Fuorcla Surlej pass with view towards the Bernina massif

Flagship · Graubünden · Engadin · Val d'Anniviers

Engadin & Graubünden — Larch-light Days

Fuorcla Surlej above the Bernina, Segantini's light, and the wild solitude of the Swiss south-east.

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Jul – Oct

Day routes

6 curated

Difficulty

Gentle – strong

Family-friendly

Yes (most)

Soul Signature

94 / 100

The path, gently held

Graubünden holds Switzerland's driest air, its longest larch valleys, and the light that painters call 'Engadin light'. Six curated hikes take you from the famous Bernina balcony at Fuorcla Surlej to the wild solitude of Val Fex and the glacier balcony above Val d'Anniviers.

Day-routes

Trail km

53.3

Ascent m

5,877

Walk hours

Soul avg

Engadin & Graubünden — Larch-light Days · 6 days combined

One .gpx · 6 numbered day tracks (D01…D06) · elevation on every point.

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D01 · 9.9 km · +826 m / −913 m
Fuorcla Surlej — Bernina balcony
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D02 · 13 km · +1409 m / −804 m
Muottas Muragl → Segantinihütte panorama
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Google Maps Apple Maps Walk route (Apple)
D03 · 7.3 km · +996 m
Val Fex — Sils to the Fex glacier meadow
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Google Maps Apple Maps Walk route (Apple)
D04 · 5.8 km · +0 m / −722 m
Aletsch Panoramaweg — Bettmerhorn → Riederalp
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D05 · 7.5 km · +633 m
Cabane de Moiry — glacier lateral moraine
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D06 · 9.8 km · +2013 m / −812 m
Greina — Switzerland's Tibet
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6 curated day-routes.

Each route stands beautifully on its own — or stitch them together for a slow, multi-day pilgrimage. Real photos, Xymove maps, GPX & offline pack on every one.

The Fuorcla Surlej pass with the Bernina massif behind

Day-route 01

St. Moritz · Surlej

Fuorcla Surlej — Bernina balcony

The classic Engadin balcony — up from Surlej to the Fuorcla Surlej (2755 m) with the Piz Bernina, Piz Roseg and Tschierva glacier filling the horizon like a stage set.

↔ 9.9 km↑ +826 m / −913 m◔ 5 h

Serenity91Regenerative83Family64Joy & beauty94

96/ 100

Soul Signature

Exceptional · Fuorcla Surlej — Bernina balcony

Best for a walk that lingers long after it ends — just know that the distance and ascent ask for hiking legs.

Soul96 · Exceptional
How deeply the walk stays with you. A walk people plan a year around. Give it a whole, unhurried day.
Serenity91 · Exceptional
How quiet the trail feels — crowds, traffic noise, remoteness. Expect long stretches entirely to yourself.
Regenerative83 · Strong
Wild ground and low-impact access — how gently you can arrive and walk. Good public-transport access; stay on the marked line.
Joy & beauty94 · Exceptional
Views, water, light and variety along the way. Continuous reward — allow extra hours simply for stopping.
Family-friendly64 · Modest
Suitability for mixed pace — distance, ascent and exposure. A full adult hiking day. Not a family outing.

050100

Who this walk suits

Plan it as a full adult hiking day.
Quiet enough to hear the weather change.
Reachable without a car — check the station links.

Scores are derived from the route's real GPX shape — distance, ascent and time on foot — combined with our editors' calibration across 175+ walks. Nothing here is sponsored.

Trail at a glance

Distance9.9 km
Elevation+826 m / −913 m
Duration5 h
DifficultyStrenuous
Serenity91 / 100

Xymove · terrain map

LiveSpirited

9.9 km826 m913 mSerenity 91

Soul Signature9.9 km↑826↓913

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Elevation cross-section · metres↑ 826 m↓ 913 m1800–2333 m · 9.9 km~17.5% avg

Soul & Serenity · how this path is felt

A path that returns you to yourself — slowly, kindly, completely.

Walked, sat with, scored honestly — strongest in nature.

91soul

Presence

93/100

How easily the mind quiets here

Nature

95/100

Wildness, water, light, living silence

Regeneration

89/100

What the body & nervous system bring home

Solitude

85/100

Space from crowds, kindly shared with locals

Distance9.9 km

Elevation↑ 826 · ↓ 913 m

TerrainSpirited

Start · Surlej / SilvaplanaFinish · Fuorcla Surlej pass (2755 m)

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Corvatschbahn from Surlej to mid-station for a shorter start; or walk from Silvaplana.

