Hikes near Lüina – Airolo
Lüina – Airolo (1183 m) sits in Ticino, Switzerland. MR. ALPS lists 39 waymarked hiking trails starting from or crossing the area, 753 km of marked route in total. They run from 4.6 km to 162.6 km, the longest being Walserweg Gottardo. 39 of them record their elevation gain, between 18 m and 8241 m.
The trail network at a glance
- Waymarked trails
- 39
- Total marked distance
- 753 km
- Shortest route
- 4.6 km
- Longest route
- 162.6 km
- Elevation gain
- 18–8241 m (on 39 trails)
- Difficulty recorded
- on 10 trails
- Route maps available
- on 39 trails
Walking times are estimates calculated from distance and elevation gain using Naismith's rule, and exclude stops.
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Walserweg Gottardo - Etappe 9
From Bedretto to Pass San Gottardo
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ViaSuworow
From Gotthardpass to Andermatt
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Walserweg Gottardo - Etappe 10
The route descends from the Gotthard Pass — a historic crossroads of northern and southern Europe — along the old cobbled pass road past dammed lakes, wind turbines, and high-voltage lines before dropping through Hospental and following the Reuss river alongside the expansive golf course of the Swiss Alps Resort into Andermatt. Along the way, the National Gotthard Museum and the historic hospice mark the storied pass summit.
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Vier-Quellen-Weg
Als Vier-Quellen-Weg wird die Schweizer Wanderroute 49 in der Gotthard-Gruppe bezeichnet. Sie beginnt am Oberalppass und führt in fünf Etappen durch die Kantone Graubünden, Uri, Tessin und Wallis im Uhrzeigersinn zum Furkapass.
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Via Gottardo
This eleventh stage of the Via Gottardo long-distance hiking route descends from the Gotthard Pass into Airolo, threading through the high-altitude Gotthard Pass region of the Swiss Alps. The surrounding landscape belongs to the upper Ticino, where the Leventina valley opens below and alpine terrain gives way toward the valley floor.
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Trans Swiss Trail
Stage 24 of the Trans Swiss Trail descends from the Gotthard Pass through the Gotthard Pass region into Airolo, tracing a route through the high alpine terrain of the upper Ticino. The surrounding landscape encompasses the Leventina valley, alpine lakes, and the prominent Gotthard Pass area where Switzerland's linguistic and geographic divides converge.
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12-Sentiero dei passi alpini
From 12-Capanna Cadagno to Airolo
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Trans Swiss Trail
From Airolo to Osco
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ViaGottardo
From the south side of the Gotthard Pass, the route winds down through the Leventina valley to follow the Ticino River, crossing from bank to bank past the rock outcrop at Stalvedro. It ends at the Dazio Grande customs house, one of the route's most striking historical landmarks.
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Trans Swiss Trail
The route traces the paving of an old mule track to the Gotthard Pass, a crossing used by muleteers to transport goods as far back as the 13th century. Along the way, the striking ventilation plant of the Gotthard road tunnel rises like a music pavilion, and the pass head holds a museum dedicated to the era of the post-coach.
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ViaGottardo
From Andermatt to Gotthardpass
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13-Sentiero dei passi alpini
From Airolo to Capanna Corno-Gries
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ViaSuworow
This first segment of the ViaSuworow follows a route through the Gotthard Pass region, tracing the path taken by Russian General Suworow when he led his army through the Swiss Alps in 1799 to expel the French from Switzerland.
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03-Sentiero Cristallina
From Cap. Cristallina to Airolo
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Val Canaria-Airolo
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Laghi Scouri Hospitz
From Passo di Lucendro to Hospitz
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Lago della Sella - Sunnsbühl
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Lago della Sella - fixme
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Motto Bartola-Ospizio San Gottardo
The trail climbs from the old military fortress of Motto Bartola (1528 m) through the Val Tremola to the Ospizio San Gottardo (2090 m), passing through one of the most strategically important fortified zones south of the Gotthard — defensive installations decommissioned only in 1998 and now partly converted into the Museo Sasso del San Gottardo. Much of the route follows ancient mule tracks (Säumerpfade) where the competing worlds of hikers, military history, and alpine farming visibly collide.
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07N - Fusio - Capanna Christallina
From Fusio to Capanna Christallina
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Ospizio San Gottardo-Hospental
The trail follows the Gotthardreuss river through a high alpine plateau where lichen-covered boulders lie scattered across green meadows, passing through the historic pass village of Hospental before climbing to the Ospizio San Gottardo, where wind turbines mark the summit. Along the way, the old Säumerpfade (mule-driver paths) run clear of traffic, and the historic postal coach still travels the pass road near Mätteli.
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ViaGottardo: Ospizio S.Gottardo - Airolo FFS
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ViaSuworow: Airolo FFS - Ospizio S.Gottardo
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Trans Swiss Trail: Ospizio S.Gottardo - Airolo Stazione
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Vier-Quellen-Weg: Vermigelhütte SAC - Lago della Piazza
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Sentiero Cristallina: Cap. Cristallina - Airolo FFS
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Alpenpässe-Weg: Cap. Cadagno - Airolo FFS
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ViaGottardo: Airolo FFS - 5227
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Vier-Quellen-Weg: Lago della Piazza - Cap. Piansecco
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Walserweg Gottardo: Bedretto - Ospizio S.Gottardo
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Alpenpässe-Weg: Airolo FFS - Cap. Corno-Gries
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Walserweg Gottardo
From Binn to Obersaxen, St. Martin
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07S Fusio - Capanna Poncione di Braga
From Fusio to Capanna Boncione di Braga
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Sentiero alto Val Bedretto
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04 Via Alta del Sole
From Capanna Cadagno to Capanna Cadlimo CAS
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Kräuterlehrpfad Hospental-Realp
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Kräuterlehrpfad Mur
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Golfrundweg
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03 Via Alta del Sole
From Rifugio Gana Rossa to Capanna Cadagno
More hiking near Lüina – Airolo
Other walking bases within 40 km of Lüina – Airolo, each with its own trail list:
- Airolo, Ticino — 31 trails, 1.8 km away
- Bedretto, Ticino — 8 trails, 8.3 km away
- Hospental, Uri — 23 trails, 10.5 km away
- All'Acqua, Ronco, Bedretto, Ticino — 32 trails, 11 km away
- Mogno, Ticino — 27 trails, 11.5 km away
- Realp, Uri — 25 trails, 11.6 km away