Has anyone here hiked the Hardergrat Trail? We are headed to Switzerland the end of September for some epic hiking and I came across Hardergrat this morning in my research. I see it's a good 23 miles from one end to the other. We love a good hike, but the most we've done is about 10 miles in a day - not because that's all we could do, but just because that was the trail length.
I love to hike for the rewarding view and workout. From the photos, I've never seen a more beautiful hike. We've done a few different types of hikes (rainforests, parts of the Appalachian trail, etc) but I'm not oblivious to the fact we'll need to do some training if we're going to attempt Hardergrat. I'm thinking we may need to hit up longer parts of the Appalachian this spring/summer to prep.
Does anyone have any suggestions or insight about this trail? It we do just part of the trail, is there a side to start that's better (views/hiking)? Anything would be helpful!