hiking days	difficulty	Digital maps with alpine passs route	Swiss webcams	Trail
25	T3	https://www.mapplus.ch IVS

Crossing Switzerland on Foot Short trail description  Detailed description in Ken's Homepage Links Where to sleep Maps and online maps

"This was not originally an objective but when my Father died in 1993, it occurred to me that I should get some things finished. By that time, I had done about 60% of the trip in bits and pieces over the years and only three more trips were needed to complete it. It took 22 years to do 22 days walking but some of those were half days and it would take four weeks to reproduce it, with a sensible scattering of rest days. It is not Kev Reynolds 'Alpine Passes Tour' although it co-incides in many places, nor is it necessarily the 'best' tour. This account is made up of slightly edited diary entries and excerpts from notes from before I kept a diary. I have included notes of other parts of the individual trips in italics to show the context of the stages in the tour. Most of it was done alone and I have indicated where I was accompanied. But every inch was on foot."
In the very informative site of Ken's Homepage, https://www.art-science.com/Ken/Alpine/XSwiss/index.html, you will find the detailed description with lot of pictures.

• Swiss digital map with Via Alpina, mostly idententical with this trail: https://map.wanderland.ch
• make sure you have proper gear, consisting of high quality trekking shoes, multi-layered clothing, sun glasses, a hat, and a water proof jacket at all times;
• check weather conditions daily, preferably each day before leaving or the evening before. Weather conditions may change very quickly in the mountains and the weather report of a few days ago may therefore be worth nothing. Even if good weather is predicted, you have to be prepared for sudden changes. Tourist offices in the villages you pass will provide information, just as hut owners along the way;
• if you want to avoid parts of the route because of bad weather or snow, just remember that many of them can instead be completed by public transportation (sometimes with a bit of a detour of course).

 

See also trekking Via Alpina / Alpenpassroute, or ViaAlpina, the description of similar trails in German and English,  with a  list of huts and guesthouses on the route

"Alpine Pass Route" by Kev Reynolds(UK),  Cicerone Press, at Amazon

"The Swiss Alpine Pass Route - from Sargans to Montreux":  another website in English with Google map English description from Stephen and Frances Rabone

- ein aufschlussreicher und unterhaltender Reisebericht des Engländers Ken.
Die einzelnen Etappen (mit Bildern) sind in seiner obigen Homepage in englischer Sprache ausführlich und humorvoll beschrieben.

Hier kurz seine Etappen. Sie decken sich ab Braunwald (Day 9) mit der Via Alpina / Alpenpassroute  (Trekking Nr. 80 mit ausführlichem Unterkunftsverzeichnis und Links zu Wanderbeschreibungen auf Deutsch) und mit der nationalen Trekkingroute ViaAlpina Nr.1.

Day 1
Gargellen (Österreich) - Schlappiner Joch 2202m - Klosters Dorf 1124 - Wolfgang 1631 - Davos 1558m

• https://www.gargellen.at
• Klosters Tourismus: https://www.klosters.ch, Tel. 0041 81 410 20 20
• Hotel Schweizerhof, Davos
• https://www.davos.ch
• Via Valtellina
• https://map.wanderland.ch, Swiss online hiking map

Day 2
Davos - Maienfelder Furka 2440m - Arosa 1734m

• https://arosalenzerheide.swiss

• Chur: Hotel Chur
• https://chur.graubuenden.ch

Day 4 (2h30)
Chur - Tamins 640m

• https://www.tamins.ch
• Senda Sursilvana, day 7, description with tourist information

Day 5
Tamins - Kunkelspass 1357m - Vättis - Valens - Bad Ragaz 502m

• Hotel Jerger, Bad Ragaz, Tel. 081 302 17 94
• https://www.badragaz.ch/
• Tamins - Kunkelspass - Taminaschlucht - Bad Ragaz, 2-days-hike No.101 (with tourist information)
• https://map.wanderland.ch, Swiss online hiking map

Day 6
Bad Ragaz - Vilters - Mels - Flums - Walenstadt 426m

• Vilters: Hotel Ilge, Tel.081 723 11 82
• https://heidiland.com/de/informieren/regionen-orte/walensee.html

Day 7
Walenstadt - Walenstadtberg 803m - Quinten - Weesen 425m

• Hotel Schwert, Weesen
• Amden & Weesen Tourismus, Tel. +41 (0)58 228 28 30
• Walenstadtberg - Quinten - Weesen, one-day-hike No.409

Day 8
Weesen - Netstal - Schwanden - Schlattberg 863m

• Berggasthaus Schlattberg, Tel. 055 643 11 01
• https://www.gastro.ch/

Day 9 (1/2 day)
Schlattberg - Oberblegisee - Braunwald 1256m

• https://www.braunwald.ch; Tourist office tel. 055 653 65 65
• Luchsingen - Oberblegisee - Braunwald: one-day-hike 509a

