Grachen: Wallis, Schweiz: Weisshorn
Grächen combines a sun-facing Alpine setting with the steep scale of the Mattertal in a way that reflects its geographic position on a mountainside above the valley. At roughly 1,620 metres, the village looks across a deeply cut section of the Valais Alps, while the Matter Vispa follows the valley floor below. Compact streets join timber barns, chalet-style homes and larger hotels, giving the settlement a lived-in character beyond its role as a mountain resort. Grächen grew from a Walser community, an inheritance still evident in the local building tradition and German-speaking culture. Historic Suonen irrigation channels, engineered to carry water along the slopes, recall how farming adapted to this dry inner-Alpine landscape. Walking routes and the local ski area connect village life with the surrounding terrain.
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The landscape around Grächen is a high Alpine terrace above the Mattertal, edged by larch woodland and steep slopes, which has shaped both the compact settlement and an economy based on mountain tourism and alpine grazing. In the Pennine Alps of Valais, the village is associated with suonen, open irrigation channels that once carried water across dry, sun-facing ground and now also accompany walking routes. These channels are a defining part of Valais’s agricultural heritage. Cableways connect Grächen with Hannigalp, its local hiking and ski area. Traditional timber buildings still give parts of the settlement the scale of a mountain community. Discover other points of interest through webcams located across Valais.
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Valais combines high-alpine terrain with vineyard-lined valley life in a way that reflects its position between the Rhône Valley and the Pennine Alps. These coordinates lie in the Val d’Anniviers, a side valley where the Navizence flows north towards the Rhône and long-settled communities occupy slopes beneath high peaks. Across the canton, mountain pastures, glaciers and celebrated summits shape daily life as much as the broad, productive valley floor. Valais is also Switzerland’s leading wine-producing canton, and its historic bisses—open irrigation channels—show how generations adapted dry sunny slopes for cultivation. Browse additional webcams from the surrounding area to extend your view of Valais.
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Switzerland stretches from the Jura Mountains in the northwest to the Alps in the south, encompassing a central plateau of cities, farms and lakes. The Rhine rises in the Swiss Alps, while Lake Geneva forms part of the country’s southwestern border. Zürich, Geneva and Basel are major urban centres, yet mountain railways and passes remain central to how many regions are experienced. Four national languages—German, French, Italian and Romansh—reflect Switzerland’s distinct cantonal identities. The Matterhorn above Zermatt is among Europe’s most recognisable peaks, and the 1291 Federal Charter is closely associated with the country’s founding tradition. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Switzerland.
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