Listed below are 100 multi-day hikes that I have had the good fortune of doing from 1995 to the present day. In my opinion, they are all “great” or “classic” hikes, however, I have refrained from assigning them any type of order other than alphabetical. How can one compare the jaw-dropping grandeur of high alpine regions to the stillness and timeless quality of the desert?
The hikes listed take place in thirty-nine countries on six different continents. Click on the hike in which you are interested for a summary and attached photo gallery.
- Alpine Pass Route, Switzerland, 1997
- Alta Via 2, Italy, 2019
- Altiplano Traverse, Bolivia, 2017
- Annapurna Circuit & Sanctuary, Nepal, 2008
- Appalachian Trail, USA, 2012
- Around the Mountain Circuit, New Zealand, 2010
- Arthur Range Traverse, Australia, 2015.
- Ausangate Circuit, Peru, 2017
- Australian Alpine Track, 2019 (Trip Report still to come)
- Badlands Traverse, USA, 2016
- Batura Glacier, Pakistan, 2008
- Beartooth Mountains Route, USA, 2016
- Berliner Hohenweg, Austria, 2019
- Bibbulmun Track, Australia, 2010
- Cajas National Park, Ecuador, 2004
- Cape to Cape Track, Australia, 2010
- Cape Wrath Trail, Scotland, 2018
- Cerro Chirripo, Costa Rica, 2000
- El Chalten to Piedra del Fraile (Cerro Fitz Roy), Argentina, 1997
- Chamonix to Zermatt, France / Switzerland, 2009
- Chilkoot Trail, USA / Canada, 1998
- Cinque Terre Coastal Walk (Portovenere to Levanto), Italy, 2004
- Coast-to-Coast Walk, England, 2009
- Cocuy Circuit, Colombia, 2015
- Colca Canyon, Peru, 1996
- Colorado Trail, USA, 2015
- Continental Divide Trail, USA, 2012
- Copper Canyon Traverse, Mexico, 2013
- Cordillera Apolobamba, Bolivia, 1996
- Cordillera Blanca Traverse, Peru, 2014
- Cordillera Huayhuash Circuit, Peru, 2014
- Cordillera Real Traverse, Bolivia, 2017
- Cotopaxi Circuit, Ecuador, 2004
- Denali National Park, USA, 1998
- Dientes Circuit, Chile, 1997
- Dusky Track, New Zealand, 2010
- Erg Chigaga, Morocco, 2008
- Five Passes Route, New Zealand, 2010
- Ganden Monastery – Samye Monastery, Tibet, 2006
- GR20, Corsica, France, 2009
- Great Divide Trail, Canada, 2011
- Greenstone to Rasberry Creek, New Zealand, 2010 (includes Caples Track, Routeburn Track, Rockburn Track, and Cascade Saddle Route).
- Jebel Sarhro, Morocco, 2008
- John Muir Trail, CA, USA, 2007
- Jokulsargljufur Canyon, Iceland, 2000
- Jotunheimen Traverse, Norway, 2009
- Kerry Way / Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Ireland, 2009
- Khongoryn Els, Gobi Desert, Mongolia, 2009
- Lake Manasarovar Kora, Tibet, 2006
- Lamayuru to Padum, Ladakh, India, 2008
- Langtang Valley, Nepal, 2008
- Larapinta Trail, NT, Australia, 2010
- Liechtenstein Panoramaweg, Liechtenstein, 2019
- Long Crossing of the Lofoten Islands, Norway, 2018
- The Long Trail, Vermont, USA, 2002
- Lost Coast Trail, USA, 2014
- Lowest to Highest: Death Valley to Mt.Whitney, USA, 2014
- Markha Valley, India, 2008
- Tingri – Everest Base Camp, Tibet, 2006
- Mount Kailash Kora, Tibet, 2006
- Nahuel Huapi Traverse, Argentina, 1997
- Northern Kungsleden, Sweden, 2009
- Northwest Circuit, Stewart Island, New Zealand, 1995 / 2010
- Olkhon Island, Russia, 2009
- Pacific Crest Trail, USA, 2007 & 2012
- Pacific Northwest Trail, USA, 2011
- Pakora Pass Trek, Pakistan, 2008
- Pindos Horseshoe, Greece, 2001
- Puyehue Traverse, Chile, 1997
- Pyrenean Haute Route, France / Spain / Andorra, 1999
- Rush Phari, Pakistan, 2008
- St.Paul’s – St.Anthony’s, Egypt, 1995
- Salkantay Trek, Peru, 2017
- Sangre de Cristo Traverse, USA, 2016
- Sarek National Park, Sweden, 2009
- Shimshal Pamir, Pakistan, 2008
- Sierra High Route, USA, 2011
- Skogar to Landmannalauger, Iceland, 2000
- Skye Trail, Scotland, 2018
- Slim’s River West Trail, Yukon, Canada, 1998
- Southeastern Serpentine Trail, USA, 2011 (Combination of the Foothills Trail, Bartram Trail, Benton Mackaye Trail and the Smoky Mountains section of the AT)
- Southwest Tasmania Traverse, Australia, 2016
- Southwestern Horseshoe, USA, 2011 (Combination of the Hayduke Trail, Arizona Trail & Grand Enchantment Trail)
- Spiti Valley High-Level Route, India, 2008
- Springbrook – O’Reilly’s, QLD, Australia, 2009
- Stubai Hohenweg, Austria, 2019
- Superior Hiking Trail, USA, 2011
- Tatras Mountains, Poland, 2002
- Teton Range Traverse, USA, 2016.
- Thorsborne Trail, QLD, Australia, 2006
- Torres Del Paine Circuit, Chile, 1997
- Toubkal Circuit, Morocco, 2008
- Tour de Mont Blanc, France/Switz./Italy, 2009
- Triglav High Route, Slovenia, 2019 (Trip Report still to come)
- Volcan Misti, Peru, 1996
- Wadi Rum, Jordan, 1996
- West Coast Trail, Canada, 2003
- Wind River High Route, USA, 2016
- Wonderland Trail, WA, USA, 2003 & 2014
- Yakushima Traverse, Japan, 2009
- Yuksom – Goecha La, India, 2008