- Alpine Pass Route
The Alpine Pass Route is a long-distance hiking trail through the Alps in
Switzerland . It starts inSargans in eastern Switzerland, and crosses the heart of country westwards to finish inMontreux on the shore ofLake Geneva . The total route covers over 350km (220 miles), crosses 16mountain pass es, and takes around 20 walking days to complete.The Route
There are a number of variations on the precise route, but the following stages are fairly standard:
* From Sargans over the Foopass to Elm
* Over the Richetlipass toLinthal
* Over theKlausenpass toFlüelen
* Over the Surenenpass toEngelberg
* Over the Jochpass toMeiringen
* Over theGrosse Scheidegg toGrindelwald
* Over theKleine Scheidegg toLauterbrunnen
* Over the Sefinenfurgge to Griesalp
* Over the Hohtürli toKandersteg
* Over the Bunderchrinde toAdelboden
* Over the Hahnenmoospass toLenk
* Over the Trütlisbergpass toLauenen
* Over the Krinne to Gsteig
* Over the Col des Andérets toCol des Mosses
* Over the Col de Chaude to MontreuxThe 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.
ignposting
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
* "Alpine Pass Route", Kev Reynolds. Cicerone 2004 ISBN 978 1 85284 405 9
External links
*en icon http://www.wanderland.ch/en/routen_detail.cfm?id=317158
*en icon http://activityworkshop.net/hiking/alpinepassroute/
*en icon http://www.geocities.com/stephenrabone
*de icon http://www.wandersite.ch/Alpenpassroute.html
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