Mountain & Summit Treks

This 192 km waymarked loop through the Accursed Mountains crosses Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro, offering a 10-day moderate mountain trek without technical climbing.

A classic 170 km alpine loop around the Mont Blanc massif, this hard 11-day trek links France, Italy and Switzerland through mountainous, forest, valley and alpine terrain.

The Tour of Matterhorn is a 150 km expert loop around the Matterhorn on the Swiss-Italian border, suited to hikers ready for 9–11 days of mountainous, alpine and glacial terrain.

Mount Etna adds a volcanic summit flavour to the collection: a hard, route-dependent 9 km out-and-back day ascent from Rifugio Sapienza on Sicily’s east coast.

This expert 215 km point-to-point route connects Chamonix and Zermatt, linking the Mont Blanc and Matterhorn areas over 12–14 demanding walking days in alpine, forest and pasture terrain.

Alta Via 2 is a 160 km, 13-day expert hut-to-hut traverse across the central and southern Italian Dolomites, with mountainous, alpine and rocky terrain throughout.

Laugavegur is the moderate multi-day option here, a 55 km, 4-day point-to-point trek through Iceland’s Southern Highlands from Landmannalaugar to Þórsmörk across mountainous Arctic terrain.

Spain’s Sierra Nevada High Route is a compact but high 75 km point-to-point traverse, taking 4–5 days mostly above 3,000 m on alpine, ridge and glacial terrain.

The Slovakia route to Rysy is a strenuous 20 km out-and-back from Štrbské Pleso, climbing about 1,250 m to the Slovak-Polish border ridge through forest, valley and rocky alpine terrain.

This 22 km, 2-day expert out-and-back climbs from Litochoro towards Mytikas on Greece’s highest mountain, following mountainous and forest terrain in the Mount Olympus massif.

A short but serious objective, the Triglav Summit Trail is a 24 km, 2-day expert ascent of Slovenia’s 2,864 m Mount Triglav with rock, forest and exposed cabled summit terrain.

This hard 11 km out-and-back day hike from Spiterstulen climbs to 2,469 m, the highest point in Norway, Scandinavia and Northern Europe, with about 1,400 m of ascent.

The GR20 earns its place as a summit-minded mountain challenge by traversing Corsica’s mountainous spine for 180 km, usually over 15 days, on an expert point-to-point route.

Besseggen Ridge is a hard 13.6 km waymarked point-to-point day hike in Jotunheimen, combining alpine terrain with an exposed ridge between Memurubu and Gjendesheim.

The Watzmann Circuit is a 24 km, 2-day expert loop in Berchtesgaden National Park, combining alpine terrain, forest and scree gorge on the classic Watzmann-Überschreitung.