Hiking scale

Difficulty levels

Every guest naturally wants to know how easy or difficult a hike is. The requirements for participants are described in detail in the description of each hike. For easier assessment and better comparability, we classify our hikes into four levels in terms of fitness and technique as follows:

Requirements Fitness | Summer

Daily hiking time at group pace without breaks

	up to 3 hours
	3 to 4.5 hours
	4.5 to 6 hours
	more than 6 hours

Requirements Condition | Winter

Daily hiking time at group pace without breaks on snowshoe tours

	up to 2 hours
	2 to 3.5 hours
	3.5 to 5 hours
	more than 5 hours

Requirements Technique | Summer

	Hiking No specific requirements
	Mountain hiking Elementary surefootedness
	Challenging mountain hiking Surefootedness
	Alpine hiking Good surefootedness

SAC hiking scale (PDF | Download)

Technical requirements | Winter

	Easy snowshoe hike Slope inclination less than 25°. Overall flat or not very steep. There are no steep slopes in the immediate vicinity.
	Snowshoe hike Slope inclination up to 25°. Overall flat or not very steep. There are steep slopes in the immediate vicinity.
	Challenging snowshoe hike Slope inclination up to 30°. Overall little to moderately steep. Short steeper passages.
	Difficult snowshoe hike Not carried out by hiking guides.

SAC Snowshoe hiking scale (PDF | Download)