🥾 Via Alpina - Red Trail
Europe's longest and most challenging high-altitude hiking route
📋 Fast Facts
- Length: approximately 1,700 kilometers (1,056 miles)
- Elevation: frequently above 2,000 meters, with numerous glaciated passes
- Route: Trieste, Italy to Monaco, crossing eight countries
- Classification: Advanced alpine hiking requiring mountaineering experience
The Red Trail of the Via Alpina is the most demanding segment of the five-route Via Alpina network, designed for experienced mountaineers. Stretching across eight Alpine countries, it combines sustained high-altitude terrain, glacier crossings, and exposed ridges with technical navigation demands that exceed standard hiking. The route remains one of Europe's most rigorous long-distance Alpine traverses ...