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Despite many contrasts, the Rätikon and Silvretta Alps share glorious scenery, a wealth of alpine flowers, attractive villages in their outlying valleys, a fine selection of mountain huts, an abundance of walkers’ passes, and wonderful trekking opportunities.

This book is a guide to the huts, peaks and passes, and to three of the best multi-day routes of the district, each of which is ideal for fit trekkers. Easy of access and infinitely rewarding, these treks, and the mountains they traverse, will appeal to all hillwalkers with a love of high places.

Trek outlines

A Tour of the Silvretta Alps

This fairly strenuous hut-to-hut tour makes a counter-clockwise circuit of the Silvretta Alps over the course of about a week. With magnificent scenery throughout, there are several rugged passes to negotiate and a number of beautiful valleys to wander through – some of which exude a surprising sense of remoteness. Add to that the glorious flower meadows, one or two extremely attractive villages and a variety of accommodation, and you have a trek to savour. The route crosses and recrosses the international border that runs along a high crest of peaks, providing wild but inspiring views, but there are some extremely steep ascents and descents to make, and several exposed sections that might deter anyone with a history of vertigo.