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A Swiss alpine landscape, the kind of view that opens after a few hours of walking.

Walking the Swiss Alps.

I’m Cornelia. I live in Switzerland and walk in the mountains most weekends. This is where I write up the routes I’ve done, with the practical details that make it easier to follow them yourself.

For golden days

Catch the golden autumn light

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First steps.

Panorama

My personal top ten panorama hikes

  1. An autumn sunset over a sea of fog, the Alpstein ridge in the foreground and the Alps on the horizon.
    Altmann

    for the finest sunset you will catch in autumn

  2. A woman stands on the summit of the Bristen with arms raised next to the cairn, looking out across the Uri and Glarus Alps.
    Bristen

    to really challenge yourself

  3. Open ridge path with a wide alpine panorama.
    Weg der Schweiz – Stage 1: Treib to Isleten

    for an easy walk with grand views

  4. Two people stand at a viewpoint railing gazing across hazy mountain ranges toward a low sun, with a bench in the foreground.
    Bella Vista

    to pair forest with a wide view

  5. A person sits on a grassy slope watching the sun set over layered mountain silhouettes, a patch of snow below.
    Oberbauenstock Grat

    to try your first T4

  6. Looking out beneath a striking rock overhang onto a narrow trail hugging the cliff face, clouds drifting over a wide Alpine panorama below.
    Hinderspina

    to have the panorama all to yourself

  7. A hiker stands on the grassy ridge looking out over the turquoise Lake Brienz to the snow-capped Bernese Alps beyond.
    Brienzer Grat

    for a multi-day ridge adventure

  8. Limestone crag of the Sasso Grande in warm evening light, with a bivouac tent on a ledge high above the forest.
    Sasso Grande

    when it is raining north of the Alps

  9. A black dome-shaped hut on a snowy ridge with the sun rising over distant peaks.
    Igloo des Pantalons Blancs

    to sleep somewhere truly special

  10. Gross and Chli Spannort above the Schlossberg firn, seen from the Fürenalp.
    Spannorthütte

    to spend the night in a cozy hut