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Hiking & Trekking
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Don’t-miss hiking & trekking experiences
Researched, tiered and placed — a selection of 24 from our 188 experiences across 49 destinations (12 shown here). Open a destination to see everything it holds.
Zermatt, SwitzerlandThe Five Lakes Walk (Sunnegga)five alpine lakes, the Matterhorn mirrored in the still ones, an easy-moderate half-day with lift assistance — Zermatt's signature summer walk St. Anton am Arlberg, AustriaSki-racing heritage — the Arlberg-Kandahar trailSt. Anton staged the birth of the Arlberg-Kandahar in 1928, one of the sport's most storied downhill/slalom events Chamonix & Mont Blanc, FranceWalk (or run) the Tour du Mont Blancthe classic ~170 km hut-to-hut circuit of the massif through France, Italy and Switzerland — the same loop the UTMB races St. Moritz, SwitzerlandEngadin lakes + larch-forest walkthe gentle high-plateau trail past St. Moritz, Silvaplana and Sils lakes, framed by larch and peaks — easy, spectacular, glorious in autumn gold Kitzbühel, Austria500 km of trails from the doorstepKitzbühel offers 500 km of marked hiking trails across the Kitzbüheler Alpen, from gentle valley walks to the Kitzbüheler Horn Appenzell, SwitzerlandEbenalp -> Äscher -> Seealpsee circuitcable car to Ebenalp, through the Wildkirchli cave-hermitage to the cliff-hung Äscher, then down to the emerald Seealpsee The Black Forest & Southwest Germany, GermanyBlack Forest Michelin + kirsch-and-cake trailone of Germany's densest Michelin clusters, plus authentic Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte at source and Baden wine Davos, SwitzerlandThe cure-town heritage trailwalk the Davos of the tuberculosis-cure era — the sanatorium terraces, the light and dry air that first drew visitors Fontainebleau, FranceDenecourt-trail day to Gorges de Franchard & d'Apremontwalk the world's first waymarked trails through the forest's most dramatic sandstone gorges — panoramic rock chaos, heath and pine Garmisch-Partenkirchen & the Zugspitze, GermanyCross-country + winter walking in the Loisach valleyextensive prepared Langlauf loipes and winter-walking trails around GaP, Grainau and the Kaltenbrunn — the non-downhill winter day, low-cost and scenic Grindelwald, SwitzerlandFirst -> Bachalpsee mirror-lake hikea gentle ~2-hour walk to a still alpine lake that mirrors the Schreckhorn and Wetterhorn Gstaad, SwitzerlandGlacier 3000 — Peak Walk + year-round snowa cable-car to ~3,000 m for the Peak Walk suspension bridge between two summits, glacier snow-sports even in summer Zermatt, SwitzerlandGornergrat to Riffelberg high trail + glacier viewsride to 3,089 m and walk down past the Gorner Glacier and 29 four-thousanders — big-mountain scenery, all downhill St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria400 km of summer trails + the Valluga viewpointin summer St. Anton opens more than 400 km of marked hiking trails through the Verwall and Lechtal ranges, with cable cars to Rendl Chamonix & Mont Blanc, FranceThe Aiguilles Rouges high trail — Mont Blanc face-onfrom the Flégère/Brévent side, the Aiguilles Rouges trails give the definitive across-the-valley panorama of the whole Mont Blanc massif — lift-assisted big-mountain hiking St. Moritz, SwitzerlandThe Morteratsch glacier valley walkan easy, awe-inspiring walk up the Val Morteratsch toward the Bernina glaciers, reached by the Bernina line — big-mountain scenery on the flat Kitzbühel, Austria120 km of mountain-bike trails120 km of MTB paths plus lift-served descents make Kitzbühel a genuine summer biking base — e-bike tours to mountain huts included Appenzell, SwitzerlandSeealpsee lakeside + a mountain-hut lunchthe milky-green lake mirrors the Säntis peaks; a ~1-hour walk from Wasserauen reaches the foot-access-only Berggasthaus Forelle / Berggasthaus Seealpsee for a lunch The Black Forest & Southwest Germany, GermanyTriberg falls boardwalk + Schwarzwaldhochstrasse driveGermany's tallest waterfalls and the classic Black Forest High Road scenic route through the pines Davos, SwitzerlandThe Alps Epic Trail Davosan IMBA "Epic"-designated singletrack from the Jakobshorn to Filisur, rated among the world's best mountain-bike routes Fontainebleau, FranceRocher panorama + Tour Denecourt viewpoint hikea shorter climb to a forest-tower viewpoint over the oak canopy — the classic "bleau" walk Garmisch-Partenkirchen & the Zugspitze, GermanyZugspitze round-trip (up cogwheel, down cable car)the classic full loop — the rack railway up through the tunnel to the Zugspitzplatt, the summit platform Grindelwald, SwitzerlandThe Cliff Walk at Firsta cantilevered steel walkway that wraps around a sheer rock face with a viewing spur into open air Gstaad, SwitzerlandWinter walking + night sledginghundreds of kilometres of prepared winter walking + snowshoe trails through the Saanenland, plus floodlit toboggan runs after dark
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