Berghaus Fuorcla Surlej at the pass — sunset view of the Bernina is unreal.

Fit teens fine; smaller kids can ride the cable car and walk the plateau.

Muottas Muragl balcony over the Upper Engadin lakes

Day-route 02

Pontresina · Samedan

Muottas Muragl → Segantinihütte panorama

The 'Philosophenweg' — a soft high balcony from Muottas Muragl (2453 m) past the Segantinihütte, where the painter Giovanni Segantini died at work, down to Alp Languard above Pontresina.

↔ 13 km↑ +1409 m / −804 m◔ 5 – 6.5 h

Serenity91Regenerative88Family49Joy & beauty93

95/ 100

Soul Signature

Exceptional · Muottas Muragl → Segantinihütte panorama

Best for a walk that lingers long after it ends — just know that the distance and ascent ask for hiking legs.

Soul95 · Exceptional
How deeply the walk stays with you. A walk people plan a year around. Give it a whole, unhurried day.
Serenity91 · Exceptional
How quiet the trail feels — crowds, traffic noise, remoteness. Expect long stretches entirely to yourself.
Regenerative88 · Strong
Wild ground and low-impact access — how gently you can arrive and walk. Good public-transport access; stay on the marked line.
Joy & beauty93 · Exceptional
Views, water, light and variety along the way. Continuous reward — allow extra hours simply for stopping.
Family-friendly49 · Modest
Suitability for mixed pace — distance, ascent and exposure. A full adult hiking day. Not a family outing.

050100

Who this walk suits

Plan it as a full adult hiking day.
Quiet enough to hear the weather change.
Reachable without a car — check the station links.

Scores are derived from the route's real GPX shape — distance, ascent and time on foot — combined with our editors' calibration across 175+ walks. Nothing here is sponsored.

Trail at a glance

Distance13 km
Elevation+1409 m / −804 m
Duration5 – 6.5 h
DifficultyStrenuous
Serenity91 / 100

Xymove · terrain map

LiveWild

13.1 km1409 m804 mSerenity 91

Soul Signature13.1 km↑1409↓804

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Elevation cross-section · metres↑ 1409 m↓ 804 m2368–3245 m · 13.1 km~16.9% avg

Soul & Serenity · how this path is felt

A path that returns you to yourself — slowly, kindly, completely.

Walked, sat with, scored honestly — strongest in nature.

91soul

Presence

93/100

How easily the mind quiets here

Nature

95/100

Wildness, water, light, living silence

Regeneration

89/100

What the body & nervous system bring home

Solitude

85/100

Space from crowds, kindly shared with locals

Distance13.1 km

Elevation↑ 1409 · ↓ 804 m

TerrainWild

Start · Muottas Muragl top stationFinish · Alp Languard top station

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Muottas Muragl funicular from Punt Muragl; chair-lift down from Alp Languard.

Perfect first-day family walk; benches every 200 m for stopping.

Segantini's Alpine triptych is in the Segantini Museum in St. Moritz — pair the walk with a visit.

Val Fex looking up towards the Fex glacier

Day-route 03

Sils Maria · Val Fex

Val Fex — Sils to the Fex glacier meadow

The car-free side-valley Nietzsche walked when he was writing Zarathustra. Larch forest, a Romanesque chapel, high alp meadows and, at the head of the valley, the Fex glacier tongue.

↔ 7.3 km↑ +996 m◔ 4 h

Serenity95Regenerative85Family67Joy & beauty96

96/ 100

Soul Signature

Exceptional · Val Fex — Sils to the Fex glacier meadow

Best for a walk that lingers long after it ends — just know that the distance and ascent ask for hiking legs.

Soul96 · Exceptional
How deeply the walk stays with you. A walk people plan a year around. Give it a whole, unhurried day.
Serenity95 · Exceptional
How quiet the trail feels — crowds, traffic noise, remoteness. Expect long stretches entirely to yourself.
Regenerative85 · Strong
Wild ground and low-impact access — how gently you can arrive and walk. Good public-transport access; stay on the marked line.
Joy & beauty96 · Exceptional
Views, water, light and variety along the way. Continuous reward — allow extra hours simply for stopping.
Family-friendly67 · Modest
Suitability for mixed pace — distance, ascent and exposure. A full adult hiking day. Not a family outing.

