01The Dolomites
A first hut-to-hut adventure
Explore the Dolomites with a family-friendly route, combining welcoming rifugios, spectacular scenery and transport-assisted options when needed.
Family Itinerary Design
A mountain adventure designed for your family.
Work with our team to create a self-guided route shaped around your children’s ages, experience and confidence. We’ll design the itinerary and provide the planning tools; your family makes the reservations directly.
A different kind of family holiday
Give your children a story they will always share.
A family hiking trip is waking up in a mountain hut, spotting marmots beside the path and discovering together that little legs can achieve remarkable things.
Choose your family adventure
Three remarkable mountain regions.
Experiences are designed as a three, four or five-day journey, staying in mountain huts, hotels or a combination of both.
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02Mont Blanc region
Big mountain scenery, family style
Use cable cars to get high up into the mountains for a family-friendly hiking experience. Stay in mountain huts or hotels depening on your preference.
03Bernese Oberland
Walk between Swiss mountain villages
Combine easy hiking trails with trains and gondolas to explore quaint villages, mountain playgrounds, local farm produce and Swiss culture.
Designed around your children
Not an adult itinerary made shorter.
Age alone cannot tell us how long a child will enjoy walking, how they respond to terrain or what keeps them motivated.
Comfortable walking time
Build each day around how long your children can comfortably walk—not an adult itinerary cut short.
Terrain and confidence
Choose less exposed or technical routes suited to your children’s experience and confidence.
The right places to stay
Prioritise private rooms, family rooms or the shared mountain-hut experience you want.
Ways to shorten the day
Add cable cars, trains and buses that can avoid a climb or provide a useful alternative.
Reasons to keep walking
Plan around alpine lakes, playgrounds, farms, memorable lunches and mountain activities.
A rhythm that feels good
Balance walking with shorter stages, rest time and space to enjoy where you are staying.
An illustrative family route in the Dolomites
Sample family itinerary
Four days in the Dolomites.
A manageable point-to-point adventure combining memorable mountain scenery with achievable hiking days and family rooms in welcoming mountain huts.
4 hiking days
3 nights
Family rooms
Mountain huts
Total distance28 km
Average per day7 km
Total elevation gain1,444 m
Average daily gain361 m
This is an illustrative example. Your itinerary will be adapted to your children’s ages, walking experience, confidence, preferred accommodation and travel dates.
Family itinerary design
A personalised itinerary and the tools to book it.
Work collaboratively with a family-trip specialist to design an achievable itinerary around your children’s ages, experience and confidence. Then use The Hiking Club platform to make and manage your bookings independently.
What’s included
€199per family hiking group
- ✓A pre-call questionnaire about your family, dates and priorities
- ✓A 60-minute video consultation with a family-trip specialist
- ✓A personalised itinerary designed around your family
- ✓Accommodation options and availability considered during planning
- ✓Complete access to The Hiking Club planning platform
- ✓A recording of your consultation
You make the bookings directly. Accommodation, transport, activities, luggage transfer, insurance, guiding and other travel arrangements are not booked or paid for by The Hiking Club.
How it works
Six steps to your family adventure.
- 1
Choose your destination
Select the Dolomites, Chamonix–Mont Blanc or Bernese Oberland.
- 2
Tell us about your family
Share ages, experience, comfortable walking time, dates and priorities.
- 3
Design the itinerary together
Work collaboratively with your specialist to choose achievable stages, overnight locations, transport options and accommodation preferences.
- 4
Make your reservations
Use your saved itinerary and the platform’s accommodation information to contact providers and make bookings directly.
- 5
Continue planning independently
Track your reservations, receive relevant alerts and prepare for the trip using the platform.
- 6
Begin your adventure
Download your custom GPS files and take your itinerary onto the trail.
Expertise grounded in experience
Plan with a team that understands hiking with children.
Your itinerary will be designed by a member of The Hiking Club team with experience planning achievable, self-guided family adventures throughout the Alps and Dolomites.
We consider how terrain, accommodation, food, rest, transport and the small moments along the way can determine whether a day feels like an ordeal or an adventure.
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Will The Hiking Club make our bookings?+
No. We design an achievable itinerary and provide the information and platform tools you need to book it. You are responsible for booking, making payments and managing each reservation directly.
What happens after our itinerary is designed?+
Your itinerary is saved in The Hiking Club platform. You then make accommodation reservations directly, track your bookings, receive relevant alerts and prepare for the trip.
How old do our children need to be?+
Best designed for children aged five and over who can currently hike for at least two hours. We also consider experience, confidence, terrain and preparation.
Does our family need multi-day hiking experience?+
No. We can design a first family hiking adventure or a more ambitious route for children with mountain experience.
How far will we walk each day?+
There is no standard distance. Each day is shaped around your family’s ability and preferred walking time.
Where will we stay?+
Depending on your destination and preferences, you can stay in mountain huts, hotels or both. We can prioritise private, family or shared rooms, subject to availability.
Is luggage transfer included?+
No. Where practical and available, we can recommend providers for you to investigate and book directly.
Is this a guided trip?+
No. This is an expert-designed, self-guided experience. Larger groups or families wanting on-trail support should choose a guided experience.
Family Trail Experience
Design a family hiking itinerary
One private consultation · Custom desinged itinerary · Platform access until your trip ends
€199
Accommodation, transport, activities, luggage transfer, insurance, guiding and general travel arrangements are not included.