Description
Two neighboring areas with distinct landscapes.
The Silvretta and Rätikon offer sharp contrasts between glaciers, high passes, and prominent limestone formations. The book describes how to experience these through hut-to-hut trekking on both the Swiss and Austrian sides. Klosters and nearby valleys serve as natural starting points, and the routes allow for spending several days in the mountains rather than returning to the same base each day.
Three main treks and twelve hut connections.
The selection includes the Tour of the Silvretta, Prättigauer Höhenweg, and Rätikon Höhenweg, along with connections for custom itineraries. The main treks span several days and vary in difficulty. This provides a basis for choosing a pre-defined route or exploring combinations suited to experience, transport, and hut availability during the planned period in the mountains.
Maps and practical information before booking.
Route descriptions and maps are supported by information on huts, access, and equipment. The book helps you understand how connections sit within the terrain and which choices affect the stage plan. Current opening times and reservations must be checked before travel, so that a plan from the book can be adapted to practical possibilities and the group’s capacity during the specific holiday in this region of the Alps.
For trekkers with relevant mountain experience.
Altitude, snow, and exposed terrain impose different requirements from route to route. The more alpine options should be assessed specifically and not treated as standard valley paths. The guide is suitable for users who can actively use maps and descriptions and combine them with updated local information, allowing for alternative plans if weather or conditions make the original route less suitable.
A long tradition of hiking guides.
Cicerone has published guidebooks since 1969. The publisher grew from climbers and mountain enthusiasts wishing to share in-depth knowledge of their routes—a tradition that still characterizes the publisher’s books on hiking, trekking, and other outdoor experiences.
About this edition.
Author: Kev Reynolds. English language. 208 pages. First edition, published 2014. ISBN 9781852846961.
