🥾 Via Alpina – Red Trail
High-altitude traverse across the Alpine core from Trieste to Monaco
📋 Fast Facts
- Length: approximately 1,700 kilometres (1,056 miles)
- Difficulty: most challenging of the five Via Alpina routes; for experienced hikers only
- Elevation: typically above 2,000 metres, with glaciated passes and alpine ridges
- Route: Trieste (Italy) to Monaco, spanning eight countries
The Red Trail of the Via Alpina is the most demanding of the network's five main routes, designed for experienced hikers navigating the highest and most rugged terrain of the Alps. Stretching approximately 1,700 kilometres across eight countries—Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, France, and Monaco—it combines strenuous mountain passes, glacier crossings, and alpine ridges with panoramic views of iconic peaks including the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc ...