Leeds Country Way (United Kingdom)

Submitted by Alice Kershaw on Sun, 07/26/2020 - 08:19am
Description

The Leeds Country Way is a 62 mile circular footpath round the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is said that it is never more than 7 miles from Leeds City Square.

Put Oluje (Croatia)

Submitted by Opara on Sun, 07/26/2020 - 04:25am
Description

Put Oluje (Operation Storm) is the hiking route traversing mountains of Kamesnica, Troglav and Dinara (highest in Croatia), from Vostane to Knin in the honor of the last battle in the Croatian War of Independence. The route passes over the highest peaks and significant landmarks that had it's role in this historic battle which was the largest European land battle since the Second World War. Every year Mountain club Dinaridi organize a group thru-hike taking seven days to complete and arrive at the Knin Fortress exactly on the Victory Day - August 5th.

Via Alpina (Switzerland)

Submitted by Matthias on Sun, 07/26/2020 - 03:36am
Description

The Via Alpina is "The Classic" of Swiss long-distance hiking. The Via Alpina crosses Switzerland from East to West. It runs along the Alps from Vaduz (Lichtenstein) to Montreux. It is a long-distance hiking trail that crosses 14 beautiful Alpine passes. The total distance is around 390km, and usually takes 20 days of walking (plus rest days and bad weather days).

Stats:

Passes crossed: 14

Approx dist: 390 km (242 miles)

Climb: 23500m (14.6 miles, or 2.6 Everests)

Descent: 24700m (15.3 miles, or 2.8 Everests)