Valais Rhone terraces
Nine days of sun and stone: Martigny, Fully, Sion, Valere, Sierre, Salgesch, Leukerbad and the Gemmi path. Tesla in Sion; the vineyard lanes eat range. Zermatt and the high passes stay on the Alps catalog.
Season: Valley year-round. Gemmi path and Leukerbad high walks typically June-October. Foehn can close vineyard roads in a day.
Nine days of sun and stone: Martigny, Fully, Sion, Valere, Sierre, Salgesch, Leukerbad and the Gemmi path. Tesla in Sion; the vineyard lanes eat range. Zermatt and the high passes stay on the Alps catalog.
Day by day
Martigny
A Roman town under the forks of the Rhone. Destination charger.
Why stop hereWhy stop here: Martigny. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.
Sion
Two hills, two castles. Overnight Tesla.
Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger Sion) — typical arrival 28%, about 22 min to 80%. Why stop here: Sion. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.
Sierre
The driest wine town in the country. Charge after 24 percent.
Why stop hereWhy stop here: Sierre. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.
Leukerbad
Hot water under a wall of rock. A quiet night.
Why stop hereWhy stop here: Leukerbad. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.
Sion
Last Tesla. The terraces are still in the rear-view.
Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger Sion) — typical arrival 28%, about 22 min to 80%. Why stop here: Sion. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.
Quiet charging pauses
- Tesla Supercharger in Sion — a calm stop on this leg, about 22 min.