🥾 Via Alpina - Red Trail: Refuge de la Madone de Fenestre » Refuge de Nice
High-altitude hiking route through the Alpine core
📋 Fast Facts
- Approximately 1,700 kilometers (1,056 miles) total length across eight Alpine countries
- Begins in Trieste, Italy; terminates in Monaco
- Designated for experienced mountaineers; involves glaciers, high passes, and exposed ridges
- Part of the five-route Via Alpina network, representing the most technically demanding option
The Red Trail of the Via Alpina is the most challenging route within the broader Via Alpina hiking network, reserved for experienced mountaineers with solid alpine skills. Extending across eight countries through the highest and most rugged sections of the Alps, this long-distance trail combines strenuous mountain passes, glacier traversals, and alpine ridges with substantial elevation gain. The route offers sustained immersion in Europe's mountainous interior, presenting technical and physical ...