Twenty-three departures for summer 2027
Every date below leaves on a Saturday, from 26 June to 18 September 2027, while the huts are open. Prices are per person and stay the same for every date of a route. The last column shows what is still free. Full dates keep a waiting list.
Places as of 1 October 2026
Three to seven days, every night booked
Each route below is walked in one direction, from a start village to a finish village, with a transfer back on the last afternoon. The numbers are the totals for the route. The day-by-day rows are on each route's own page.
Grava Pass Traverse
DolomitesFour days from a dairy farm to the far valley, with one big day over the Grava Pass.
4 days · 40.0 km · 1,552 m up · Grade 3 of 5
High Dolomites Hut Route
DolomitesSix days of high huts and limestone ridges, with a night at 2,707 m and a cabled ridge at the end.
6 days · 62.1 km · 3,281 m up · Grade 4 of 5
Stubai Ridge Walk
Stubai and ÖtztalFive days along the ridge between two Tyrolean valleys, sleeping in alpine huts and one valley inn.
5 days · 52.4 km · 3,135 m up · Grade 3 of 5
Ötztal Hut Taster
Stubai and ÖtztalThree days and two nights, the shortest way to find out how you walk at altitude.
3 days · 28.2 km · 1,478 m up · Grade 2 of 5
Julian Lakes Crossing
Julian AlpsFour days of steep climbs to high lakes and limestone saddles in the Julian Alps.
4 days · 45.0 km · 3,685 m up · Grade 4 of 5
Julian Alps Traverse
Julian AlpsSeven days across the Julian Alps, from the valley to the ridge and back down on five of them.
7 days · 86.6 km · 6,397 m up · Grade 4 of 5
One scale for all six routes
Each grade is read off the day table of a route. Four things set it: the kilometres and ascent of each day, days in a row over 800 m, fixed cables and the ground underfoot. Of the six routes, only the High Dolomites Hut Route has cables, on Forcia Ridge. The Ötztal Hut Taster crosses a 2,860 m saddle and is grade 2.
The scale, 1 to 5
Grade 1
Up to 12 km and 400 m of ascent a day on good paths.
None this season
Grade 2
Up to 14 km and 1,000 m of ascent on the hardest day. Clear paths, no exposure.
Ötztal Hut Taster
Grade 3
One or two days with more than 1,000 m of ascent. Some steep, rocky ground.
Grava Pass Traverse, Stubai Ridge Walk
Grade 4
Three or more days in a row with over 800 m of ascent, or sections with fixed cables.
High Dolomites Hut Route, Julian Lakes Crossing, Julian Alps Traverse
Grade 5
Glacier or scrambling. We do not run grade 5 trips.
None
One price, the same for every date
Guide, half board in huts, all bookings, route notes, return transfer.
What is included
- A guide for the whole route
- Every night in huts and guesthouses, with dinner and breakfast (half board)
- Booking of every night
- Printed route notes with the elevation profile
- Last-day transfer back to the start village
Not included
- Travel to the start village
- Lunches on the path and drinks
- A hut sleeping sheet, which you bring
- Insurance with mountain rescue cover, which is required
You carry your own rucksack from hut to hut. Pack 30 to 35 litres and keep it to 8 kg without water. Nights are in shared dormitories. Where a hut has a private room, you can take it and pay the hut on the spot.
Groups of 4 to 10, with a second guide from seven walkers. Every route has a bad-weather line. Your guide decides on the morning, and the price stays the same.
How booking works, in four steps
01
Enquiry
Choose a route and a date and tell us how many of you there are. An enquiry costs nothing and holds no place.
02
Deposit
A £250 deposit holds your place. The balance is due eight weeks before departure.
03
Eight weeks out
If fewer than four walkers have booked eight weeks before departure, we cancel and refund you in full or move you to another date.
04
Travel
Your route notes arrive with the train and bus times from Venice, Innsbruck or Ljubljana, and the walk starts at 9am on day 1.
If you cancel
Ask about a departure
Tell us the route, the Saturday you have in mind and how many of you are walking. Owen Pryce reads every enquiry and calls you to talk through the route. Full dates keep a waiting list.