The Hiking World

Collection · 5 trails in this catalog

Multi-day loop treks

Closed circuits you walk back to the start — single base-town logistics from each record’s sourced base station.

Dolomites from Monte Piana, Italy

Members are only trails we hold. Lengths are live from each record: OSM 2-D where we have a relation, schematic pin-to-pin where we do not — those schematic figures are not walking distances. Permit status is public-level only (required / none / unverified). Cost and booking stay behind the login gate on each trail page.

A trail qualifies only when its record is tagged loop and the typical itinerary is two or more days. Manaslu Circuit is point-to-point on this catalog and is not here. Base-start names are quoted from Getting there — we do not invent operators or times.

Countries: Albania, France, Ireland, New Zealand.

  • New Zealand · loop

    Kepler Track

    OSM 61.6 km*

    osm:relation:1385141 · 2026-08-24 · osm · provisional

    Route type: loop

    Base start on this record: Kepler Track control gates (OSM line start)

    Permit required: DOC Great Walk hut/campsite booking

  • Ireland · loop

    Kerry Way

    OSM 184.6 km*

    osm:relation:183744 · 2026-08-24 · osm · provisional

    Route type: loop

    Base start on this record: Killarney (OSM line start)

    No permit listed

  • Albania · loop

    Peaks of the Balkans Trail

    192 km*

    seed:approx · 2026-01-01 · editorial · provisional

    Route type: loop

    Base start on this record: Theth

    Permit required: Cross-border permit (AL/XK/ME)

  • New Zealand · loop

    Tongariro Northern Circuit

    OSM 44.2 km · Verified

    osm:relation:173345 · 2026-08-24 · osm

    Route type: loop

    Base start on this record: Whakapapa Village (OSM line start)

    Permit required: DOC Great Walk hut/campsite booking

  • France · loop

    Tour du Mont Blanc

    OSM 166 km · Verified

    osm:relation:9678362 · 2026-08-24 · osm

    Route type: loop

    Base start on this record: Les Houches (OSM line start)

    No permit listed

Also in this desk: Collections · How long is the trail? · Albania · France · Ireland · New Zealand.

Questions

What counts as a loop?

Only records whose routeType is loop, with two or more typical days. That is a closed circuit — return to the start. Point-to-point walks, including Manaslu Circuit, are not loops on this catalog.

How was this list chosen?

Membership is derived from routeType. Trails we do not hold cannot appear. The base-start name on each card is the record’s sourced TrailAccess base station, not an invented transit plan.