In the pipeline - forthcoming walking and trekking holidays

January 2012 Research is the key! We welcome suggestions for new routes; please let us know. Thank you.

Recent research...

... and the new trips that result!

The Dolomites in Italy were our destination for recces in September and October 2011. We are excited about offering trips here for a first season in summer 2012. We are offering a high-level two-week trek, which will be the Alta Via 1, plus a guided week of valley-based walking.

Also new for 2012 will be guided trips in the UK... whereas previously we have only offered guided trips in the Alps. We'll start with the West Highland Way plus trips based in one centre for hillwalking forays. This is an exciting new approach for us.

In keeping with our base in Settle at the edge of the Yorkshire Dales, we plan to finish our Yorkshire Dales Explorer research at the start of 2012. This will be a trip of daywalks from a few of the super bases in the National Park, provisionally Hawes, Swaledale villages, and possibly Kettlewell or other Wharfedale villages too.

In another new project for Alpine Exploratory, we will introduce the Ridgeway as our first trip in the South of England. Pete Ellis has been researching this 6-stage trek this Autumn. We aim to put this new trip for 2012 on the website soon.

Instructional trips are an entirely new area for us, so we are excited to introduce for 2012 our First Aid and Navigation courses. We're intrigued to see how these go, and thrilled to be able to draw on the immense knowledge and experience of our team. Please sign up for any course.

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Upcoming research...

... and tasters of the new trips!

Austria will be our focus for summer 2012's resesarch. The aim is to bring in a new trip for summer 2013 or 2014. In the trekking business as in many others, we plan ahead! This is especially necessary because of the short Alpine season in which to recce the routes.

We have ideas in mind for which parts of Austria to focus on, based on previous trips, and more details will appear here in due course. While the Alps hold vast potential for new destinations, the Austrian Alps remain perhaps the main notable area that we don't yet cover... so here we go!

We have a longer-term project in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. The idea will be to link islands with ferries and to cross the islands by foot. This is one for the future, provisionally 2013 onwards. It's an especially exciting trip. Full details will appear in due course.

	The Stubai valley in Austria

Austrian Alps

Trip styles: High-level trekking & valley-based walking
First season: Summer 2013 or 2014
More details: Autumn 2012
See also: Dolomites Alta Via 1, Swiss Valais

	Berneray in the Hebrides

Outer Hebrides

Trip styles: Daywalks and trekking
First season: Spring 2013
More details: Autumn 2012
See also: West Highland Way, Skye Explorer (Guided)

Guided & self-guided holidays