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Älplibahn Mountain Station – Vilan loop from Vilan

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Älplibahn Mountain Station – Vilan loop from Vilan

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4.6

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104

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Älplibahn Mountain Station – Vilan loop from Vilan

05:06

12.4km

790m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

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Restaurant

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18 m

Älplibahn Mountain Station

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Älpli Bahn BS, Malans
The history of the Älplibahn Malans
1. The military needs a railway
The Älplibahn was built during the Second World War to supply the troops stationed …

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256 m

Vilan

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The views from this summit are really impressive, beautiful and really gigantic and extend extremely far, a great summit that also offers enough space to make yourself comfortable and marvel …

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4.11 km

Beautiful views on the ascent and descent to Vilan

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The paths up to the Vilan are easy to walk and lead over beautiful earthy paths with the best views. Only after rainy days could these become slippery and a …

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7.65 km

Wooden Trough With Mountain View

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9.58 km

Obersäss Viewpoint

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Fantastic viewpoint at almost 2,000 meters altitude in Obersäss. This impressive panorama is mostly on its own, only a few hikers or mountain bikers come here.

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9.99 km

View of the Graubünden Alps

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12.4 km

End point

Restaurant

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.39 km

5.08 km

881 m

Surfaces

4.74 km

4.28 km

2.23 km

1.10 km

Elevation

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Highest point (2,320 m)

Lowest point (1,780 m)

Weather

Thursday 13 August

34°C

14°C

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Comments

October 26, 2024,Älplibahn - Vilan Runde

From Malans, I took the Älplibahn up. I reserved the cable car in advance by phone. From there, I took the steep path over Messhaldaspitz to the Vilan summit. I continued downhill along the ridge to Sadreinegg. Unfortunately, there were always noisy hikers up there. So I left the summit quickly and even forgot to take a selfie 🦶. I …

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August 13, 2023,Idyllische Rundwanderung über den Vilan-Gipfel

We started our hike up the Vilan very early: with the first cable car at 07:00 in the morning. The Älplibahn runs every 15 minutes, but you have to reserve your seat in advance. The cable car is operated by an association and the employees were super friendly and in a good mood despite the early time. That started really …

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September 7, 2025,Malans(CH) Bergstation Älplibahn - Obersäss - Vilan

Take the historic Älplibahn to the mountain station. Round trip CHF 20.

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October 9, 2023,Bergstation Älplibahn - Vilan - und einmal rund herum 🌼

Today we took a leisurely trip to the Vilan, enjoyed the beautiful autumn landscape and took a detour because my train didn't go back down until 2:15 p.m. The pure running time was 3 hours and 15 minutes. It was nice 🥰

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September 7, 2021,Vilan - Runde vom Alpbähnli

The Alpbähnli takes you from Malans high over the Rhine Valley. from there our path leads steeply over the ridge to the vilan. It is then more leisurely down.
Around the mountain it goes on over cow meadows.
Then you should definitely follow the signpost Alpbähnli. The other (our) way leads over an unprepared thicket.
Back on the indicated path, …

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Älplibahn Mountain Station – Vilan loop from Vilan

Älplibahn Mountain Station

Fountain

Vilan

Beautiful views on the ascent and descent to Vilan

Wooden Trough With Mountain View

Obersäss Viewpoint

Obersäss Mountain Cabin

View of the Graubünden Alps

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