Hut-to-Hut Hiking Trips
An extensive network of comfortable, manned mountain huts connected by well-maintained trails is a unique feature of the Alps making them a hiker’s paradise. On a hut-to-hut hike, you walk along an itinerary planned by MONT Trekking in advance, and you stay overnight at mountain huts that provide accommodation, boarding and warm showers. Having these services arranged, you do not need to carry excessive luggage when hiking multi-day in the Alps. Our hut-to-hut itineraries vary in length and difficulty. On most routes, you can choose to be accompanied by a mountain guide, or you can hike self-guided, i.e. without a group or a guide. At MONT Trekking, we take care of your itinerary, hiking schedule, hut reservations, base camp hotels, logistics, maps and provide 24-hour emergency support.
The classic Alta Via 1 from Lake Braies to Belluno and its shorter 9- and 10-day variants. You will see the major highlights of the Dolomites including the Lagazuoi massif, Cinque Torri formation, Monte Pelmo, and the Civetta-Moiazza group. This itinerary runs along normal hiking trails without via-ferrata and is suitable for hikers with a normal level of training.
This is a moderate route version of the classical Brenta Dolomites hiking trip - the itinerary is accessible to hikers with a normal level of fitness. You will hike in one of the largest protected areas of the Italian Alps and explore two mountain ranges, Adamello-Presanella and Brenta Dolomites, with a great diversity of terrain and flora.
No route in the Dolomites compares to Alta Via 2 in terms of diversity of the landscapes. It links the largest mountain groups of the Dolomite Mountains including Sella and Pale di San Martino famous for their vast lunar landscapes. You will see the towering peaks of the Puez-Odle group and the Marmolada glacier - the only surviving major glacier of the Dolomites.
Welcome to MONT Trekking
MONT Trekking is a specialized organizer of hiking tours in the Alps. We are based in the Italian province of Trentino on the border between the Dolomites and Ortler Group, and we are a licensed tour operator under the Italian law. We offer private guided and self-guided hut-to-hut hiking trips in the Dolomites, Rhaetian Alps, Graian Alps - Mont Blanc, Pennine Alps – Matterhorn, and in the mountains of Lake Garda.
MONT Trekking is rated 5 stars on TripAdvisor, Facebook Reviews and Google Reviews for the friendly, timely and knowledgeable customer service. We are proud of this, and we work hard to make sure our guests enjoy their hiking holidays rather than worry about the arrangements, logistics and directions.
Hiking Destinations
The Alps feature an extremely varied naturalistic environment and geology. In combination with manned mountain huts and well-maintained trails, it results in countless opportunities for hiking. At MONT Trekking, we organize hut-to-hut hiking trips in some of the Alps’ most characteristic mountain groups. We plan our itineraries and select base camp locations so that our guests enjoy hiking in impressive landscapes, stay at good mountain huts and inns, enjoy traditional local cuisine and rest comfortably at selected base camp hotels. Local expertise lets us design off-the-beaten-path itineraries even in the most famous mountains, such as the Dolomites. In our work, we assume our guests value the unique experience. Thus we prioritize itineraries featuring something unique, for example landscape, nature or solitude.
The Dolomites is a unique geological region in the Alps and an exciting hiking area. Being the Europe’s oldest mountains, the Dolomites are formed with carbonate rock and are known for their fanciful shapes and a colorful glow at the sunset that attracts photographers from all over the world. Hiking tours in the Dolomites are available from June to mid-October and are 3 to 12 days long.
The high altitude region of Stelvio, Adamello and Ortler is home to Italy's largest national park, a vast oasis of wildlife in the middle of Europe. Its mountain ranges preserve spacious glaciers. Rapid mountain streams and waterfalls disturb the silence of its lower slopes where numerous lakes reflect the skyline dominated with white peaks.
Hiking in the Northern Garda mountains is a thrilling and contrasting experience. Encircled by mountains, Garda offers trails passing through rich mediterranean vegetation and leading to open high altitude areas with exceptional panoramas.
Dolomites Hut to Hut Hiking Trips
In the Dolomites, the best hiking experience is hiking hut to hut. There is more than one reason for this. Historically, the Dolomites feature many serviced mountain huts of a very good standard. On any of our Dolomites hut-to-hut hiking trips, you can count on comfortable accommodation, hot showers and good meals. The huts are mostly located at an altitude of 1500 to 2600 meters in the Dolomites. With an opportunity to stay overnight at huts at such an altitude, you can explore both the most famous as well as the wildest and most remote areas of the Dolomites, inaccessible in a day hike. Obviously, you do not need to carry an extra-large backpack on a hut to hut hike in the Dolomites – no tent, no food, no super-warm clothes. We organize private guided and self-guided hut-to-hut hiking tours in the Dolomites. There are no fixed departure dates or days of the week. You can choose from two dozen of hut-to-hut hikes, each of which typically includes 3-4 route options of varying lengths. As a first hike in the Dolomites, we recommend the classic hut-to-hut itineraries featuring the most famous sights such as Alta Via No. 1 or Fassa Dolomites. Having seen the most impressive Dolomites’ landmarks, you will get much more pleasure from hiking in the more remote mountain groups of the Dolomites.
Best Time to Hike in the Dolomites
In terms of weather, July to mid-September is the best time for hiking in the Dolomites because the weather is statistically the most stable. However, there are many other factors hikers consider. June is the time of flowering of most plants in the Dolomites, including rhododendrons. September and October are a time of vibrant colors and stunning panoramas thanks to the color-changing vegetation and excellent visibility in the cool clear air over the mountains. Most hut-to-hut itineraries in the Dolomites are accessible from mid-June to mid-September when all mountain huts are open. Accessible hut-to-hut routes in the first half of June and after mid-September are much less. Although the trails in the Dolomites are never crowded, it is clear that there are periods of more and less intensive traffic on the trails. The peak of the Italian holiday season falls on the two central weeks of August, a time that we recommend avoiding rather due to the greatly increased bustle in the Dolomites’ resort towns and transport, as well as due to the greater number of day tourists near the most famous landmarks of the Dolomites.
