South Trail

The South Trail for hikers is 1,052 kilometers long and is broken down to 44 daily stages, each roughly 20 – 25 kilometers long. The bikers’ alternative is even longer – it is 1,080 kilometers long and is doable in two to three weeks. And yet, this is not all. The South Trail is beautiful in winter, when you can enjoy 319 kilometers of long-distance and mostly machine grommed cross-country skiing tracks.

The South Trail passes through 15 mountain ranges and geographical areas, over six protected landscape areas, two national parks and countless national nature reserves and natural monuments. If you complete the whole trail, you will have climbed over 20 peaks higher than 1,000 meters and set foot on the easternmost, southernmost and westernmost point of Czechia.

Trail section Length (hiking) Days (stages) Length (bike) Length (ski) Start Finish
1. Moravian–Silesian Beskids 52 km 3 61 km 55 km Easternmost point Bumbálka
2. Maple Mountains 45 km 2 51 km 44 km Bumbálka Střelná
3. White Carpathians 110 km 5 125 km 24 km Střelná Radějov
4. Dolnomoravský úval 83 km 3 85 km Radějov Mikulov
5. Mikulov Highlands and Dyjsko-svratecký úval 80 km 3 80 km Mikulov Šatov
6. Bohemian-Moravian Highlands 138 km 6 132 km Šatov Chlum u Třeboně
7. Trebon Basin 28 km 1 29 km Chlum u Třeboně Petříkov
8. Novohradské Mountains 93 km 4 100 km 34 km Petříkov Vyšší Brod
9. Šumava Mountains 192 km 8 192 km 130 km Vyšší Brod Svatá Kateřina
10. Všeruby Highlands 33 km 1 31 km Svatá Kateřina Česká Kubice
11. Bohemian Forest 133 km 5 129 km 32 km Česká Kubice Starý Hrozňatov
12. Fichtel Mountains 65 km 3 65 km Starý Hrozňatov Nejzápadnější bod ČR
Total 1052 km 44 1080 km 319 km    

Hiking roures by stages
Gpx files (Zip archive)

Cycling routes by sections
Gpx files (Zip archive)

Nordic skiing routes by sections
Gpx files (Zip archive)

Itinerary (PDF document)

 

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