Alps Hiking

Planning a summer hiking trip in the Alps? Then you should know that the Swiss Alps is the best supported hiking destination in the world. 

Over the past 50 years I’ve written over a dozen hiking guidebooks and have described and reviewed over five hundred hikes—I honestly don’t know how many—I’ve lost count. I generally avoid declaring one hike over …

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No doubt—I had to return and do this hike again. In July 2019, when I first hiked the Planplatten Ridge from Engstlenalp to Planplatten, I came expecting to hike what many describe as a highlight …

Continue reading “Best of the Via Alpina: Engstlenalp to Planplatten”

Via Alpina – Stage 8 – Engelberg to Engstlenalp The Via Alpina stage from Engelberg to Engstlenalp offers lots of options. There are cable cars from Engelberg to Trübsee, from Trübsee to the Jochpass, and …

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