Via Alpina 1 Daily Account

Initial stage of my trip on the Via Alpina 1: the Weisstannental and my first ever Swiss Alpine pass

Stage 2 of my trip on the Via Alpina 1: from the Sernftal to Urner Boden

Stage 3 of the Via Alpina 1: Klausenpass, a long descent and a big, flat valley plus my first real crisis of the trip

Via Alpina 1, Stage 4: one high pass in the morning, a second one in the evening and everything in between

Stage 5 of my trip on the Via Alpina 1: the Planplatten ridge, postcard panoramas and a camp spot guarded by the Wetterhorn

Via Alpina 1, Stage 6: the two towers (a.k.a. Wetterhorn and Eiger)

Day 7 on the Via Alpina: dark weather, dark rock and the toughest side of thru-hiking when the body doesn't work

8 is the final day of my trip on the Via Alpina, coming out of illness to climb the last passes with the odd names