🥾 Via Alpina - Red Trail
The longest and most challenging Alpine crossing, from Trieste to Monaco
📌 Fast Facts
- Length: approximately 1,700 kilometers (1,056 miles)
- Difficulty: most challenging of the five Via Alpina routes; for experienced hikers only
- Route: Trieste, Italy to Monaco, crossing eight countries at high altitude
- Elevation: predominantly above 2,000 meters, with glaciated passes and alpine ridges
The Red Trail of the Via Alpina is the longest and most demanding of the network's five main routes, designed for experienced hikers navigating the highest and most rugged sections of the Alps. Stretching across eight countries from Trieste to Monaco, it combines strenuous mountain passes, glacial terrain, and alpine ridges with extensive panoramic views of Europe's mountainous core ...