Swiss Alps

ByTravesía Pirenaica
View of the Matterhorn / Photo: violetta CC0 (Pixabay)
View of the Matterhorn / Photo: violetta CC0 (Pixabay)

Switzerland is one of the most beautiful and mountainous countries in Europe, the Swiss Alps are home to the highest and most spectacular mountains in Western Europe, loved not only by mountaineers from the earliest days of mountaineering to the present day, but also by those who are content to contemplate and marvel. From the Chablais Alps in the southwest to the Silvretta in the northeast, they will never cease to amaze, with classic hikes and climbs to marvel at, alongside the fantastic trekking routes that take us day after day from hut to hut.

Practical guide

When to go?

When to go will depend on the activity chosen and the location. If we are trekking at high altitude, snow until early summer will determine the dates for this activity.

Cities & Services

Access, accommodation and facilities at the valley bases and all information about Swiss mountain huts.

The reference centres are the following: Arolla, Engleberg, Grindelwald, Kandersteg, Klosters, Lauterbrunnen, Les Haudered, Leysin, Maggia, Meiringen, Mürren, Pontresina, Promontogno, Sass Fee, St Moritz, Sonogno, Vicosoprano, Wengen, Zermatt, Zernez.

Not to be missed

All the main peaks, passes, valleys and centres of Switzerland: the Matterhorn, Monte Rosa, Weisshorn, Dom, Finsteraarhorn, Schreckhorn and Westterhorn, Eiger, Mönch, Jungrau.

Routes

The Chablais Alps

  • Val de Morgins
  • Val d'Illiez
  • Vallon de Susanfe
  • Approaches to the Rhône Valley
  • Triento Valley

The Pennine Alps

  • Ferret Val
  • Val d'Entremont
  • Val de Bagnes
  • Val de Nendaz
  • Hérémence Valley
  • Val d'Hérens
  • Val de Moiry
  • Val d'Anniviers
  • Turtmanntal
  • Mattertal
  • Saastal
  • Simplon Pass

Lepontina and Adula

  • Simplon Pass East
  • Binntal
  • Val Bedretto
  • Leventina Valley
  • Val Verzasca
  • Maggia Valley and its tributaries
  • Blenio Valley
  • Calanca and Mesolcina Waltz
  • The Northern Valleys

Bernina, Bregaglia and the Albula Alps

  • Val Madris and the Averstal
  • Engadine Valley: Left Bank
  • Val Bregaglia
  • The Bernina Alps
  • Swiss National Park

The Bernese Alps

  • Vaudois Alps
  • Les Diablerets in the Rawil Pass
  • The Wildstrubel massif
  • Kandersteg and the Gemmipass
  • Blüemlisalp and the Gasterntal
  • The Kientales
  • Lauterbrunnen Valley
  • Grindelwald and the Lu?tschental
  • Haslital and Grimsel Pass
  • The Southern Valleys

Central Swiss Alps

  • Uri Alpes: Dammastock Group
  • North of the Sustainable Passage: Titlis Group
  • The Glarner Alps

Silvretta and Rätikon

  • Silvretta Alps: Lower Engadine
  • Silvretta Alps: Prättigau
  • Rätikon Alps
  • The Alpstein Massif