 The network of foot-paths is well developed around the site but nonexistent through it, the centre being inaccessible to walkers.The site can only be accessed by experienced mountaineers and there is a series of 37 shelters and five mountain refuges with a total of 1,582 beds, managed by the Swiss Alpine Club.The Aletsch ecological centre in Riederalp is run by Pro Natura functions as a visitor center.