Alpine Trail Guides
Browse 54 interactive guides across Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, France, Italy and beyond
🇫🇷 Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ski areas
Chamonix's ski areas under Mont Blanc: 104 km of runs on one pass, and the Vallée Blanche from the Aiguille du Midi.
🇦🇹 St. Anton am Arlberg, Tyrol, Austria
St. Anton & Ski Arlberg
St. Anton in Ski Arlberg: 301 km of pistes and 85 lifts, where Hannes Schneider opened his ski school in 1921.
🇨🇭 Verbier, Valais, Switzerland
Verbier & 4 Vallées
Skiing in Verbier, the best-known resort of the 4 Vallées, the largest ski area entirely in Switzerland, up to the Mont-Fort at 3,330 m.
🇨🇭 Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland
Zermatt & Matterhorn Ski Paradise
Skiing below the Matterhorn: up to 200 km of pistes in Zermatt, linked to Breuil-Cervinia, in a car-free village.
🇸🇮 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ljubljana: Old Town, Castle & Central Market
Ljubljana's old town on the Ljubljanica: Plečnik's Triple Bridge, the Central Market and a short walk or funicular ride up to the castle.
🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland
Zürich
Zurich's old town on foot, from the Lindenhof to the Grossmünster, and the Planet Trail from the Uetliberg to the Felsenegg.
🇮🇹 Braies / Prags, South Tyrol, Italy
Lago di Braies (Pragser Wildsee)
A lake at the foot of the Croda del Becco in the Fanes-Sennes-Prags Nature Park: a walk around the shore, rowing boats, and the start of the Alta Via 1.
🇮🇹 Passo Falzarego, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Dolomites, Italy
Cinque Torri & Lagazuoi: Great War trails
First World War trails above Passo Falzarego: the Kaiserjäger trail and the tunnels of the Lagazuoi, and the open-air museum around the Cinque Torri.
🇮🇹 Seiser Alm, South Tyrol, Italy
Seiser Alm (Alpe di Siusi)
Europe's largest high-Alpine pasture, reached by cable car from Seis: a family loop to the Panorama and an easy walk on the Hans-und-Paula-Steger-Weg.
🇮🇹 Lago di Braies to Belluno, Dolomites, Italy
Alta Via 1: Lago di Braies – Belluno
The classic Dolomites high route from Lago di Braies to Belluno in 12 official stages, hut to hut, for experienced hikers; the finish crosses the Schiara on a via ferrata.
🇨🇭 Zernez & S-chanf, Graubünden, Switzerland
Swiss National Park
Switzerland's only national park: the Val Trupchun, red deer arena of the Alps, and the Kinderpfad Champlönch for families.
🇫🇷 Chamonix / Courmayeur / Champex, France–Italy–Switzerland
Tour du Mont Blanc
The circuit round Mont Blanc through France, Italy and Switzerland: 170 km and about 10,000 m of ascent in seven official sections, anticlockwise from Les Houches.
🇦🇹 Heiligenblut & Franz-Josefs-Höhe, Carinthia, Austria
Grossglockner & Hohe Tauern National Park
Austria's highest mountain, the Pasterze glacier and the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, with the Gamsgrubenweg walk above the glacier.
🇦🇹 Hallstatt, Salzkammergut, Austria
Hallstatt & Dachstein Krippenstein
Hallstatt's official village tour past the market square and the Beinhaus, and the 5fingers platform on the Dachstein Krippenstein above the lake.
🇸🇮 Bohinj & Trenta, Julian Alps, Slovenia
Triglav National Park & Julian Alps
Slovenia's highest mountain, Lake Bohinj and the Great Soča Gorge, all in Triglav National Park.
🇩🇪 Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany
Berchtesgaden National Park & Königssee
By boat across the Königssee to the Obersee, and the classic climb to the Watzmannhaus, in Germany's only alpine national park.
🇩🇪 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany
Zugspitze, Eibsee & Partnachklamm
The Eibsee below the Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain, and the Partnachklamm gorge in Garmisch-Partenkirchen: two easy walks.
🇨🇭 Hörnli Hut, Zermatt, Valais
Matterhorn: Hike to the Hörnlihütte
The marked alpine trail from Schwarzsee to the Hörnlihütte at the foot of the Matterhorn, the base for the guided ascent of the Hörnli Ridge.
