Self-guided walking holidays with Alpine Exploratory

Our 2020 season in the Alps runs from 5 July or 19 July depending on the trip, with the later date set to guard against Spring snow. The last walking day of our season is 18 September 2020. Our self-guided trips are available on your chosen dates; we don't have set start dates. Trek with friends or family, or go solo.

French Haute Savoie, Swiss Valais and Italian Aosta

Starting on the Western side of the Alps, we have offered the famous Tour du Mont Blanc since our first season in 2006. We added the challenging Walker's Haute Route (Chamonix to Zermatt) in 2009.

Tour du Mont
Blanc

Alpine Exploratory
Self-guided walking holiday
5 July to 18 September 2020

Follow the classic TMB route in a superb circuit from Chamonix

TMB

Haute Savoie, Aosta, Valais
11 stages

Tour du Mont
Blanc South

Alpine Exploratory
Self-guided walking holiday
5 July to 18 September 2020

Link Chamonix and Courmayeur to see the two sides of Mont Blanc

TMS

Haute Savoie, Aosta
4 stages, part of our TMB

Tour du Mont
Blanc North

Alpine Exploratory
Self-guided walking holiday
5 July to 18 September 2020

Trek a varied week of the TMB covering Italy, Switzerland and France

TMN

Aosta, Valais, Haute Savoie
7 stages, part of our TMB

Tour du Mont
Blanc Weekend

Alpine Exploratory
Self-guided walking holiday
5 July to 18 September 2020

See the Chamonix stages, starting from Trient with hotels and a hut

Traverse of the Aiguilles Rouges above Chamonix

TMK

Valais, Haute Savoie
3 stages, part of our TMB

What does self-guided mean?
You guide yourself! We book your hotels and give you our routecards and maps. There is no leader and you are not in a group. You get straight to the best scenery and enjoy walking at your own pace.

Guided or self-guided?

Walker's Haute Route

Alpine Exploratory
Self-guided walking holiday
19 July to 18 September 2020

Trek Chamonix to Zermatt, bases of Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn

HRT

Haute Savoie, Valais
14 stages

Walker's Haute Route West

Alpine Exploratory
Self-guided walking holiday
19 July to 18 September 2020

Start the Haute Route in a week of rocky passes to Arolla

Stunning views down the Chamonix Valley, France

HRW

Haute Savoie, Valais
7 stages, part of our HRT

Walker's Haute Route East

Alpine Exploratory
Self-guided walking holiday
19 July to 18 September 2020

Starting in Arolla, trek successive cols to the Mattertal and Zermatt

HRE

Valais
7 stages, part of our HRT

Swiss Alps

We cross Switzerland from East to West on the fabulous Via Alpina, formerly known as the Alpine Pass Route.

Via Alpina

Alpine Exploratory
Self-guided walking holiday
19 July to 18 September 2020

Walk East to West across Switzerland, crossing a series of mountain passes

Vorder Schl�ss between Altdorf and Engelberg

VAS

Swiss Alps
18 stages

Via Alpina
Eastern switzerland

Alpine Exploratory
Self-guided walking holiday
19 July to 18 September 2020

Trek in quiet Eastern Switzerland, crossing cols as far as Engelberg

Alpine meadow and peaks above Raminer Matt

VAE

Swiss Alps
6 stages, part of our VAS

Via Alpina
Bernese Oberland

Alpine Exploratory
Self-guided walking holiday
19 July to 18 September 2020

Cross strenuous cols in the Bernese Oberland, Engelberg to Kandersteg

VAB

Bernese Oberland
7 stages, part of our VAS

Via Alpina
Western Switzerland

Alpine Exploratory
Self-guided walking holiday
19 July to 18 September 2020

Trek the easier cols from Kandersteg to Montreux on Lac Leman

VAW

Swiss Alps
5 stages, part of our VAS

Italian Dolomites

In Italy we trek the popular Alta Via 1, crossing the Dolomites from North to South.

Alta Via 1

Alpine Exploratory
Self-guided walking holiday
19 July to 18 September 2020

Trek from hut to hut in the Italian Dolomites on good paths and tracks

AVU

Dolomites
10 stages

Alta Via 1
North

Alpine Exploratory
Self-guided walking holiday
19 July to 18 September 2020

Trek the Northern half of the AV1, with good huts, to reach Cortina

AVN

Dolomites
4 stages, part of our AVU

Alta Via 1
South

Alpine Exploratory
Self-guided walking holiday
19 July to 18 September 2020

Complete the AV1's Southern half to Belluno in wild mountain landscapes

AVS

Dolomites
6 stages, part of our AVU

Austrian Tyrol and German Bavarian Alps

Across the Eastern Alps we trek the Adlerweg, classically Tyrolean, including our Zugspitze circuit in Bavaria.

Adlerweg

Alpine Exploratory
Self-guided walking holiday
5 July to 18 September 2020

Trek the Austrian Tyrol from East to West, St Johann to St Anton

ADL

Tyrol
19 stages

Adlerweg
East

Alpine Exploratory
Self-guided walking holiday
5 July to 18 September 2020

Walk through Austrian mountain and valley life as far as Innsbruck

ADE

Tyrol
11 stages, part of our ADL

Adlerweg
West

Alpine Exploratory
Self-guided walking holiday
5 July to 18 September 2020

Pick up the Adlerweg in Innsbruck for its bigger mountain days

ADW

Tyrol
8 stages, part of our ADL

Slovenian Julian Alps

At the Eastern end of the Alpine chain rises a fine, jagged, limestone area with a dense hut network.

Julian Alps
Hut-to-Hut

Alpine Exploratory
Self-guided walking holiday
19 July to 18 September 2020

Walk Slovenia's high mountains, with exciting huts, in a loop from Bohinj

JAH

Julian Alps
5 stages

A weekend in the Alps?
Some of our self-guided walking holidays can be made into long weekends. Short trips to the Alps are a real possibility with the right planning. Please see each holiday's page and ask us for more details.

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Self-guided walking holidays in the Alps