Deep Dive Trekking Insurance

My doodle and I are just back from an “Inn-to-Inn” 2 day hike on the Swiss-German border. Trail report coming! However, I will hint at that we ran into a blizzard, even mid-April at low elevation.

April does what April wants I guess 🤣. It’s the perfect time to examine “Trekking Insurance”…or, what you really need to protect yourself (and your wallet).

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Today’s Nature Upgrade:

• Insider Trail Tips: Rescue insurance, is it a scam?

• Destination Highlight: Haute Route (Chamonix-Zermatt)

• Culture & News: Over confident hikers in Germany last week

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Insider Trail Tips

Is Trekking Insurance even Real?

First things first: “trekking insurance” isn’t a real thing. It’s a marketing term.

When you want to protect your wallet, ie the $$$$ you’ve spent on a trip the kind of coverage you’ll want is “travel insurance”.

When you want to protect your body, ie helicopter rescues, emergency medical treatment/triage, transport to home country, you’ll want to consider “rescue insurance”.

They aren’t the same, but they often are sold by the same company.

Explore More:

👉 Watch: Quick guide on budget helicopter rescues

🎯 Read: Review of Global Rescue Insurance

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Featured Outdoor Destination

The Walkers Haute Route France and Switzerland

This is such a boss of a hiking tour. You’ll walk from near the highest mountain in Europe, the Mt Blanc near Chamonix, France all the way to the Matterhorn, near Zermatt, Switzerland. While there are no technical bits, the days are quite long so you’ll want to have some prior experience hiking in the Alps. It’s considered harder than the Tour du Mont Blanc. You’ll pass by 8 of the 10 highest mountains in the Alps, mountain villages and inspiring scenery. You’ll stay in a combo of mountain refuges and inns.

You’ll absolutely want to get rescue insurance for this one.

Hiking Deal of the Week

• Private Group Tour

• Guided

• For the Seasoned Hut to Hut Hiker

📆 How many days: 9-12 day choices

👉 Distance: 110 miles, 7-9 hours hiking daily

📍Chamonix-Zermatt Point to Point

🥾🥾🥾🥾/5: Moderate-Difficult, some mild exposure, long days, nothing technical

🧭 Guided

✈️ Closest Airport: Geneva

👉 Check out the Guided Hiking Tour Here: Fully Guided Haute Route 

🎯 Read: Everything You Need to Know About Trekking Insurance

News & Community

Dutch Hikers Rescued Near Garmisch (Mid April)

From the Garmisch page: “On Tuesday, 16.04.2024, the Garmisch-Partenkirchen mountain guard was asked for help by two Dutch people around 3 pm.

The two wanted to walk over the Reintal to the top of the train and were blocked at the height of the Knorrhötte due to the snow and low temperatures. It seemed to have turned out that neither sneakers nor sweatpants are suitable for climbing the top of the train in winter.

The two were rescued by two emergency forces and a helicopter from Polizei Oberbayern Süd in turbulent wind conditions.

We thank the Bavarian police for the good cooperation!”

👉 Thankfully they were rescued, but is mid-April the time to hike the Reintal??? Hope they had insurance.

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-Morgan