Overview
Intro
The Via Alpina is the most famous long-distance hiking trail in Switzerland. From east to west, hiking route number 1 connects the most beautiful hiking highlights across the country over 400 km from Vaduz in Liechtenstein to Montreux on Lake Geneva. The Via Alpina is Switzerland, up close and personal! The second part takes you from Altdorf to the monastery village of Engelberg, on to Meiringen, over the Grosse and Kleine Scheidegg into the Lauterbrunnen Valley and as a highlight over the Sefinafurgge and the Hohtürli to Kandersteg. On this hut-to-hut trek, you will stay overnight in mountain huts or simple mountain inns, mostly where otherwise only foxes and hares say goodnight and the peace is only interrupted by the rustling of a mountain stream. You carry your luggage in your backpack.
- An impressive start leads over the historic Surenen Pass, an alpine mule track, into the valley basin of Engelberg
- Over 120 m the water plunges at the Reichenbach Falls over the cliffs, which became the downfall of the private detective Sherlock Holmes
- Under the spell of the mighty Wetterhorn and Eiger North Face, the route leads to Grindelwald
- The highlight awaits at the end, the Hohtürli 2777 m is the highest Via Alpina crossing
Services
Inclusive
Guided and accompanied by mountain guide
Accommodation with half board: 5x mountain hut/mountain inn (basic multi-bed room, shower/toilet sometimes on the floor. There is no shower at Rotstockhütte)
Welcome apéro on day 1
Service charge legal travel guarantee (0.25% of the offer price)
Exclusive
Arrival
Transport (taxi/bus/cable car) approx. CHF 120.- (SBB Halbtax basis)
Snacks and drinks in between