Peak Walk by Tissot – Glacier 3000

The Peak Walk by Tissot is a 107-metre suspension bridge, 80 centimetres wide, between two summits of the Diablerets massif in the canton of Vaud. The operator calls it the only suspension bridge in the world linking two mountain summits. Glacier 3000 expected a record 265,000 entries in the year to 30 September 2026, and more than half were walkers, not skiers. It is one stop of a wine trail that starts in Gstaad.

Two cable cars climb about 1,430 metres from Col du Pillon to Scex Rouge in 15 minutes. Crossing the bridge takes 15 to 30 minutes; it is narrow and swings slightly in the wind, so a head for heights is needed. The same ticket covers the Ice Express chairlift and the Glacier Walk, about an hour each way to the Refuge l'Espace. In spring and autumn it can snow at any time.

Go on a clear, calm day: the operator advises picking the least windy one, because gusts over 80 km/h can keep the lifts and the bridge closed. The first cabin leaves at 9:00 am, and arriving before 3:00 pm leaves time to enjoy the top. The lifts run all year except an autumn maintenance break, in 2026 from 19 October to 6 November. A live forecast goes up after the 8:30 am mountain inspection.

A pedestrian return ticket from Col du Pillon to Scex Rouge costs CHF 89 for adults and CHF 45 for children aged 6 to 15 in the 2026 season; the bridge is included. Half Fare, GA and Swiss Travel Pass holders pay CHF 45, and children under 6 ride free. Departures cannot be booked: tickets are sold from 8:45 am at the station or online. The bridge itself needs about a hundred steps. Babies under 15 months are not accepted.

The trip starts at the Col du Pillon valley station, Route du Pillon 253, Les Diablerets, in the canton of Vaud, not in Gstaad itself. From Gstaad, PostBus 180 takes about 29 minutes and runs roughly hourly; it is free with the Gstaad Card. By car it is 20 minutes over the Pillon road, with paid parking at the station. From Les Diablerets the bus takes 13 minutes.

The Peak Walk by Tissot is a 107-metre pedestrian suspension bridge at the top of Glacier 3000, above Les Diablerets in the canton of Vaud, reached by cable car from the Col du Pillon. It links View Point with the Scex Rouge summit, 5 metres higher, at about 2,970 metres. On clear days the Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau are the best-known peaks in view.

The bridge opened at the end of October 2014 and cost about CHF 1.8 million; the Swiss watchmaker Tissot gives it its name. The summit building beside it has its own story. Mario Botta's restaurant, opened in 2001, burned one night in September 2022. Botta's rebuilt building was inaugurated on 14 November 2024, at a cost of CHF 30 million, with more than 600 solar panels on its walls.

The cheapest glass at the top comes from down the valley. Restaurant Le 3's summer 2026 card pours Yvorne from the Cave des vignerons d'Yvorne at CHF 6.00 per 10 cl, beside Aigle wines from Maison Badoux and a Valais Fendant. Yvorne and Aigle belong to the Chablais appellation, the wine communes of the district of Aigle, where the valley station stands. A 0.0% beer is listed too.