Name: Red Fox Trails
Address: Alps
Telephone: +41799529335
Price range: $$

Hiking is the oldest and most democratic of all mountain sports. No special equipment is required, no technical skills are assumed — just a pair of boots, a sense of curiosity, and the willingness to put one foot in front of the other. At Red Fox Trails, hiking is the foundation of everything we do: the activity through which we experience the landscape, engage with local culture, and discover the quiet, powerful rhythms of the natural world.

But hiking with Red Fox Trails is not simply walking. Our guides are not just navigators — they are interpreters of landscape, culture, and ecology. They know when the ibex are most likely to appear on the ridge above. They know which rifugio serves the best polenta and which valley holds the oldest holm oak in the Alps. They turn a walk into a genuine education.

Day Hiking

Our day hiking programme is the most flexible we offer. Based in a single mountain location — Zermatt, Chamonix, Cortina, Bovec — we design each day's route according to the group's fitness, the weather, and the particular highlights of the local terrain. No two days are the same. We might spend one morning hiking to a high glacier and the next afternoon exploring a medieval village connected to the valley by ancient cobbled paths.

We deliberately avoid the "tourist highways" — the over-hiked, over-signed routes that appear in every guidebook. Our day routes go to places that require local knowledge to find: the hidden thermal spring in the Swiss Valais, the abandoned shepherd's hamlet above the Engadin, the stretch of Dolomite ridge that provides the perfect angle of the Marmolada at sunset.

Multi-Day Trekking

Hikers on a multi-day alpine trail with mountain hut — A mountain hut at the end of a long day on the trail — the unique camaraderie of alpine trekking.

For those who want to experience the mountains with real depth, multi-day trekking is the answer. Covering 100-200km over 7-14 days, our long-distance routes take you through complete mountain ranges — from one valley to the next, through passes and over ridges, sleeping in mountain huts and waking to views that never repeat.

Our signature multi-day routes include the Tour du Mont Blanc (170km, France/Italy/Switzerland), the Alta Via 1 in the Dolomites (120km, Italy), the GR221 Dry Stone Route in Mallorca (167km), and the Camí de Cavalls in Menorca (185km). Each route has been refined over years of guiding to eliminate the dull sections and maximize the extraordinary ones.

On all our multi-day treks, we offer a luggage transfer service. You carry only a day-pack with your essentials; your main bag is transported to the next accommodation by vehicle. This makes the experience accessible to a much wider range of fitness levels.

Technical Terrain & Via Ferrata

For those who want to push their limits without committing to full mountaineering, via ferrata (iron way) routes offer the perfect challenge. Fixed iron rungs, cables, and ladders bolted into the rock allow access to vertical terrain that would otherwise require roping up — and the exposure is genuinely thrilling. The Dolomites are the birthplace of the via ferrata (many were installed during the First World War to move troops across the mountains), and they offer some of the finest examples in the Alps.

Our guides provide full safety equipment (harness, helmet, via ferrata set) and comprehensive instruction before any technical route. No prior experience is required — just a reasonable level of fitness and a head for heights.

Guided vs. Self-Guided

We offer both guided and self-guided formats for most of our hiking itineraries. Guided tours include a professional, certified guide for every day on the trail. Self-guided tours provide detailed route notes, GPS tracks, pre-booked accommodation, and a 24/7 emergency phone line — ideal for experienced hikers who prefer to set their own pace. Both formats deliver the same quality of experience; the choice is simply a matter of preference.