050100

Who this walk suits

Plan it as a full adult hiking day.
Quiet enough to hear the weather change.
Reachable without a car — check the station links.

Scores are derived from the route's real GPX shape — distance, ascent and time on foot — combined with our editors' calibration across 175+ walks. Nothing here is sponsored.

Trail at a glance

Distance7.3 km
Elevation+996 m
Duration4 h
DifficultyChallenging
Serenity95 / 100

Xymove · terrain map

LiveWild

7.3 km996 m182 mSerenity 95

Soul Signature7.3 km↑996↓182

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Elevation cross-section · metres↑ 996 m↓ 182 m1808–2742 m · 7.3 km~16.1% avg

Soul & Serenity · how this path is felt

A path that returns you to yourself — slowly, kindly, completely.

Walked, sat with, scored honestly — strongest in nature.

95soul

Presence

97/100

How easily the mind quiets here

Nature

99/100

Wildness, water, light, living silence

Regeneration

93/100

What the body & nervous system bring home

Solitude

89/100

Space from crowds, kindly shared with locals

Distance7.3 km

Elevation↑ 996 · ↓ 182 m

TerrainWild

Start · Sils Maria squareFinish · Alp Muot Selvas (glacier view)

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Postbus to Sils Maria; the valley is car-free from Sils.

Horse-drawn carriage available in summer if kids tire.

Hotel Fex and Alpina for meals; both open all summer.

The Great Aletsch Glacier viewed from the Panoramaweg

Day-route 04

Wallis · Aletschgletscher

Aletsch Panoramaweg — Bettmerhorn → Riederalp

The great glacier balcony above Europe's longest ice-stream. From the Bettmerhorn cable car, a mostly-descending traverse along the edge of the Aletsch glacier with three viewpoints stopping you in your tracks.

↔ 5.8 km↑ +0 m / −722 m◔ 4 h

Serenity93Regenerative78Family83Joy & beauty95

97/ 100

Soul Signature

Exceptional · Aletsch Panoramaweg — Bettmerhorn → Riederalp

Best for a walk that lingers long after it ends — just know that arriving without a car takes planning.

Soul97 · Exceptional
How deeply the walk stays with you. A walk people plan a year around. Give it a whole, unhurried day.
Serenity93 · Exceptional
How quiet the trail feels — crowds, traffic noise, remoteness. Expect long stretches entirely to yourself.
Regenerative78 · Balanced
Wild ground and low-impact access — how gently you can arrive and walk. Mixed access — check the car-free options before you book a car.
Joy & beauty95 · Exceptional
Views, water, light and variety along the way. Continuous reward — allow extra hours simply for stopping.
Family-friendly83 · Strong
Suitability for mixed pace — distance, ascent and exposure. Fine for confident children from roughly eight upwards.

050100

Who this walk suits

Good with children and unhurried walkers.
Quiet enough to hear the weather change.
Share transport where you can; the ground here is slow to heal.

Scores are derived from the route's real GPX shape — distance, ascent and time on foot — combined with our editors' calibration across 175+ walks. Nothing here is sponsored.

Trail at a glance

Distance5.8 km
Elevation+0 m / −722 m
Duration4 h
DifficultyModerate
Serenity93 / 100

Xymove · terrain map

LiveGentle

5.8 km0 m722 mSerenity 93

Soul Signature5.8 km↓722

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Elevation cross-section · metres↑ 0 m↓ 722 m2075–2502 m · 5.8 km~12.4% avg

Soul & Serenity · how this path is felt

A path that returns you to yourself — slowly, kindly, completely.

Walked, sat with, scored honestly — strongest in nature.

93soul

Presence

95/100

How easily the mind quiets here

Nature

97/100

Wildness, water, light, living silence

Regeneration

91/100

What the body & nervous system bring home

Solitude

87/100

Space from crowds, kindly shared with locals

Distance5.8 km

Elevation↑ 0 · ↓ 722 m

TerrainGentle

Start · Bettmerhorn top stationFinish · Riederfurka / Villa Cassel

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On the trail, breathe before you check the screen. The Emerald Guardian is already with you.

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Bettmeralp cable car; cable-car return from Riederalp.

The Jungfrau-Aletsch is a UNESCO World Heritage Site — stay on marked paths.

