Via Alpina

The Swiss Alps from east to west in twenty stages, from Gaflei, above Vaduz, in Liechtenstein, to Montreux on the shore of Lake Geneva. Pass after pass, the trail crosses the Glarus region, Central Switzerland, the Bernese Oberland and the Vaud Alps. You can follow it in either direction.

20 stages · 391.9 km · +23,506 m · −24,729 m

20 stages, 391.9 kilometres, 23,506 metres of ascent, 24,729 metres of descent

Stages

1. Vaduz (Gaflei, FL) → Sargans28.0 km · +476 m · −1,592 m28.0 kilometres, 476 metres of ascent, 1,592 metres of descent
2. Sargans → Weisstannen13.2 km · +818 m · −296 m13.2 kilometres, 818 metres of ascent, 296 metres of descent
3. Weisstannen → Elm22.3 km · +1,420 m · −1,463 m22.3 kilometres, 1,420 metres of ascent, 1,463 metres of descent
4. Elm → Linthal24.8 km · +1,654 m · −1,967 m24.8 kilometres, 1,654 metres of ascent, 1,967 metres of descent
5. Linthal → Urner Boden15.9 km · +1,078 m · −366 m15.9 kilometres, 1,078 metres of ascent, 366 metres of descent
6. Urner Boden → Altdorf (UR)27.3 km · +1,025 m · −1,922 m27.3 kilometres, 1,025 metres of ascent, 1,922 metres of descent
7. Altdorf (UR) → Engelberg29.5 km · +2,056 m · −1,519 m29.5 kilometres, 2,056 metres of ascent, 1,519 metres of descent
8. Engelberg → Engstlenalp11.8 km · +1,275 m · −439 m11.8 kilometres, 1,275 metres of ascent, 439 metres of descent
9. Engstlenalp → Meiringen22.2 km · +731 m · −1,968 m22.2 kilometres, 731 metres of ascent, 1,968 metres of descent
10. Meiringen → Grindelwald22.9 km · +1,535 m · −1,098 m22.9 kilometres, 1,535 metres of ascent, 1,098 metres of descent
11. Grindelwald → Lauterbrunnen19.7 km · +1,170 m · −1,408 m19.7 kilometres, 1,170 metres of ascent, 1,408 metres of descent
12. Lauterbrunnen → Griesalp22.4 km · +2,012 m · −1,399 m22.4 kilometres, 2,012 metres of ascent, 1,399 metres of descent
13. Griesalp → Kandersteg17.2 km · +1,452 m · −1,691 m17.2 kilometres, 1,452 metres of ascent, 1,691 metres of descent
14. Kandersteg → Adelboden16.2 km · +1,410 m · −1,233 m16.2 kilometres, 1,410 metres of ascent, 1,233 metres of descent
15. Adelboden → Lenk13.8 km · +703 m · −983 m13.8 kilometres, 703 metres of ascent, 983 metres of descent
16. Lenk → Gstaad22.5 km · +1,158 m · −1,177 m22.5 kilometres, 1,158 metres of ascent, 1,177 metres of descent
17. Gstaad → L'Etivaz16.5 km · +1,266 m · −1,176 m16.5 kilometres, 1,266 metres of ascent, 1,176 metres of descent
18. L'Etivaz → Rossinière13.9 km · +327 m · −574 m13.9 kilometres, 327 metres of ascent, 574 metres of descent
19. Rossinière → Rochers de Naye18.3 km · +1,855 m · −777 m18.3 kilometres, 1,855 metres of ascent, 777 metres of descent
20. Rochers de Naye → Montreux13.7 km · +85 m · −1,681 m13.7 kilometres, 85 metres of ascent, 1,681 metres of descent

Distances, ascents, walking times and route: Federal Roads Office FEDRO, cantons, SwitzerlandMobility Foundation — Hiking in Switzerland (ch.astra.wanderland), open data OPEN BY.