Hut-to-hut treks for confident walkers
Long days on marked paths, with a bed booked at the end of each one. No glacier travel and no scrambling that needs a rope, but week-long efforts with real ascent.
Tour du Mont Blanc
The loop around the highest massif in the Alps: three countries, a dozen cols, and a bed with a view every night.
France, Italy, Switzerland · ~170 km · 7–11 days · 59 shelters along the way
Alta Via 1
The gentlest of the Dolomite high routes, north to south from Lago di Braies to Belluno, past the war-scarred Lagazuoi and under the Civetta wall.
Italy · ~120 km · 8–12 days · 31 shelters along the way
Berliner Höhenweg
The Zillertal's high circuit: nine huts above the glaciers, the grand old Berliner Hütte at its heart, and the Olpererhütte's suspension bridge for the photograph everyone takes.
Austria · ~70 km · 7–9 days · 12 shelters along the way
Julian Alps, the Triglav hut traverse
From Lake Bohinj over the Valley of the Seven Lakes to the Triglav huts and down to Pokljuka, the way Slovenians climb their mountain.
Slovenia · 20 shelters along the way
Other levels
The level is our reading of the whole route, not a published grade: no scale grades a week of walking. Where a route page states a T-grade, that comes from paths tagged in OpenStreetMap around the stage points, and describes the terrain there rather than the exact line the route takes.