Family-perfect: mostly downhill, cable cars at both ends.

Cabane de Moiry beside the Moiry glacier

Day-route 05

Val d'Anniviers · Grimentz

Cabane de Moiry — glacier lateral moraine

One of the most spectacular Cabane-approaches in the western Alps — along the lateral moraine of the Moiry glacier to the CAS hut at 2825 m with the séracs cracking below.

↔ 7.5 km↑ +633 m◔ 4 h

Serenity92Regenerative81Family72Joy & beauty94

95/ 100

Soul Signature

Exceptional · Cabane de Moiry — glacier lateral moraine

Best for a walk that lingers long after it ends — just know that the distance and ascent ask for hiking legs.

Soul95 · Exceptional
How deeply the walk stays with you. A walk people plan a year around. Give it a whole, unhurried day.
Serenity92 · Exceptional
How quiet the trail feels — crowds, traffic noise, remoteness. Expect long stretches entirely to yourself.
Regenerative81 · Strong
Wild ground and low-impact access — how gently you can arrive and walk. Good public-transport access; stay on the marked line.
Joy & beauty94 · Exceptional
Views, water, light and variety along the way. Continuous reward — allow extra hours simply for stopping.
Family-friendly72 · Balanced
Suitability for mixed pace — distance, ascent and exposure. Teenagers and used-to-walking families; plan turn-around points.

050100

Who this walk suits

Suits confident young walkers with breaks planned.
Quiet enough to hear the weather change.
Share transport where you can; the ground here is slow to heal.

Scores are derived from the route's real GPX shape — distance, ascent and time on foot — combined with our editors' calibration across 175+ walks. Nothing here is sponsored.

Trail at a glance

Distance7.5 km
Elevation+633 m
Duration4 h
DifficultyChallenging
Serenity92 / 100

Xymove · terrain map

LiveSpirited

7.5 km633 m153 mSerenity 92

Soul Signature7.5 km↑633↓153

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Elevation cross-section · metres↑ 633 m↓ 153 m2254–2744 m · 7.5 km~10.5% avg

Soul & Serenity · how this path is felt

A path that returns you to yourself — slowly, kindly, completely.

Walked, sat with, scored honestly — strongest in nature.

92soul

Presence

94/100

How easily the mind quiets here

Nature

96/100

Wildness, water, light, living silence

Regeneration

90/100

What the body & nervous system bring home

Solitude

86/100

Space from crowds, kindly shared with locals

Distance7.5 km

Elevation↑ 633 · ↓ 153 m

TerrainSpirited

Start · Barrage de Moiry parkingFinish · Cabane de Moiry (2825 m)

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Import the .gpx into Garmin Connect, Komoot, Strava, AllTrails or Gaia GPS — same file works everywhere.
Open this page once before you leave signal. The map will replay from the cache, even on a plane.
On the trail, breathe before you check the screen. The Emerald Guardian is already with you.

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Postbus from Sierre to Grimentz then Moiry dam; car access seasonal.

Cabane de Moiry (CAS) for a legendary Röstisti and an ice-mattress night.

Short but steady climb; some rocky sections near the hut.

The Greina plateau — a wild high plain in Graubünden

Day-route 06

Vals · Val Sumvitg

Greina — Switzerland's Tibet

The most spiritually resonant walk in Graubünden — a treeless, high, wind-carved plateau at 2400 m that the Bündner call 'the Tibet of the Alps'. Save-the-Greina protected it from a hydro-dam in the 80s.

↔ 9.8 km↑ +2013 m / −812 m◔ 6 h

Serenity97Regenerative93Family44Joy & beauty97

97/ 100

Soul Signature

Exceptional · Greina — Switzerland's Tibet

Best for a walk that lingers long after it ends — just know that the distance and ascent ask for hiking legs.

Soul97 · Exceptional
How deeply the walk stays with you. A walk people plan a year around. Give it a whole, unhurried day.
Serenity97 · Exceptional
How quiet the trail feels — crowds, traffic noise, remoteness. Expect long stretches entirely to yourself.
Regenerative93 · Exceptional
Wild ground and low-impact access — how gently you can arrive and walk. Reachable car-free and walked on resilient ground. Leave nothing.
Joy & beauty97 · Exceptional
Views, water, light and variety along the way. Continuous reward — allow extra hours simply for stopping.
Family-friendly44 · Modest
Suitability for mixed pace — distance, ascent and exposure. A full adult hiking day. Not a family outing.

