Alpine Pass Route

The Alpine Pass Route is a long-distance hiking trail through the Alps in Switzerland, part of the Via Alpina route. It starts in Sargans in eastern Switzerland, and crosses the heart of country westwards to finish in Montreux on the shore of Lake Geneva. The total route covers over 325 kilometres (202 mi) and crosses 16 mountain passes, and takes 15 or more walking days to complete.^[1]

The route

There are a number of variations on the precise route, but the following stages are fairly standard:^[1]

From Sargans over the Foo Pass to Elm
Over the Richetli Pass to Linthal
Over the Klausen Pass to Flüelen
Over the Surenen Pass to Engelberg
Over the Joch Pass to Meiringen
Over the Grosse Scheidegg Pass to Grindelwald
Over the Kleine Scheidegg Pass to Lauterbrunnen
Over the Sefinenfurgge Pass to Griesalp
Over the Hohtürli Pass to Kandersteg
Over the Bunderchrinde Pass to Adelboden
Over the Hahnenmoos Pass to Lenk
Over the Trütlisberg Pass to Lauenen
Over the Krinne to Gsteig
Over the Col des Andérets to Col des Mosses
Over the Col de Chaude to Montreux

The central portion of the route through the Berner Oberland is the most spectacular, with many hikers choosing to hike a few passes rather than the whole route in one go. The excellent transport connections give many possibilities for breaking it up.^[1]

Signposting

The signposting along the route is excellent, with countless signs, markers and arrows. Most of the signs carry the name of the next pass or town, but increasingly the green square "Via Alpina" signs are being introduced. This route is now called route number 1 of a collection of long-distance walking routes.

References

1 2 3 Reynolds, Kev (2011). "Trek 10 - Alpine Pass Route". Trekking in the Alps. Cicerone. pp. 124–135. ISBN 978 1 85284 600 8.

External links

Media related to Alpine Pass Route at Wikimedia Commons
http://www.wanderland.ch/en/routes/route-01.html

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