Switzerland hut to hut hiking Aug/Sep booking
A couple of experienced hikers is planning a 7-10 day hut-to-hut hike in Switzerland, aiming for either mid-August or mid-September. They need advice on where to find information about hikes and hut reservations, as they’ve heard that many huts close in September.
- Check out websites like Switzerland tourism and the Swiss Alpine Club for hut booking information.
- Make reservations for the huts well in advance, especially if you’re hiking in September.
- Consider exploring the Via Alpina Green route for a more manageable long-distance trek.
- Hiking mid-August is recommended to ensure more huts are open.
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A friend and I, both experienced hikers, are starting to plan a hut to hut hike in Switzerland in either mid August or mid September. We plan to hike for 7 – 10 days. Is there a site that outlines this type of walk and gives contact information for the huts? I assume we need to reserve the huts in advance. Since we are flexible with our itinerary would it be best to visit in mid August as I have read many of the huts close in September Thank You.
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Hi Wanzie
In addition to the above links, you can try the new (2017) service from Switzerland tourism alp.holidaybooking.ch for alpine hut booking.
The Swiss Alpine Club also has a number of huts for booking http://www.sac-cas.ch/en/huts-and-tours/sac-route-portal
More about hiking in Switzerland http://www.myswissalps.com/hi king
Hope this helps!!
Maria.
Hi again Wanzie,
One hut-to-hut tour I have done in recent years is not in Switzerland, but in Italy, in a side valley of the Valtellina Valley in northern Italy, just south of the Swiss Val Bregaglia Valley. It is called Sentiero Roma and takes 6 days, but you can also do only the first three (going west to east). You need to be well trained, have the right gear. You will hike 5 to 6 hours every day, on a mix of trails, rock landscape, and short via ferrata. The huts provide dinner, breakfast and drinks, but you must carry your lunch food. Reservation for the huts is essential.
Really beautiful, but not in Switzerland. You decide. A description is here: http://www.summitpost.org/sen tiero-roma/160894 If you can read Italian or German, google Sentiero Roma and get more information.
Wanzie– Do you have any sense as to which trails you may be interested in? As a general rule, true hut to hut, using only the SAC mountain huts, is difficult to arrange for any distance in Switz. With a few exceptions, the SAC huts are placed at higher elevations, and serve as jumping off points to allow technical summits (often with glacier crossings) to be done in a single day, with return to that same hut that day. You then descend to the valley, move along the valley floor to the next location (maybe taking a bus) and ascend to the next hut for a repeat. Most find this tiresome for any length of time. Also, September could be problematic for this itinerary, due to the elevation and possible early snow.
The usual long distance trekking route in Switz is the Via Alpina Green route, on which one can encounter some huts (with appropriate route adjustments), but it mainly relies on Pensions, hotels and the like in the valleys. Most days, you start in a valley, ascend to the top of a pass and descend to the next valley floor for the night. For 7- 10 days, I’d recommend this, and the best part of the Via Alpina, for my money, is between Engleberg and Adelboden. I’d also recommend going W- E, vs the usual E- W. Plan on climbing 1000- 1500 vertical meters per day. You’ll get a good workout.
NTL
Thanks NTL…this is GREAT information!
Thanks NTL…this is GREAT information!
Hi Snowman, we will be hiking in the Dolomites with a group; then plan to go to Switzerland. I appreciate the information!
Thanks, Maria! Very helpful.
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