050100

Who this walk suits

Plan it as a full adult hiking day.
Quiet enough to hear the weather change.
Reachable without a car — check the station links.

Scores are derived from the route's real GPX shape — distance, ascent and time on foot — combined with our editors' calibration across 175+ walks. Nothing here is sponsored.

Trail at a glance

Distance9.8 km
Elevation+2013 m / −812 m
Duration6 h
DifficultyStrenuous
Serenity97 / 100

Xymove · terrain map

LiveWild

9.8 km2013 m812 mSerenity 97

Soul Signature9.8 km↑2013↓812

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Elevation cross-section · metres↑ 2013 m↓ 812 m1251–2483 m · 9.8 km~29.0% avg

Soul & Serenity · how this path is felt

A path that returns you to yourself — slowly, kindly, completely.

Walked, sat with, scored honestly — strongest in nature.

96soul

Presence

99/100

How easily the mind quiets here

Nature

100/100

Wildness, water, light, living silence

Regeneration

95/100

What the body & nervous system bring home

Solitude

91/100

Space from crowds, kindly shared with locals

Distance9.8 km

Elevation↑ 2013 · ↓ 812 m

TerrainWild

Start · Vals · Zerfreila trailheadFinish · Terri Hut (Rifugio Motterascio)

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Open this page once before you leave signal. The map will replay from the cache, even on a plane.
On the trail, breathe before you check the screen. The Emerald Guardian is already with you.

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Postbus from Ilanz to Vals; return via Blenio if crossing to Terri Hut.

Federally protected landscape — no drones, no camping, stay on paths.

Terri Hut (CAS) at the far end for a soul-mending overnight.

Where to sleep

Stays near the trail

Trail-close, calm and family-friendly — along Engadin & Graubünden — Larch-light Days.

Hotels

Hotels in Pontresina

Bernina basecamp

Quiet larch-forest hotels beneath the Bernina — a calmer alternative to St. Moritz.

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Stays in Scuol

Lower Engadin basecamp

Lower Engadin hotels with mineral baths — trails into the Swiss National Park.

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Hostels & Budget

Youth Hostel St. Moritz

Upper Engadin basecamp

Family-friendly SJH hostel above the lake — a rare budget option in the upper Engadin.

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Quiet, trail-close places to rest. Always check current availability and conditions.

Other flagships

Walk on, gently.

Dolomite peaks glowing pink at sunrise above wildflower meadows

Italian Alps

Alta Via — Dolomites

Pink granite at dawn, hut-to-hut warmth, wildflowers underfoot.

Northern Spain

Camino del Norte

An ancient pilgrim line beside the sea — slow bread, cliff paths, the ocean always near.

Misty Scottish glen with heather slopes and emerald ridges

Scotland

West Highland Way

Lochs, mist and emerald ridges — a walk that softens the chest.

Mossy stone pilgrim path through ancient cedar forest in Japan

Kii Peninsula, Japan

Kumano Kodo

A thousand years of presence — cedar, moss, small shrines and one clear breath.

Aerial view of Château de Chambord glowing at golden hour above the Loire forest

Loire Valley, France

Sentiers de la Loire

Château walks, vineyard paths and slow river light — on foot.

Cantabria · Asturias, Spain

Picos de Europa

Limestone cathedrals above emerald meadows — Spain's wildest, kindest range.

Slovakia · Poland

High Tatras

Granite cathedrals over emerald lakes — Europe's smallest, sharpest alps.

Mont Blanc massif rising above alpine meadows in early summer

France · Italy · Switzerland

Tour du Mont Blanc

The classic circuit around Europe's white giant — three countries, one mountain, endless light.

The Aiguilles de Bavella red granite spires under Corsican sky

Corsica · France

GR20 · Corsica

Europe's wildest waymarked trail, red granite spine of the island.

Half Dome and Yosemite Valley from Glacier Point in golden light

California · USA

John Muir Trail

Three hundred and forty miles of Sierra granite and lake-light.

Machu Picchu at dawn with mist rising from the Urubamba valley

Cusco · Peru

Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

Stone stairways through the cloud forest to a lost city.

Gandaki · Nepal

Annapurna Base Camp

A stone amphitheatre of eight-thousanders, teahouse-warm.

