Via Alpina - the Heart (from hut to hut)

Part II: Altdorf - Kandersteg | 6 days

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The Via Alpina is the best-known long-distance hiking trail in Switzerland. From east to west, the number 1 hiking route connects the most beautiful hiking highlights across the country over 400 km from Vaduz in Liechtenstein to Lake Geneva in Montreux. The Via Alpina, that is experiencing Switzerland, up close!

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 the highlight, over the Sefinafurgge and the Hohtürli to Kandersteg.

On this hut-to-hut trek, you will spend the night in mountain huts or basic mountain inns, typically in places where foxes and hares usually say goodnight to each other and the silence is only interrupted by the sound of a mountain stream. You carry your luggage in your rucksack.

Hiking highlights

An impressive opening leads over the historic Surenenpass, an alpine mule track, into the valley basin of Engelberg
At the Reichenbach Falls the water falls over 120 m down the rock cliffs, which were the fatal fate 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 you at the end, the Hohtürli 2777 m is the highest Via Alpina pass

Dominik Abt

Technique

active

Hiking and mountain trails, continuous trail, moderately steep to steep, short sections with more exposure are possible (T1-T3). Surefootedness required.

Condition

challenging

Up and down and on and on! Puffing and sweating is part of it. You will love the trekking! But bring experience of multi-day tours with you and prepare well with regular endurance training. Hiking times up to 8 hrs, up to approx. 1400 m altitude difference.

Group

6-12 guests per hiking guide

Meeting place

9.00 AM Altdorf train station (train arrival 8.51 AM Altdorf train station)

Departure

approx. 3.30 PM Kandersteg train station

Accommodation