Via ferrata · 🇨🇭 Switzerland

Via ferrata du Daubenhorn – Leukerbad

📍 Leukerbad · Valais

Altitude …
🔥 Committing

⚡ At a glance

GradeTD to EDE · K5Convert to
Route2
Openingnot known · do you know?
PriceOften paidmost Swiss via ferratas charge a fee
Best months…
🅿️ Parking (GPS)46.38364, 7.62493 ↗ Waze · paid
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Status not verified Opening, works or closure: check with the tourist office or town hall before you go · report an update

🎟️ Infos pratiques

🎒 Gear hire: Leukerbad sports shops or Gemmi Bahnen

🚗 Getting there

  • 🚡 Gemmi cable car from Leukerbad, then ≈ 20 min on foot to the start (Untere Schmitte)
  • ↩️ Descent on a steep path via Tysche to Leukerbad

✅ Before you start

⛑️ Helmet essential, harness and lanyard mandatory⛈️ Never in stormy weather
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In Switzerland, mountain rescue is not free… and it is expensive.A helicopter often costs several thousand francs. Before you set off, check that your insurance (or a membership such as Rega) covers search, rescue and repatriation. Emergency: 1414 (Rega) ou 112.

🔗 En direct

✓ Info taken from valais.ch and leukerbad.ch on 31/10/2026 · source: viaferrata-leukerbad.ch/klettersteig-daubenhorn

🚗 Access

🅿️ Parking · paid

GPS46.38364, 7.62493

🧗 The routes

1 · Petit parcoursTD to ED

The first part of the Daubenhorn: an airy traverse and two vertical climbs (one of them over 120 m). An exit towards Leukerbad is possible after the first third.

⏱️ ≈ 5 h📏 8,4 km📈 +518 m / −1 455 m
🔥 Très engagée
2 · Grand parcoursED

The full version, one of the longest via ferratas in Switzerland. The short route serves as an escape if the weather turns.

⏱️ ≈ 8 h📏 9,25 km
🔥 Très engagée

✓ Routes checked on 31/10/2026: valais.ch. Also rely on the sign at the start.

🌤️ Weather on site live

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✅ good · ⚠️ wind, heat or showers · ⛔ storm or rain (slippery rock and cables).

📅 Climate over the year 2016–2025 averages

Bars: average max. temperature · in blue: rainy days per month · green outline: best months.

🎒 Gear

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🧭 Nearby

AD, D… = difficulty (from F easy to ED extreme) · ⭐ = detailed, verified page · km = straight-line distance

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⚠️ Information for guidance only. Data from open sources and field reports, possibly incomplete or out of date. Via ferrata is a risky activity: check opening with the operator or tourist office, the weather and your own level, and hire a guide if in doubt. Learn more

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