🇨🇭 Grindelwald, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
Eiger Trail: Eigergletscher – Alpiglen
The Eiger Trail runs along the foot of the Eiger North Face from Eigergletscher down to Alpiglen, close enough to make out the famous climbing routes.
🇨🇭 Jungfraujoch, Berner Oberland
Jungfraujoch Top of Europe
Europe's highest railway station at 3,454 m, with the Sphinx observation deck above the Aletsch Glacier, the Ice Palace and the glacier plateau.
🇱🇮 Alp Gaflei, Triesenberg, Liechtenstein
Fürstensteig & Drei Schwestern
Two classic mountain hikes from Alp Gaflei above Vaduz: the Fürstensteig loop and the Drei Schwestern traverse to Planken. Secured, exposed sections; surefootedness and a head for heights required.
🇮🇹 Auronzo di Cadore, Dolomites, Italy
Tre Cime di Lavaredo: Loop from the Auronzo Hut
The classic loop round the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, on well-made paths from the Auronzo hut, with the first view of the north faces from the Paternsattel.
🇫🇷 Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France
Chamonix: Lac Blanc
A steep half-day hike from the Flégère gondola to the Lac Blanc in the Aiguilles Rouges nature reserve, facing Mont Blanc.
🇨🇭 Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland
Matterhorn Glacier Trail
The Matterhorn Glacier Trail from Trockener Steg to Schwarzsee through the landscape left by retreating glaciers, plus an easy walk from Furi down to Zermatt.
🇮🇹 Verona, Veneto, Italy
Verona
Roman Verona on foot: the Arena, Piazza delle Erbe, Ponte Pietra and the view from Castel San Pietro, plus a walk along the city walls.
🇮🇹 Trento, Trentino, Italy
Trento: Old Town, Castello del Buonconsiglio & MUSE
Trentino's capital: the Piazza del Duomo with its cathedral, the Castello del Buonconsiglio, and the MUSE science museum by Renzo Piano.
🇮🇹 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Dolomites, Italy
Cortina d'Ampezzo & Dolomiti Superski
Skiing in Cortina d'Ampezzo, host of the women's alpine races at the 2026 Winter Olympics, on the Dolomiti Superski pass.
🇦🇹 Kitzbühel, Tyrol, Austria
Kitzbühel & KitzSki
KitzSki: 233 km of pistes and 58 lifts around Kitzbühel, home of the Hahnenkamm races on the Streif.
🇨🇭 Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
Lugano & Monte San Salvatore
Lugano's traffic-free old town and lakefront, and the classic walk from Paradiso over Monte San Salvatore to Morcote, with the funicular as a shortcut.
🇮🇹 Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy
Bolzano: Old Town, Ötzi & the Ritten
South Tyrol's capital: arcaded old town, Ötzi in the archaeology museum, and a gondola up to the Ritten plateau.
🇦🇹 Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg Old Town & Fortress
Salzburg's old town, a UNESCO World Heritage site, below the Hohensalzburg Fortress; Mozart was born here in 1756.
🇨🇭 Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva: Jet d'Eau, Old Town & Lakefront
Geneva's lakefront with the 140-metre Jet d'Eau, and the Old Town around St Peter's Cathedral.
🇨🇭 Arolla, Valais
Arolla & Lac Bleu
Three official hikes from Arolla: to the Arolla glacier, to Lac Bleu and over the Cabane des Aiguilles Rouges.
🇨🇭 Verbier, Valais
Sentier des Chamois & Cabane de Louvie
The Sentier des Chamois from La Chaux above Verbier over the Col Termin to the Cabane de Louvie and its lake, then down to Fionnay.
🇨🇭 Morteratsch, Pontresina, Graubünden
Morteratsch Glacier Trail
The glacier trail from Morteratsch station to the foot of the Morteratsch Glacier, with 16 stops on its retreat and the Bernina group in view.
🇨🇭 Kandersteg, Berner Oberland
Oeschinensee
A mountain lake above Kandersteg below the Blüemlisalp: an easy panoramic path from the gondola, or the Heuberg mountain-trail round. The south shore is a permanent rockfall restricted zone.
