07/10/2026
E5 Alps Crossing 🇦🇹🇮🇹 366 km ~ 227 miles | 23 stages | all info 👇
We’re spotlighting the E5 Alps Crossing, which connects Austria and Italy over roughly 366 km of trail, forming part of the much longer European E5 thru-hike, which stretches around 3200 km from France’s Atlantic coast to Italy ⛰️
A recent project has given the route through Tyrol, South Tyrol and Trentino (366 km - 23 stages) a fresh update, with revised routing, digital guides and better trail information to help hikers discover this beautiful and very unknown section 🤩
We’re exploring its South Tyrol section first: eight days from Moos in Passeier towards Cembra, covering around 128 km 🙏
This trail is as diverse as it gets, taking you from mountain trails around the Hirzerhütte and Meran 2000 to forests, farms and villages as you head south. You’ll sleep at the alms and in village accommodation suited to slow travel along the way. The climbs on this trail are tough! Some days are short and steep, while others cover more than 20 km.
South Tyrol stages (128 km) 👇
1️⃣ Moos in Passeier - Pfandler Alm 15.3 km
2️⃣ Pfandler Alm - Hirzerhütte 7.4 km
3️⃣ Hirzerhütte - Meran 2000 10.4 km
4️⃣ Meran 2000 - Jenesien 21.8 km
5️⃣ Jenesien - Deutschnofen 23.6 km
6️⃣ Deutschnofen - Oberradein 12.4 km
7️⃣ Oberradein - Gfrill 20.1 km
8️⃣ Gfrill - Cembra 16.6 km
💡 You can also hike the South Tyrolean section and the sections beyond it in autumn (Sept - Oct, depending on snowfall), after the busy hiking season in the Alps.
All 23 stages, info & GPX 👇
➡️ hiking-trails.com/trail/e5-alps-crossing/
See you on the trails!
📍 E5 Alps Crossing | South Tyrol, Italy
🏃♂️ Thru-hiking trail / long-distance
↔️ 128 km / 79 miles
📅 8 days
🌲 Mountains, villages, forests