Oeschinensee turquoise lake beneath the Blüemlisalp massif

Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

Via Alpina · Green Trail

Turquoise lakes, high passes, and the cowbell heart of the Bernese Alps.

Turquoise Ölüdeniz lagoon on Türkiye's Lycian coast

Turquoise Coast, Türkiye

Lycian Way

540 km of sea, pine and ancient stone along the Mediterranean's kindest coast.

Landmannalaugar rhyolite mountains in soft summer light

Highlands, Iceland

Laugavegur

Rhyolite rainbows, obsidian fields, glacier rivers and the birch of Þórsmörk.

Santiago de Compostela Cathedral glowing in evening light

Northern Spain · The Way of St. James

Camino Francés

The oldest pilgrim road in Europe — 800 km of yellow arrows and quiet returning.

Khumbu · Nepal Himalaya

Everest Base Camp Trek

Twelve days to the foot of the highest mountain on Earth.

Katahdin's Baxter Peak — the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail

Maine · northern terminus

Appalachian Trail — 100-Mile Wilderness

The wildest, quietest hundred miles of America's longest trail.

The three Torres granite towers of Patagonia

Patagonia · Chile

Torres del Paine — the W Trek

Four days through the most theatrical mountains on Earth.

Snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro rising above the plains

Tanzania · Africa's rooftop

Kilimanjaro — Machame Route

Seven days from equatorial rainforest to Africa's highest summit.

Nepal · around the massif

Annapurna Circuit

The great circle — rice paddies to a 5,416 m pass in the Trans-Himalaya.

Fiordland · New Zealand

Milford Track

"The finest walk in the world" — four days through rainforest, alpine pass, and fiord.

Zugspitze massif rising above Alpine meadows in Bavaria

Bayern · Bavarian Alps

Bavarian Alps — Soul Days

Karwendel gorges, Zugspitze glaciers, and Königssee's cathedral of silence.

Zugspitze east face rising above the Wetterstein range

Bayern · Tirol · Wettersteingebirge

Zugspitze — Every Route to the Summit

Four publicly known paths to the top of Germany — from the classic Reintal walk-up to the Jubiläumsgrat traverse.

Türkisblauer Achensee zwischen Karwendel und Rofan

Tirol · Achensee · Karwendel & Rofan

Achensee — Tirol's Fjord Lake

Sechs Klassiker rund um Tirols größten See — vom Uferweg zur Gaisalm bis zum 5-Gipfel-Klettersteig im Rofan.

Bastei bridge arcing between sandstone pinnacles above the Elbe

Sachsen · Elbe sandstone mountains

Malerweg — Saxon Switzerland

The Painters' Way — 112 km through the sandstone dreamscape that inspired Caspar David Friedrich.

Wilder Kaiser limestone spires in Austrian Tirol

Tirol & Salzkammergut · Austrian Alps

Tirol Alpine Days

Wilder Kaiser drama, Dachstein glaciers, and the roaring Krimmler falls.

Karwendel Alps panorama along the Adlerweg

Tirol · The Eagle's Way

Adlerweg — Tirol Traverse

24 stages tracing the shape of an eagle across the Tirolean Alps.

Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau above the Bernese Oberland

Bern · Swiss Alps

Berner Oberland — Soul Days

Eiger's north face, Bachalpsee's blue mirror, and the great Aletsch glacier.

Rheinwald valley in Graubünden along the Walserweg

Graubünden · Alpine solitude

Walserweg Graubünden

300 km through the Walser villages of Switzerland's quietest Alps.

Königssee with St. Bartholomä chapel beneath the Watzmann east face

Bayern · Berchtesgadener Alpen

Berchtesgaden National Park — Cathedral of Silence

Watzmann's shadow on emerald Königssee, Wimbach's white river, and Germany's highest waterfall.

Panorama from Nebelhorn summit across the Allgäu Alps

Bayern · Allgäuer Alpen

Allgäu Alps — High Meadow Country

Cow-bell ridgelines, gentian meadows, and the wildest cirque in southern Germany.

The Rachelsee cirque lake in the Bavarian Forest

Bayern · Bayerischer Wald · Voralpenland

Bavarian Forest & Munich Foothills

Old-growth silence in Germany's oldest national park, and a ring of Munich's soul-mountains.

