🥾 Via Alpina - Red Trail: Freissinières » Mont-Dauphin (Guillestre)
High Alpine hiking route through French peaks
📋 Fast Facts
- Part of the Red Trail, the longest and most demanding Via Alpina route
- Extends approximately 1,700 km (1,056 miles) across eight Alpine countries
- Designed for experienced hikers with high-altitude mountaineering experience
- Traverses glaciers, alpine ridges, and mountain passes at elevation
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 parts of the Alps. This segment between Freissinières and Mont-Dauphin (Guillestre) in the Hautes-Alpes represents a portion of a route that combines strenuous mountain passes, glaciers, and alpine ridges with significant exposure and technical terrain ...