Category Archive: Via Alpina 2026

NASSFELD TO OBERE BISCHOFALM: COWS DON’T SLEEP

VIA ALPINA DAY 13  – SATURDAY 4 JULY 2026NASSFELD  –  OBERE BISCHOFALM: DISTANCE HIKED: 25.6 kmELEVATION GAIN:  1,525 m TOTAL DISTANCE HIKED: 327.2 kmTOTAL ELEVATION GAIN: 17,760m Nice to wake up in a … Continue reading

COWS AND MORE COWS

VIA ALPINA DAY 12  – FRIDAY 3 JULY 2026FEISTRIZER ALM – NASSFELD DISTANCE HIKED: 32.5 kmELEVATION GAIN:  2,065  m TOTAL DISTANCE HIKED: 301.6 kmTOTAL ELEVATION GAIN: 16,235m A cool wind greeted us this… Continue reading

INTO AUSTRIA

VIA ALPINA DAY 11  – THURSDAY 2 JULY 2026MONTE COMIZZA – FEISTRIZER ALM DISTANCE HIKED: 27 kmELEVATION GAIN:   1,900 m TOTAL DISTANCE HIKED: 269.1 kmTOTAL ELEVATION GAIN: 14,170 m Consistent rain lasted through… Continue reading

LEAVING SLOVENIA

VIA ALPINA DAY 10  – WEDNESDAY 1 JULY 2026TRENTA TO MONTE COMIZZA DISTANCE HIKED: 27 kmELEVATION GAIN:   1,685 m TOTAL DISTANCE HIKED: 242.1 kmTOTAL ELEVATION GAIN: 12,270 m Took a while for the… Continue reading

DESCENDING TO SOČA VALLEY

VIA ALPINA DAY 09  – TUESDAY 30 JUNE 2026MOUNTAIN HUT NA DOLIĆU – TRENTA DISTANCE HIKED: 13.4 kmELEVATION GAIN: 110  m TOTAL DISTANCE HIKED: 215.1 kmTOTAL ELEVATION GAIN: 10,584 m The wind was… Continue reading

MAGIC MOUNTAIN HUT NA DOLIĆU

VIA ALPINA DAY 08  – MONDAY 29 JUNE 2026MOUNTAIN HUT KOMNI TO MOUNTAIN HUT NA DOLIĆU DISTANCE HIKED: 16 kmELEVATION GAIN: 1,280 m TOTAL DISTANCE HIKED: 201.7 kmTOTAL ELEVATION GAIN: 10,474 m So nice… Continue reading

ENTERING TRIGLAV NATIONAL PARK

VIA ALPINA DAY 07  – SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2026 VRHO BAĆE TO MOUNTAIN HUT KOMNI DISTANCE HIKED:  24.8 kmELEVATION GAIN: 1,860m TOTAL DISTANCE HIKED: 185.7 kmTOTAL ELEVATION GAIN: 9,196 m I was woken… Continue reading

RECORD HEATWAVE

VIA ALPINA – DAY 02: TUESDAY, 23 JUNE 2026 PLANINSKI DOM KOKOŠ TO RAZDRTO DISTANCE HIKED: 30.5 kmELEVATION GAIN: 740 m TOTAL DISTANCE HIKED: 58.1 kmTOTAL ELEVATION GAIN: 2080 m It is amazing… Continue reading

ON OUR WAY: PACK LIGHT

Sydney–>Singapore –>London –>TriesteJune 16 – 21, 2026 We planned to start hiking in late June hoping to avoid lingering snow at higher elevations.   It’s a long haul to get to Europe from Australia… Continue reading

VIA ALPINA: A LONG TIME COMING

As for the previous trip logs the voice you’ll read will be mine – Corky, with occasional posts from my partner in life, Hammer.  Hammer and I got married in Switzerland in 1993.… Continue reading

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