The Matterhorn's north-east face at dawn

Wallis · Zermatt · Matterhorn

Zermatt & the Matterhorn — Days beneath the Horn

Five mirror lakes, a glacier balcony, and the Hörnli ridge that made mountaineering.

Sefinenfurgge pass with view towards the Blüemlisalp

Schweiz · Berner Oberland · Waadtländer Alpen

Via Alpina — Swiss Alpine Pass Route

Sefinenfurgge, Hohtürli, Bunderchrinde — the classic hut-to-hut across Switzerland's spine.

Grossglockner and Pasterze glacier seen from Franz-Josefs-Höhe

Osttirol · Kärnten · Salzburg

Hohe Tauern & Grossglockner — Under Austria's Roof

Pasterze ice, Kalser meadows, and the long Sudetendeutscher balcony beneath Austria's highest peak.

The Schafberg rising above the Wolfgangsee

Oberösterreich · Salzburg · Steiermark

Salzkammergut — Lakes & Limestone

Schafberg's cog-rail summit, Loser's karst plateau, and the Traunstein cross above the lake.

Niederösterreich · Wienerwald

Vienna Hausberge — Rax, Schneeberg & Wienerwald

The city's own limestone plateaus — a train ride from Vienna to a summit cross.

The Feldberg summit in the southern Black Forest

Baden-Württemberg · Schwarzwald

Schwarzwald — Black Forest Heights

Feldberg summits, Wutach gorge, and the Westweg's soul-ridges above the Rheintal.

The Brocken summit in the Harz National Park

Sachsen-Anhalt · Niedersachsen · Thüringen

Harz — Germany's High North

The Brocken's misty roof, the Bodetal's granite gorge, and moss forest older than the country.

The Bremmer Calmont Moselle loop from above

Rheinland-Pfalz · Nordrhein-Westfalen · Saarland

Moselsteig · Rheinsteig · Eifelsteig — Germany's Great Steige

Vineyard balconies above the Mosel, Loreley cliffs, and Eifel maars in one soul-collection.

Engadin & Graubünden — Larch-light Days

GPX, Google Maps & Apple Maps · one calm place.

6 curated day-routes.

Fuorcla Surlej — Bernina balcony

Exceptional · Fuorcla Surlej — Bernina balcony

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Muottas Muragl → Segantinihütte panorama

Exceptional · Muottas Muragl → Segantinihütte panorama

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Val Fex — Sils to the Fex glacier meadow

Exceptional · Val Fex — Sils to the Fex glacier meadow

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Aletsch Panoramaweg — Bettmerhorn → Riederalp

Exceptional · Aletsch Panoramaweg — Bettmerhorn → Riederalp

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Cabane de Moiry — glacier lateral moraine

Exceptional · Cabane de Moiry — glacier lateral moraine

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Greina — Switzerland's Tibet

Exceptional · Greina — Switzerland's Tibet

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Stays near the trail

Hotels in Pontresina

Stays in Scuol

Youth Hostel St. Moritz

Walk on, gently.

Alta Via — Dolomites

Camino del Norte

West Highland Way

Kumano Kodo

Sentiers de la Loire

Picos de Europa

High Tatras

Tour du Mont Blanc

GR20 · Corsica

John Muir Trail

Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

Annapurna Base Camp

Via Alpina · Green Trail

Lycian Way

Laugavegur

Camino Francés

Everest Base Camp Trek

Appalachian Trail — 100-Mile Wilderness

Torres del Paine — the W Trek

Kilimanjaro — Machame Route

Annapurna Circuit

Milford Track

Bavarian Alps — Soul Days

Zugspitze — Every Route to the Summit

Achensee — Tirol's Fjord Lake

Malerweg — Saxon Switzerland

Tirol Alpine Days

Adlerweg — Tirol Traverse

Berner Oberland — Soul Days

Walserweg Graubünden

Berchtesgaden National Park — Cathedral of Silence

Allgäu Alps — High Meadow Country

Bavarian Forest & Munich Foothills

Zermatt & the Matterhorn — Days beneath the Horn

Via Alpina — Swiss Alpine Pass Route

Hohe Tauern & Grossglockner — Under Austria's Roof

Salzkammergut — Lakes & Limestone

Vienna Hausberge — Rax, Schneeberg & Wienerwald

Schwarzwald — Black Forest Heights

Harz — Germany's High North

Moselsteig · Rheinsteig · Eifelsteig — Germany's Great Steige