🥾 Via Alpina - Red Trail
San Bernardo di Mendatica to Colla Melosa
📋 Fast Facts
- Approximately 1,700 kilometers (1,056 miles) in total length
- Extends across eight countries: Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, France, and Monaco
- Highest elevation often exceeds 2,000 meters; passes major peaks including the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc
- Begins in Trieste, Italy and terminates at Monaco
The Red Trail of the Via Alpina is the most challenging of the network's five main routes, designed for experienced hikers seeking to navigate the highest and most rugged sections of the Alps. Stretching approximately 1,700 kilometers across eight countries, it combines strenuous mountain passes, glaciers, and alpine ridges with panoramic vistas of Europe's mountainous core. The trail follows a high-altitude trajectory, frequently above 2,000 meters, through terrain that tests both technical ...