Trekking the Swiss Via Alpina: East to West across Switzerland - the Alpine Pass Route

Guidebook to the Swiss Via Alpina, a 400km trek east-west across Switzerland, with options of detouring along the Alpine Pass Route. This demanding 3-week trek crosses 16 passes, including the 2778m Hohtürli, in a total of 19 stages from Sargans to Montreux, as well as a prologue stage from Liechtenstein. Requires good fitness and experience.

Guidebook to the Swiss Via Alpina, a 400km (250 mile) trek east-to-west across Switzerland, from Sargans to Montreux on Lac Léman (Lake Geneva). This fully waymarked Swiss national trail involves nearly 23,000m of ascent and descent over roughly 3 weeks of trekking – a serious challenge suitable for experienced trekkers.

• 19 daily stages of 12–29km (8–18 miles) in length, as well as a 27km (17 mile) prologue stage from Liechtenstein
• Highlights include Altdorf, Engelberg, Meiringen, Grindlewald, Kandersteg, Adelboden, Lenk, Gstaad, Rochers de Naye, Montreux
• Comprehensive route description accompanied by 1:100,000 mapping, route profiles, facilities listings and advice on safety, language and using public transport to bypass sections of the route if trekking on a tighter timescale
• Crossing 16 Alpine passes, the VA follows much of the route of the old Alpine Pass Route, including detour stages via Lenk and Gsteig 
• Includes full details of where to stay, from mountain huts to hotels, inns and camping available at licensed sites along the route
• Mountain vistas taking in alpine meadows, traditional farms and snow-capped peaks, from the Todi and Titlis to the Wetterhorn, Eiger, Jungfrau, Wildstrubel and Les Diablerets
• GPX files available to download

• | Author: Kev Reynolds
• | Publisher: Cicerone Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 13, 2023
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781786311603
• | ISBN-10: 1786311607