🥾 Via Alpina - Red Trail
Trieste to Monaco across eight Alpine countries
📋 Fast Facts
- Length: approximately 1,700 kilometers (1,056 miles)
- Elevation: frequently above 2,000 meters, with passages through glaciated terrain
- Countries: Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, France, and Monaco
- Difficulty: most challenging of the five Via Alpina routes, designed for experienced hikers
The Red Trail of the Via Alpina is the most demanding of the network's five main routes, stretching 1,700 kilometers from Trieste, Italy to Monaco. It traverses eight countries across the Alpine core, following a high-altitude trajectory through Europe's most challenging and rugged mountain terrain, combining strenuous passes, glaciers, and alpine ridges with extensive panoramic views ...