Editors' Choice 2010 Videos: Hiking the Swiss Alps - Backpacker

Editors' Choice 2010 Videos: Hiking the Swiss Alps

Hike Switzerland's Via Alpina route with the Backpacker editors in our video series.

Author:: BACKPACKER Editors & Contributors
Publish date:: Feb 18, 2010

Team Geneva

Get ready for the hike of a lifetime as our editors take you up the best trail in the Alps. On this leg get views of the highest pass along the Via Alpina.

Team Zurich (Coming Soon!)

From Aldorf to Meringen, our editors tackle 50 miles and over 8,000 feet of vertical gain. Along the way, get bird's eye views of the Wetterhorn and high alpine lakes.

Climbing the Monch

After 100 miles hiking in the Swiss Alps, the Backpacker editors couldn't resist a summit of one of Europe's most famous peaks, the Monch.

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View stunning vistas and snowy passes in these photos of Switzerland's Via Alpina route. Included: the Eiger, the Wetterhorn, and Jungfrau Glacier.

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Join the Backpacker Editors on a rip-roaring tour of Wales for the 2009 Editors' Choice Awards. Hit the mountains and the coast and learn what it takes to be an Editors' Choice Award winner.

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The editors are back from their annual Editors' Choice trip. Get a preview of the testing ground in this tour of Switzerland. All photos by Steve Howe.

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The only thing better than experiencing some of Italy and Switzerland's finest scenery—and huts—on the Tour de Monte Rosa? Taking Alps first-timers with you.

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Well, maybe 105. But who's counting? Contributing editor John Harlin defies conventional wisdom with a 1,400-mile circumnavigation of this mountainous kingdom.

Editors' Choice

To earn one of our annual awards, new and supposedly "best of the best" gear has to run a gauntlet unmatched in the outdoor world. No green pastures here, no warm-and-fuzzy backyard testing; we're talking about hundreds of days and nights on mountains, in the desert, and along rainforest trails.