowers. The village is also particularly decorated and flowered for the occasion.

Mid-September. At the end of summer, it is time to admire the cows herds coming back from the alpine pastures to the villages.

After a four-months summer spent in the hills, the colourfully decorated cattle returns to the valley on Saturday 21th of September 2024.

It promises to be a wonderful day of sharing and encounters!

Attached to its traditions, the village of St-Cergue is passionate about perpetuating the authentic celebration of the désalpe, during which locals and visitors can enjoy watching the beautifully decorated herds as they pass by, browse round the market

"Désalpe" is the best-known of all traditional mountain festivities.

The Entlebuch Alpabfahrt takes place every year at the end of September. Over 250 head of cattle, accompanied by herdsmen, dairymen and various folklore groups, make their way home.

"Désalpe" is the best-known of all traditional mountain festivities. After more than four months of grazing in alpine pastures, cows make their way down to the plain.

Genuine. Original. Rustic.

The festival full of tradition and culture.