• Urnerboden Dorf: Gasthof Urnerboden, Tel. 055 643 14 16
• Unterschächen: Hotel Alpina
• Panorama map Urnerboden - Klausenpass
• Urnerboden - Fisetenpass - Klausenpass: panoramic trail
• Schächentaler Highway: Klausenpass - Biel / Bürglen, panoramic trail Schächentaler Höhenweg, 2 days
• Linthal - Urnerboden - Klausenpass - Eggbergen - Flüelen, Trail description with GPS and pictures: https://www.activityworkshop.net

Day 11
Unterschächen - Bürglen - Attinghausen 469m - Brüsti 1525m

• https://www.attinghausen.ch
• Brügg (Bürglen); Der Gasthof, Tel. 041 870 14 71, Klausenstrasse 220, 2min from bus-/cablecar station Brügg (Bürglen), rooms
  
• Flüelen - Attinghausen - Brüsti - Surenenpass - Engelberg, Trail description with GPS and pictures: https://www.activityworkshop.net
• https://map.wanderland.ch, Swiss online hiking map

Day 12
Brüsti - Surenenpass 2291m - Engelberg 1000m
Hotel Engelberg, Tel 041 639 79 79.

• Online Map Surenenpass by mapplus.ch
• Open tracks and cable cars:  https://www.engelberg.ch/
• Description in German, with accommodation and infos: Tageswanderung Nr. 559
• https://www.engelberg.ch
• Flüeli - Attinghausen - Surenenpass - Engelberg, Trail description with GPS and pictures: https://www.activityworkshop.net

• Trübsee: Berghotel Trübsee, Tel. 041 639 50 92 (ganzjährig geöffnet)
• Jochpass: Berggasthaus Jochpass, Tel. 041 637 11 87, Restaurant mit Sonnenterrasse, Zimmer und Lager
• Melchsee-Frutt - Jochpass - Engelberg (in German, with tourist information), Tageswanderung Nr.553
• Engelberg - Jochpass - Meiringen, Trail description with GPS and pictures: https://www.activityworkshop.net

Day 14
Jochpass 2209m - Engstlenalp - Meiringen 595m

• Hotel Hirschen, Meiringen, Tel. 033 971 18 12
• https://www.meiringen.ch
• Online-Map Engelberg - Jochpass - Melchsee-Frutt - Hasliberg
• Engelberg - Jochpass - Meiringen, Trail description with GPS and pictures: https://www.activityworkshop.net
• https://map.wanderland.ch, Swiss online hiking map

Day 15
Meiringen - Rosenlaui - Grosse Scheidegg 1962m - Grindelwald 1400m

• Grosse Scheidegg: Berggasthaus Grosse Scheidegg, Tel. 033 853 67 16
• Grindelwald: Hotel Wetterhorn, Tel. 033 853 12 18
• Grindelwald: Eiger Lodge, Tel. 033 854 38 38
• https://grindelwald.swiss
• Meiringen - Grosse Scheidegg - Grindelwald, trail description with GPS and pictures: https://www.activityworkshop.net
• Meiringen - Grosse Scheidegg - Grindelwald, trail description in German, with lots of links

• https://www.jungfrauregion.ch
• Round trip in Wengen, trail description in English, with pictures, GPS and 3D plot
• Jungfrau mountain trails, timetable, tickets und Information: https://www.jungfraubahn.ch
• 2-day guided Aletsch Glacier trail: Jungfraujoch - Konkordiahütte - Märjelensee - Fiesch: https://www.bergsteigerzentrum.ch
• https://www.jungfrau.ch/de-ch/jungfraujoch-top-of-europe
• Grindelwald - Wengen - Lauterbrunnen, Trail description  with GPS and pictures: https://www.activityworkshop.net
• https://map.wanderland.ch, Swiss online hiking map

• https://www.jungfrauregion.ch
• Jungfrau mountain trails, timetable, tickets und Information: https://www.jungfraubahn.ch
• Stechelberg - Mürren, online-panorama map with hiking trails
• Lauterbrunnen - Sefinenfurka - Griesalp, Trail description with GPS and pictures: https://www.activityworkshop.net
• Lauterbrunnen - Winteregg - Mürren, trail description in German

Day 18 Mürren - Rotstockhütte - Sefinenfurka 2612m - Griesalp 1407m Griesalp: Griesalp Hotelzentrum, Tel. 033 676 71 71 Griesalp: Berggasthaus Golderli, Tel. 033 676 21 92 Pochtenalp im Kiental, 1358m, Hotel Waldrand Pochtenalp, Tel. 033 676 12 08, Zimmer, 10 Min. ab Golderli Kiental: Hotel Bären, Tel. 033 676 11 21 Pictures Sefinenfurgge Rotstockhütte, Tel. 033 855 24 64 Lauterbrunnen - Sefinenfurka - Griesalp, Trail description with GPS and pictures: https://www.activityworkshop.net

