Europe Treks & Hikes: Self-Guided

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Customized self-guided trekking itineraries in the Dolomites of Italy and the Swiss Alps.

Self-Guided Dolomites High Route – Alta Via 1

Dolomites / Italy / Alps
  • Super scenic, 3-8-day hut-to-hut treks in the heart of the Dolomites
  • Fully catered huts, most with showers, some with private rooms
  • Lots of WWI history along the way
  • Excellent Italian and Tyrolean cuisine!

Self-Guided Dolomites High Route – Alta Via 2

Dolomites / Italy / Alps
  • Super scenic, 3-9-day hut-to-hut treks in the heart of the Dolomites
  • More challenging hiking than on the Dolomites Alta Via 1
  • Exposed sections with cables (via ferrata equipment not required)
  • Fully catered huts, most with showers, some with private rooms
  • Lots of WWI history along the way
  • Excellent Italian and Tyrolean cuisine!

Self-Guided Dolomites High Route – Alta Via 9

Dolomites / Italy / Alps
  • Dolomites “La Trasversale”, the only west to east high route trek
  • 3 – 8 days hut-to-hut trekking itineraries with lots of WWI history
  • Fully catered huts, most with showers, some with private rooms
  • Excellent Italian and Tyrolean cuisine!

Self-Guided: Rosengarten Dolomites

Dolomites / Italy / Alps
  • Stunning ‘Rose Garden” 3- to 5-days high-level hut Treks
  • Super scenic, always staying high through the heart of the Dolomites
  • Fully catered huts, all with showers, some with private rooms
  • Lots of WWI history along the way
  • Excellent Italian and Tyrolean cuisine!

Self-Guided: Hut-to-Hut Treks in the Dolomites

Dolomites / Italy / Alps
  • 3-9 day itineraries on “The Best Around Cortina”, the “Dolomites Trasversale”and other fantastic Dolomites treks
  • Many of the huts offer double rooms & showers
  • Always excellent Italian & Tyrolean food and wine
  • All of the treks require good fitness & multi-day mountain hiking experience
  • Mid-June – Early October

Self-Guided: Bernese Alps “Eiger Trek”

Interlaken / Switzerland / Alps
  • Scenic, 7-day, alpine traverse with views of the grandest peaks in the Swiss Alps
  • Challenging hiking on sometimes steep mountain trails
  • Comfortable lodging in the quaint mountain towns of Interlaken, Grindelwald, Muerren, Kandersteg, and Gstaad
  • Great Swiss cooking and hospitality
  • Luggage transfer available every other day

Self-Guided: Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) Trek

France, Italy, & Switzerland / Alps
  • 4-12 days of self-guided trekking in the Western Alps
  • Most popular is the 6-day ‘express itinerary’ highlighting the most scenic parts of the trail while circumnavigating Europe’s highest peak, Mont Blanc.
  • Light daypacks with daily luggage transfer
  • Strenuous hiking on good trails, rocky terrain, and snow-covered passes, up to 8 hours of daily hiking

Self-Guided: Merano High Mountain Trail

Merano / Italy / Alps
  • 3-8 days hut and lodge-based trekking around the Texel Group
  • Super-scenic Oetztal Alps hiking trails
  • Fully catered huts and lodges, most with showers
  • Excellent Italian & Tyrolean food
  • Off the beaten path