Route

Via Alpina (Slovenia–Monaco)

Long-distance route

The international Via Alpina is a mountain hiking route across eight Alpine countries, ending in Monaco. Its current main-route guide describes about 2,000 kilometers over 116 stages, providing scale for multiweek crossing reports.

Scope: Eight Alpine countriesSource
Guide scale: About 2,000 km · 116 stagesSource

2 TUM reports · Published coverage below

Publication history

Coverage over time

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Jul 2024Peak 1Nov 2026

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In The Ultra Minute

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August 3, 2026Published in TUM

Grant completes the international Via Alpina

Sophie Grant reported 28 days, 17 hours, 59 minutes for a Slovenia-to-Monaco Via Alpina crossing. The August 3 issue described the FKT as pending verification; the longer international route is distinct from the Swiss Via Alpina.

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July 22, 2026Published in TUM

Grant’s Via Alpina and Sabbe’s HexaTrek remain July snapshots

This is the international Trieste–Monaco route of roughly 2,000 kilometers, not the shorter Swiss Via Alpina. The July attempt was still ongoing.

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Sophie Grant

The August 3 report describes a completed international Via Alpina crossing whose FKT verification was pending at publication. This is the longer Slovenia-to-Monaco route.

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Exact public destination in the published item. The archived TUM issue establishes the historical attribution; this is not a fresh verification of the destination’s current content.
Public source linked by TUMfastestknowntime.com · linked in 2026-08-03
Exact public destination in the published item. The archived TUM issue establishes the historical attribution; this is not a fresh verification of the destination’s current content.
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Public source linked by TUMinstagram.com · linked in 2026-07-22
Exact public destination in the published item. The archived TUM issue establishes the historical attribution; this is not a fresh verification of the destination’s current content.
Public source linked by TUMfastestknowntime.com · linked in 2026-07-22
Exact public destination in the published item. The archived TUM issue establishes the historical attribution; this is not a fresh verification of the destination’s current content.
Public source linked by TUMinstagram.com · linked in 2026-07-22
Exact public destination in the published item. The archived TUM issue establishes the historical attribution; this is not a fresh verification of the destination’s current content.
Public source linked by TUMlive.adventuretracking.be · linked in 2026-07-31
Exact public destination in the published item. The archived TUM issue establishes the historical attribution; this is not a fresh verification of the destination’s current content.

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