KinkyOne
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Recently three EU countries (Austria, Slovenia and Italy) joined their efforts in waymarking and connecting existing paths in those areas into Alpe-Adria-Trail. AAT starts on Grossglockner (Kaernten), the highest Austrian peak and ends at the Adriatic coast in Muggia (Friuli Venezia Giulia) on the Italian-Slovenian border. Stages are usually around 20km long, but altogether AAT is quite tough cookie. It is not a usual hiking but more like mountaineering. For example:
- the highest ascent in one stage is 1616m,
- the longest descent in one stage is 1759m,
- the toughest stage is no.17 with 1189m of ascent and 1337m of descent (cummulative 2526m) on 17,3 km distance,
- the second toughest stage is no.5 with 1324m of ascent and 1098m of descent (cummulative 2422m) on 16,9km distance
The Alpe Adria Trail is 646,3km long and divided into 37 stages, but of course you can make your own walking plan since all along the AAT there are numerous possibilities of staying in private accommodations or mountain huts (lots of dormitories in those). All other information (maps, GPS, videos etc.etc, but sadly no info on accommodation possibilities) you can find on official site which is in German, Slovenian, Italian and English:
http://www.alpe-adria-trail.com/en/
I walked lots of it, maybe not really on exactly those stages, and the nature is simply stunning. Therefore I would really recommend it especially to those who like walking in mountains.
Ultreia!
- the highest ascent in one stage is 1616m,
- the longest descent in one stage is 1759m,
- the toughest stage is no.17 with 1189m of ascent and 1337m of descent (cummulative 2526m) on 17,3 km distance,
- the second toughest stage is no.5 with 1324m of ascent and 1098m of descent (cummulative 2422m) on 16,9km distance
The Alpe Adria Trail is 646,3km long and divided into 37 stages, but of course you can make your own walking plan since all along the AAT there are numerous possibilities of staying in private accommodations or mountain huts (lots of dormitories in those). All other information (maps, GPS, videos etc.etc, but sadly no info on accommodation possibilities) you can find on official site which is in German, Slovenian, Italian and English:
http://www.alpe-adria-trail.com/en/
I walked lots of it, maybe not really on exactly those stages, and the nature is simply stunning. Therefore I would really recommend it especially to those who like walking in mountains.
Ultreia!