The Best Alpine Climbing Trails in Switzerland

Allalinhorn hohlaubgrat-Saas Fee

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Distance

13.14mi

Elevation +

4528f

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61

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Para realizar esta ascensión cogimos el primer teleférico a Felskinn desde Saas Fee. Al estar alojados en el valle teníamos el transporte en bus gratuito incluídos los remontes, si llegas con tu vehículo a Saas Fee entr...

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Lenk - Wildstrubel - Montana

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carles.oro

Distance

13.37mi

Elevation +

7451f

TrailRank

60| 5.0

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Route from Lenk, ascending the Wildstrubel and go down to Crans Montana. From Lenk to Wildstrubel, the path is well indicated. Around 2000m D+, it´s a really nice route where you pass from trees, rivers and green fields...

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Gross Diamantstock - SSW Grat- 14/9/2019

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Distance

15.50mi

Elevation +

9091f

TrailRank

55

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Gross Diamantstock - SSW Grat Participants: Manu, Mikel, Marta, Marti CA 14/9/2019 12:15 Deixem el cotxe al parking i comencem a caminar. La pujada segueix les vies d'un antic cremallera (fora de servei) 13:00 Un ...

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Lagginhorn desde Hohsaas

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Distance

4.70mi

Elevation +

3579f

TrailRank

51

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Una de las ascensiones más fáciles del valle de Saas, muy apto para aclimatarnos. Tomamos el primer teleférico desde Saas-Grund (gratuito si estas alojado en el valle) y empezamos la ruta a partir de los 3000 mts. A la s...

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Trifthütte from Innertkirchen and back: 2017-07-09

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Distance

14.95mi

Elevation +

9150f

TrailRank

46

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Participants: Andrea, Manu, Marcos, Natalí, Marti i Marta CA 8/7/2017 Ens llevem, esmorzem tranquilament i agafem un bus fins al peu del teleferic. A les 9:20 començem a caminar (sense teleferic, ja que es petit i ...

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Piz Palü - Bernina

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carles.oro

Distance

14.19mi

Elevation +

6670f

TrailRank

46

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We start early in the morning from Diavolezza direction Piz Palü. There is a lot of new Snow, but we also find the way done from some other people, so we can go comfortable till the sumit. There, we start to go in West d...

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Wetterhorn / Glecksteinhütte / Chrinnenhorn Peak

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Leonardo Régnier

Distance

6.05mi

Elevation +

8202f

TrailRank

44

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Trail starting at the Hotel Wetterhorn in Grindelwald, and going up to the summit of the Chrinnenhorn Peak.

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Galenstock SE spur - 22/9/2018

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Distance

5.55mi

Elevation +

4318f

TrailRank

43

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Galenstock SE Spur Participants: Andrea i Marti, CA 21/9/2018 Sortim de Darmstadt i conduim fins prop de Furkapass, deixem el cotxe al parking. Arribem de nit i plou una mica, aixi que dormim al cotxe. 22/9/2018...

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Schwarzsee / Matterhorn Wall

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Leonardo Régnier

Distance

5.46mi

Elevation +

2385f

TrailRank

41

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In Zermatt, take the cable car to Schwarzsee station. The trail starts from that point. This trail takes us to the wall of the famous and iconic Matterhorn, just beyond the Hörnlihütte (hut belonging to the Swiss Alpine...

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Sustenhorn

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carles.oro

Distance

8.64mi

Elevation +

4829f

TrailRank

41

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As the refuge was full, we start early morning from the parking. Step by step we are getting close to the refuge, and soon we can put the crampons and start a long but nice glacier traverse. It is not a difficult mounta...

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Schwarzsee Cablecar - Hornlihutte - Zmutt - Zermatt

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Victor MA

Distance

7.69mi

Elevation +

1821f

TrailRank

38

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The ascent to Hornlihütte is one of the most visited trails of Zermatt, and it shares the trail with init of the normal way for the ascend to Matternhorn from Zermatt Valley (Hornli Ridge). The difficulty is F+, and y...

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Weissmies traverse up SE ridge and down normal route (Trift glacier)

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Magnús Freyr Sigurkarlsson

Distance

9.38mi

Elevation +

8097f

TrailRank

38

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We hiked from the Almageller hut up the SE ridge. Weather was splendid with sun and temperatures from 5°C in the morning (night) up to around 15°C during lunch time. A snow slope is next to the ridge which we climbed up ...