🇨🇭 Bettmerhorn, Aletsch, Valais
Aletsch Glacier: Moosfluh & Märjelensee
Two official hikes above the Great Aletsch Glacier from the Aletsch Arena lifts: a themed ridge trail from Moosfluh, and a long day from the Bettmerhorn to the Märjelensee.
🇨🇭 Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland
Zermatt 5 Lakes Walk: Blauherd – Sunnegga
Five mountain lakes between Blauherd and Sunnegga above Zermatt; the Matterhorn is reflected in three of them.
🇨🇭 Crans-Montana, Valais
Crans-Montana: Bisse du Ro
The Bisse du Ro from the Tseuzier dam to Crans-Montana: a 15th-century channel carved into the rock, vertiginous passages and a suspension bridge 70 m above the void.
🇨🇭 Pizol, St. Gallen
Pizol Five Lakes Hike
One-way mountain hike from the Pizolhütte to Gaffia past five mountain lakes, with views into the Sardona UNESCO World Heritage Site.
🇨🇭 Saas-Fee, Valais
Saas-Fee Glacier Trail
The glacier trail from the Felskinn cable car to the Gletschergrotte restaurant above Saas-Fee, with two easy walks: the Märliweg for children and the historic Kapellenweg.
🇨🇭 Gornergrat, Zermatt, Valais
Gornergrat & Riffelsee: Rotenboden – Riffelberg
From the Gornergrat viewing platform by train to Rotenboden, then on foot past the Riffelsee, where the Matterhorn is reflected in calm weather, down to Riffelberg.
🇦🇹 Brandnertal, Vorarlberg, Austria
Lünersee
The Lünersee in the Rätikon, reached by cable car from the Brandnertal: an easy family walk round the lake.
🇨🇭 Wildhaus and Säntis, Toggenburg, St. Gallen
Wildhaus – Säntis via the Lisengrat
From Gamplüt above Wildhaus over the Zwinglipass and the Rotsteinpass and along the Lisengrat to the Säntis, the landmark of Eastern Switzerland.
🇨🇭 Flumserberg & Walensee, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Flumserberg & Walensee
A short high trail between two lift stations above the Walensee, and the lakeside path from Weesen past the Seerenbach falls to car-free Quinten.
🇨🇭 St. Moritz, Engadin, Switzerland
St. Moritz & Lake St. Moritz
St. Moritz in the Upper Engadine: the walk around Lake St. Moritz, and funiculars to Muottas Muragl and Corviglia.
🇨🇭 Bern, Switzerland
Bern Old City & Aare
Bern's UNESCO-listed Old City and the Aare on two barrier-free routes: Zytglogge, Minster, Einstein's flat and the BearPark.
🇫🇷 Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France
Annecy: Lakeshore Walk & Semnoz
Annecy's old town and lakeshore on the city's Cercle du lac walk, and the Balcon du Semnoz loop to the mountain's summit pastures.
🇨🇭 Interlaken, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
Harder Kulm Ascent from Interlaken
A mountain trail from Interlaken Ost through the Bleikiwald to Harder Kulm (1,322 m), Interlaken's own mountain, with the Harderbahn funicular as the way down.
🇦🇹 Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
Innsbruck & Nordkette: Goetheweg & Arzler Alm
Three cable car sections take you from Innsbruck's old town to the Hafelekar mountain station at 2,256 m: short walks at the top, and the Goetheweg along the ridge to the Pfeishütte.
🇨🇭 Lucerne, Central Switzerland, Switzerland
Lucerne & Pilatus
Lucerne's Chapel Bridge and lakeside path, and Pilatus by the world's steepest cogwheel railway or the gondola from Kriens.
🇨🇭 Grindelwald, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
Via Alpina: Grindelwald – Kleine Scheidegg – Lauterbrunnen
A full day on the Via Alpina from Grindelwald over Kleine Scheidegg, beneath the Eiger North Face, to Wengen and down into the Lauterbrunnen valley.
🇱🇮 Malbun, Liechtenstein
Malbun: Fürstin-Gina-Weg & Schönberg
Two waymarked mountain loops from Malbun: the Fürstin-Gina-Weg over the Augstenberg to the Pfälzerhütte, and the flower-rich trail to the Schönberg summit.
🇱🇮 Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Vaduz City Guide
Liechtenstein's capital: the traffic-free Städtle with its museums and government quarter, below Vaduz Castle.