Staldenried

Gspon

Staldenried ( Valais German: Schtaaluried ) is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

It is accessible by a road and a cable car from Stalden from. The cable car goes into a second section further up to the hamlet Gspon. Staldenried consists of 20 different hamlets with their own character. Each of the three largest hamlet has taken on an important social function. Add to church is the ecclesiastical center, the center welchtliche means to fir. The tourist center is located in Gspon.

Attractions

Clubs

In more than 30 different clubs, the village population engaged, inter alia, the shooters, drummers and pipers, skiers and footballers. In addition, the viticulture and the cultivation of typical local black-nosed sheep will be investigated. In Gspon is the highest football ground in Europe.

Climate

Staldenried is the driest region of Switzerland. Nowhere in the Alps, the tree line is higher than here.