Ernen lantern trail 2026/27: lights by the wayside to Mühlebach — lit by hand every evening
✓ Checked at the source · as of 12 October 2026
On the panorama path from Ernen to Mühlebach, lanterns burn by the wayside during Advent. Since 2022 volunteers have lit the candles every evening. The municipality, the tourist association and the parish created the trail to brighten the dark Advent season. It costs nothing.
📅 Lit days 2026/27 — date and status
39 days in a row, 6 weekends included.
Laternenweg – Lichter am Wegrand
✓Sunday, 29 November 2026 – Wednesday, 6 January 2027 · 39 days
- Organiser
- Gemeinde Ernen mit Tourismusverein und Pfarrei
Source: guidle.com · checked on 12 October 2026
🕐 Lighting times and closed days
A period does not yet tell you whether the light is on your evening.
29 November 2026 to 6 January 2027, every evening, free
🗓️ Is it lit today?
39 days with something on, 11 of them on a Saturday or Sunday – enter your day and the check tells you what is open.
📅 Visit-day check
Pick the day you are free — the answer comes from the verified ConvivaPlus dataset, not from a run you have to work out in your head.
| Session | Run | Opening hours | Date set? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laternenweg – Lichter am Wegrand | Sun 29 Nov – Wed 6 Jan39 days | 29 November 2026 to 6 January 2027, every evening, free | confirmed |
Calculated from the ConvivaPlus dataset — every row with its own source above.
📍 Start & getting there — where it begins
- Meeting point
- Panoramaweg Ernen
- Destination
- Mühlebach
✨ What to expect
The lantern trail is young: it shone for the first time in Advent 2022. The municipality of Ernen, the tourist association and the parish set it up together to brighten the dark Advent season. Volunteers light the candles in the lanterns every day; that is what creates the cosy evening atmosphere the trail is meant for.
It follows the panorama path from Ernen to Mühlebach, two villages in the Goms valley. The source lists no programme and no admission: the trail is the whole thing.
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🎯 Tips for the evening
A quiet trail in the Goms. What to know beforehand.
- 1Come after duskThe candles are lit in the evening; by day it is an ordinary panorama path.
- 2A date for late deciders: 8 of the 16 events with a fixed date have already started before.
- 3Until EpiphanyThe trail is lit until 6 January 2027, between Christmas and New Year too.
- 4Dress warmlyIt is an outdoor path between two villages, not through a village centre.
📊 Lit days compared with the neighbours
On 39 days Aeschi bei Spiez is on as well – two places in one outing.
Each bar is one light, dark this one, pale the nearest ones.
- ErnenLaternenweg – Lichter am Wegrand
🗺️ Nearby — more lights
In Valais the Chemin des Lanternes in Crans-Montana also shines from early December, free and into March; both are on the canton page. Volunteers' candles also burn on the Chomer Liechtliweg on Lake Zug.
All 23 verified lights in Switzerland in the overview.
More light trails and shows in the canton of Valais
All of the canton of Valais→Just across the canton border
❓ FAQ — in short
Answers from the verified dataset — no date is carried over from the previous year.
People also ask
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The Chemin des Lanternes in Crans-Montana.
On the Chomer Liechtliweg in Cham, 132 elves.
All verified Valais lights on the canton page.
The ConvivaPlus verdict
Ernen is the light trail with nothing but light: no ticket, no stage, only lanterns between two Goms villages. If you are on holiday in the valley, this is your evening walk.
Freshness note: Entry by the Ernen tourist office (Guidle), read on 12 October 2026.
Check the latest: ConvivaPlus light trails dataset 2026/27 – Ernen →
- ◆The period spans 6 weekends – miss one and there is still another.
🗓️ At the same time in the canton of Valais
How we check
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39 days of opening – the typical event this season lasts 36 days.
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✨ Light trails · 12 October 2026