Sefinenfurgge

Day 19 Griesalp - Hohtürlipass 2837m - Kandersteg 1172m Hotel Blüemlisalp, Kandersteg Tourist office Kandersteg Griesalp - Hohtürli - Kandersteg, Trail description with GPS and pictures: https://www.activityworkshop.net https://map.wanderland.ch, Swiss online hiking map

Kandersteg-Panoramakarte

Day 20
Kandersteg - Bunderchrinde 2384m - Adelboden 1384m

• Adelboden: Hotel Alpenrose, Tel. 033 673 11 61
• https://www.adelboden.ch
• Kandersteg - Bunderchrinde - Adelboden, Trail description with GPS and pictures: https://www.activityworkshop.net

Day 21
Adelboden - Hahnenmoospass 1956m - Lenk 1058m

• Hotel Waldrand, Lenk, Tel.033 736 82 82
• Lenk: Wanderhotel Kreuz, Tel. 033 733 13 87
• https://lenk-simmental.ch
• Adelboden - Bergläger - Geils - Hahnenmoospass - Bühlberg - Lenk, trail description in English, with pictures, GPS and 3D plot
• https://map.wanderland.ch, Swiss online hiking map

Day 22
Lenk - Trüttlisbergpass 2038m - Lauenen 1241m - Krinnenpass 1659m - Gsteig 1175m

• Tourist office Gstaad -Gsteig - Lauenen, Tel. 033 748 81 81, accommodation list, several webcams
• Gstaad: Posthotel Rössli, Tel. 033 748 42 42
• Gstaad: Sporthotel Victoria, Tel. 033 748 44 22
• Map
• Lenk - Trüttlisbergpass - Lauenen - Gsteig, Trail description with GPS and pictures: https://www.activityworkshop.net

Day 23
Gsteig - Blattipass 1825m - Col des Mosses 1433m

• Hotel du Chaussy, Les Mosses, Tel. 024 491 11 47
• https://www.lesmosses.ch
• Gsteig - Col des Mosses, Trail description with GPS and pictures: https://www.activityworkshop.net

Day 24
Col des Mosses - Col de Chaud 1621m - Villeneuve 375m

• Hotel Vieux Pecheur, Villeneuve
• View from Planachaux (near Col des Mosses)
• Col des Mosses - Col de Chaude - Montreux, Trail description with GPS and pictures: https://www.activityworkshop.net
• https://map.wanderland.ch, Swiss online hiking map

Day 25 (1/2 day)
Villeneuve - Bouveret - St-Gingolph 388m

• Bouveret: Miniaturbahn Parc Vapeur
• Bouveret: Wasser-Vergnügungspark Aquaparc (Riesen-Rutschbahnen)
• Bouveret: Hotel Rive-Bleu***, Tel. 024 481 17 23
• Bouveret: Rest. La Batelière, Tel. 024 481 23 71 (Gartenrestaurant bei der Bahnstation am See)
• Bouveret: Boat&B, Fabienne et Didier Liautaud, Mobile +41 (0)79 301 98 93 (Schlafen auf dem Boot, 4 Pers.)
• https://www.st-gingolph.ch
• See Kulturweg, day 1

• Crossing Switzerland on foot: https://www.art-science.com/Ken/Alpine/XSwiss/index.html
• Swiss Trans Alps Trekking : https://www.camino10.com/
• Trekking "Alpenpassroute"  with detailed trail descriptions
• "The Swiss Alpine Pass Route - from Sargans to Montreux", website in English with Google map
• Hiking in Switzerland: Via Alpina (E), bei Amazon.de
• The "Alpenpassroute" is part of the European "Via Alpina", green trail:  https://www.via-alpina.org
• 3 hiking days with luggage transfer: Braunwald - Klausenpass - Surenenpass - Engelberg, organised by: Railaway.ch
• More long distance walks in Bernese Oberland
• Baerentrek - The Bear trail
• Swiss Alps Trekking - in 26 days from Müstair to Geneva: https://www.camino10.com/AlpenTrekking.htm
• Tour around Mont Blanc, 9 days: https://www.boundlessjourneys.com/europe/switzerland/

• You will find a detailed list of huts and guesthouses in Trekking Nr. 80 "Alpenpassroute"

• Digital Swiss online maps:
• Swiss digital map with Via Alpina, mostly idententical with the above trail: https://map.wanderland.ch
• The Swiss Alpine Pass Route, website in English with Google maps
• https://www.mapplus.ch, with bus stops and accommodation list
• Hiking maps 1:50'000, Shets 237T, 247T, 246T, 245T, 255T, 254T, 263T, 262T, at https://www.schweizer-wanderwege.ch oder https://shop.swisstopo.admin.ch/
• Online map Foopass by mapplus.ch
• Online map Surenenpass by mapplus.ch
• Online panoramic view Elm
• Online panoramic view Braunwald
• Online panoramic view Urnerboden
• Online panoramic view Vierwaldstättersee von Luzern bis Flüelen
• Online panoramic view Berner Oberland
• Online panoramic view Adelboden
• Online panoramic view Kandersteg
• Online panoramic view Genfersee