Hiking from hut to hut in a 4-day hike at the picturesque Alps in Switzerland (Kesch-Trek)

Hiking: +-2.5 hours, +- 5km, from Flüela Hospiz to Grialetschhütte. Hiking wise, this will be a pretty relaxed day compared to the others.

We start our day by getting to the start point. Since we won’t get to the starting point at the end, we’ll take public transport. The starting point is ‘Flüela Ospiz and to reach this point, we get the train to Davos from Zurich in the morning and took the bus from Davos to Flüela. Since this would be a relaxed day, we decided we’ll first have lunch in the restaurant at the starting point and after being well fed, we started our hike. Almost at the beginning, we thought we’d take a shortcut and took a technically more difficult path (a “blue” path, see below). There still was some snow, so if it’s your first time in the Swiss Alps I would recommend to stick to the signs.

After the hike we’ve reached the Grialetschhütte, where we’d sleep for the night. This lovely hut is the most basic and smallest of the whole trek. It does not have a shower, but the owners are very lovely people.

Hiking: Grialetschhütte – Keschhütte, 4-5 hours, 16km, 1000m). Closer: Lose altitude from Grialetschhütte (2542masl) to Dürrboden (2007masl) – Scaletta Pass (2606masl) – Keschhütte (2625masl).

After enjoying breakfast at Grialetschhütte and grabbing our lunch packs, we set off for Keschhütte around 8 am. It was a tranquil day, surrounded by untouched nature, with scarcely a soul in sight along the trail. The hike lasted around 4-5 hours, breaks notwithstanding. Keschhütte, a relatively modern refuge powered by wind turbines, awaited us. Not having enough electricity because of high previous guest occupancy draining the hot water, we improvised with (let's say a 'refreshing') dip in the mountain lake. Before retiring for the night, we stepped outside to marvel at the star-studded sky.

Hiking: Kesch-Hütte – Es-Cha-Hütte (4-6h, 14km, 1000m). Closer: Keschhütte 2635masl – Alp digl Chants 1999mabsl – Val plazbi – Furocla Pischa 2871mabsl – Es-Cha-hütte (2594mabsl).

Leaving the hut, we embarked on a hike around the formidable Piz Kesch, a mountain still on my bucket list due to its technical challenges. Opting for a longer route, we circumvented it, savoring every kilometer. Upon reaching our final night's cabin, we discovered a linguistic shift from Swiss German to Romansh.

Hiking: Es-cha-Hütte to Bergün (5-6h, 30km, 350m). We decided to make this hike a bite shorter and stopped in Preda to make it back to Zurich in time for dinner.