How we verify
A route carries our label only when all eight conditions are met and checked. Miss one, and it is not published as a campsite-to-campsite trek.
The eight conditions
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Every night at a regular campsite that accepts tents
Every night of a route points to a campsite in our records. We check that it takes tents in its official listing or on its own website, and ask the campsite directly when sources disagree.
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Every campsite reachable on foot from the route
We measure the walking distance from the trail to the campsite entrance. More than 2 km and the route does not qualify.
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Each stage starts where yesterday ended — at most a short transfer of 30 minutes, always shown
Each day has to start at the campsite where the day before ended. A ride of up to 30 minutes is the only exception, and the route page always says where and how.
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No wild camping or bivouacs needed
Built into the way we store routes: a night can only point to a campsite, so a route that needs a wild pitch cannot be entered.
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No huts, hotels or hostels as standard overnight
The same rule: huts, hotels and hostels cannot be a night on the route. A route that depends on them is not a campsite-to-campsite trek.
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All campsites open during the stated season
We check opening dates in official tourism listings and on the campsite’s website. When sources disagree we use the shortest period or ask the campsite. The route season is the stretch when every campsite on it is open at once.
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Daily distance and ascent measured and checked
Each stage gets a GPX track, and distance and ascent are calculated from it. We compare every track with the waymarked trails on the map and point out where a stage leaves them. Until a track is checked, figures are marked planned or est.
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Walkable with a full trekking pack
We check the paths for sections that are no place for a heavy pack, such as ladders, cables or scrambles.
Draft or verified
Every route on the site has one of two states. You can always see which.
Draft: still being checked
The campsites are real and mapped, but not everything is confirmed yet.
- A yellow notice at the top of the page lists what is still open.
- Distances and ascent are marked planned or est.
- Kept out of search engines until verified.
Verified: ready to walk
All eight conditions are met, and the route page shows when it was last checked.
- Tent pitches and opening dates checked for every campsite.
- Every stage measured from a GPX track checked against the waymarked trail.
- Not every route has been walked by us yet; the route page says what was checked and when.
- The check on each route page shows all eight as met.
Checked by the site itself
The eight conditions are written into the site. Every time it is built, each route is tested against them. A route marked as verified that fails a single condition stops the build, so it cannot go online by mistake.
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Walking times
Calculated with the DIN 33466 hiking formula used by the German and Austrian Alpine clubs: 4 km an hour on the flat, 300 m an hour up, 500 m an hour down. Breaks are not included.
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When to go
The months when every campsite is open, set against when the trail itself is in condition. Conditions vary from year to year, so check local websites before you go.
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Booking links
Some booking links are affiliate links. That never decides which campsites or routes we include.
Found something that changed?
A closed campsite, a detour, a new water point. Every report is checked before a route changes.