Please click on the pdf above to view dates, URLs,

and maps of the journey in summer 2011.

The following dates use highly approximate time estimates made on 9 May 2011.

These dates are guidelines for planning rendezvous with climbing and hiking partners.

Note: start and finish locations in each segment’s title are reversed.

bdr09_dMartina_Truebbach (from Rhine River across Liechtenstein and Austrian borders to Inn)

•154 km Vertical up: 14,286m  Vertical Down: 13,702mSwissMap time: 74 hours

•Lots of ridgelines, glaciers in sections, moderate peaks.

•12 days, July 6–17

bdr08_dTirano_Martina (from Inn to Italian border, then past Mustair to Tirano)

•180 kmVertical Up: 17,532 m Vertical Down: 18,107 m SwissMap Time: 87 hours

•High easy peaks, ridgelines, deep valley crossings, and the Swiss National Park.

•10 days, July 18–27

bdr07_dSpluga_Tirano (From Tirano over Piz Bernina to Piz Badile, Engadine, and Splügenpass)

•160 kmVertical Up: 21,551m  Vertical Down: 19,930mSwissMap Time: 89 hours

•Off-trail ridge hiking, technical rock climbing, glaciers, and moderate peaks. Piz Bernina is 4,000m.

•10 days, July 28–August 6

bdr06_dChiasso_Spluga (From Splügenpass to southern point of Ticino)

•152 kmVertical Up: 14,558m  Vertical Down: 16,433mSwissMap Time: 75 hours

•Trail and off-trail hiking back up into high but not-difficult mountains.

•8 days, August 7–14

bdr05_dCentovalli_Chiasso (southern point of Ticino to start of mountains)

•111 kmVertical Up: 7,125 m  Vertical Down: 6,872 mSwissMap Time: 44 hours

•Mixture of paddling, trail/offtrail hill hiking, and urban roads.

•5 days, August 15–19

bdr04_dGondo_Centovalli (Laggo Maggiore to near Simplon Pass)

•129 kmVertical Up: 13,855m  Vertical Down: 13,506mSwissMap Time: 67 hours

•Mixture of alpine ridgelines and off-trail valley crossings.

•8 days, August 20–27

bdr03_dMatterhorn_Gondo (from near Simplon Pass to Matterhorn summit)

•80 kmVertical Up: 10,288m  Vertical Down: 6,702mSwissMap Time: 46 hours

•Many high peaks but little technical difficulty.

•6 days, August 28–September 2

bdr02_dTrient_Matterhorn (starts Matterhorn summit and finishes below Mont Dolent, not at Trient)

•79 kmVertical Up: 10,104m  Vertical Down: 11,831mSwissMap Time: NA hours

•Most of the hardest climbing on the entire route. Lots of rock, ice, and glaciers.

•12 days, September 3–14

Fly home on September 15 from Zurich