6 miles
Distance
336 ft
Climb
-5,570 ft
Descent
01:10:08
Avg time

Thyon-Sion Details

  • Riding Area
    Thyon
    Thyon
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical Rating
    Easy
  • Season
    April-November
  • TTFs on Trail
    Drop, Jump
  • Global Ranking
    #33375 in Mountain Biking

One of the best afterwork/morning trail in Valais/Wallis!

Starting from Thyon 2000 ski-resort (2095m/6873ft) all the way down to Sion (490m/1607ft), this trail feature 5200ft of vertical (more than Whistler's Top of the World).

This trail is not lift serviced but there is a bus service (with bike-hangers) from the railway station in Sion. If you use shuttles, you can park your cars at the "Château Constellation" wine cellar (the end of the GPS track).

The terrain is quite varied, ranging from loamy single-track to full-on rock gardens (old mule trail). There is also a couple of wooden constructions on the first segment, mostly drops and small jumps.

Can be ridden with both all-mountain and downhill bikes, from end of April (depends on the snow) to November.

Access Info

Bus schedules and access:
www.sbb.ch/en/home.html
www.thyon.ch/home-2/information/access-and-transport?lang=en

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More Stats for Thyon-Sion bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -5,234 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,640 ft
  • Altitude max
    6,890 ft
  • Altitude start
    6,890 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,656 ft
  • Grade
    -17.014%
  • Grade max
    -147.483%
  • Grade min
    49.36%
  • Distance climb
    2,916 ft
  • Distance down
    5 miles
  • Distance flat
    738 ft
  • Avg time
    01:10:08
  • Avg reverse time
    00:02:22
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Status:
on Jun 4, 2015
Wet
Avg: 3.5 (4 votes)

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  • Layers  winter
  • Overlays 
  • Basemap 
  • Trail Style 
    • ?
  • Activity Type 
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
Directions to thyonsion trailhead (46.182060, 7.372190)
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Thyon-Sion Trail Reports

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Jun 4, 2015 @ 12:36pm
Jun 4, 2015
May 13, 2015 @ 8:10pm
May 13, 2015
 The upper part is totally snow-free with dry conditions. Some overgrown vegetation near "Les Agettes" with some hidden stones underneath (some...
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4 Reviews & Comments

  • + 2
flag LPlovebike (May 20, 2015 at 3:02)
 But this trail is ONE of the numerous possibilities to ride this part of this mountain !!
Wink
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  • + 2
flag inversedotch (May 20, 2015 at 3:10)
 Yes! Let's say this is the main trail, we have to add the other trails! Wink
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  • + 1
flag RedBurn (May 10, 2016 at 12:14)
 vous etes la en aout les gars ? je serai a Veysonnaz pour 15 jours du 17 au 31 on peut rider (fort) !
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  • + 0
flag fedefe (Apr 30, 2017 at 9:41)
 Rode the trail today, still snowy at the top for 200m then dry. The first half it's easy to find even without checking your gps, then the second part it's full of crosses and checking your gps it's a must. First half it's flowy, second part rocky. I would recommend to use an enduro bike! Pedaling up from Sion requires about 3 hours.
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