BEFORE YOU CHOOSE A ROUTE
Route planning guides
Compare terrain, duration and itinerary scope, with individual sources and open questions.
Zugspitze: Reintal or Höllental?
Compare Zugspitze Reintal and Höllental duration, starting points, hut options and glacier requirements, with a dated Höllental access advisory.
Read the guide →Everest Base Camp trek: duration, distance and difficulty
Plan the Nepal-side Everest Base Camp trek from Lukla: scoped walking distances, route stages, acclimatization stops, difficulty and cited planning sources.
Read the guide →Annapurna Circuit: difficulty, duration and Thorong La
Compare the full Annapurna Circuit with a shorter operator itinerary: Thorong La altitude, route stages, road sections, difficulty labels and official permit sources.
Read the guide →Mera Peak vs Island Peak vs Lobuche East
Compare Mera Peak, Island Peak and Lobuche East approach routes, programme durations, summit-day scopes and climbing requirements, with attributed sources.
Read the guide →Kilimanjaro routes: Lemosho vs Machame and how many days
Compare Kilimanjaro Lemosho and Machame mountain days, camps, starting gates and descent, with Marangu accommodation context and official planning sources.
Read the guide →Tour du Mont Blanc: stages, duration and hut planning
Compare 7, 9–10 and 11–12-day Tour du Mont Blanc formats, see an 11-stage orientation and plan around the dated Croix du Bonhomme hut closure.
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By Climbing Chronicle Redaktion. Coverage is selective; source research does not establish current route conditions.