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Mürren - Schilthorn

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ajfc84

Distance

5.25mi

Elevation +

4452f

TrailRank

37

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This hike will lead you to one of the most beautiful panoramas of Switzerland. A truly impressive wall of 4000s that include the Eiger, the Mönch and the Jungfrau, but there is more. Things start to get exciting near the...

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Eiger west flank from Glacier Canyon

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Bielecki Robert

Distance

15.80mi

Elevation +

9026f

TrailRank

37

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Eiger, this almost 4,000 meter peak is best known for its north face and perilous climbs. It is also possible to climb this summit by the Mitigelli ridge, but there is another route to get to the summit, less known, it g...

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Bettmerhorn-Eggishorn (Aletsch Glacier)

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vaywatch

Distance

2.02mi

Elevation +

1227f

TrailRank

36| 5.0

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Astonishing trail, all through the UNESCO World Heritage high trail, from Bettmerhorn Station to Eggishorn Station, going from 2647 m up to 2869 m, with the amazing view of the Great Aletsch Glacier during the whole rout...

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Jorasse - Cabane du Fenestral - Dent de Morcles - Cabane du Fenestral - Jorasse

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Distance

9.76mi

Elevation +

5509f

TrailRank

35

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The tour starts at Jorasse cable car station. You can also start the tour in Ovronnaz but it adds another 1h to get there and back. Make sure to start early if you want to make it on the last cable car, which runs at 17...

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Bettmerhorn, Eggishorn und Aletschgletscher (20.08.2022)

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Nurialatorrelazaro

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Distance

7.32mi

Elevation +

2992f

TrailRank

34

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Amazingly beautiful hike starting in Fiescheralp and heading first to Bettmerhorn view point. From there we took an Alpine Route (only suitable for sure-footed hickers with no fear of heights) which goes up to the Bettme...

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Zermatt - Breithorn - Cervinia

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Mountain Berserker

Distance

26.37mi

Elevation +

9364f

TrailRank

33

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Zermatt - Cervinia traverse with ascent to Roccia Nera (4075 m) and Breithornzwilling ost/ Gendarm (4106 m).

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Grassen

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bob__stones

Distance

8.37mi

Elevation +

3678f

TrailRank

33

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Fantastic day on a relatively straight forward but nicely varied alpine day. Walking in through a beautiful valley leading to a rocky path before hitting the glacier. Up the glacier without any serious crevasses to a fix...

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Lagginhorn

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Bielecki Robert

Distance

10.15mi

Elevation +

7812f

TrailRank

33| 5.0

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After having climbed several peaks recently over 3000 meters, it was time to tackle one over 4000. I found a place in Switzerland where there are two such peaks which are not too difficult to climb: Lagginhorn (4 010 m) ...

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Schildkrötengrat - Chli Bielenhorner

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bob__stones

Distance

5.02mi

Elevation +

2346f

TrailRank

32

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Unbelievably good day climbing this ridge. First AD but couldn’t of felt better. Such a top route, well protected with bolts throughout and just type one fun all the time. It only took us 2hrs 20mins to do it and after w...

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Monte Leone WSW Grat (DNF) & Breithorn

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bob__stones

Distance

9.49mi

Elevation +

5157f

TrailRank

32

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A tough & long day. The route for Monte Leone is in our guidebook but we can’t find any further information on it. It’s tough and we didn’t finish it because it looked impossible (very loose). Well worth doing in its own...

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Rinderhorn DNF

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bob__stones

Distance

18.42mi

Elevation +

7687f

TrailRank

32

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Another failed attempt by us to climb an alpine peak. Naively we thought this was going to be ok without any equipment (we had spoken to people and they confirmed it was ok) but what we hadn’t considered was the snow tha...

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Ausserberg - Raaft - Wiwannihutte - Wiwannihorn - Telwald, Valais, Suisse, 23-07-2016

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Distance

13.37mi

Elevation +

6181f

TrailRank

32

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Ausserberg - Niwarch - Raaft - Wiwannihutte - Wiwannihorn - Telwald Don't ever think about buying a garmin epix, as you can see i went to the summit of Wiwannihorn wich is 3001m and the stupid gps watch marked 2900m, ...

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Schwarzhorn Peak (winter attempt)

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Leonardo Régnier

Distance

5.78mi

Elevation +

2743f

TrailRank

32

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The trail starts at the Grindelwald First cable car station. It was to be an attempt to reach the summit of Schwarzhorn Peak, but as there was a lot of snow the trail markings were erased (they disappeared in the snow)....

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