There are already links to several useful Swiss hiking resources on the Swiss day hikes page, but there is also a bunch of other information especially for the longer hikes. In particular the information tucked away inside OpenStreetMap is not always obvious to find.
Let's start off by repeating a few of those map-based links to get oriented:
The routes on wanderland are split into national, regional and local trails. If we just look at a selection of these, we can find lots of useful information including marked maps and downloadable data. These are shown in the lists below, and also in map form on the zoomable route map.
| Name | Summary | Links | OSM | GPX | |
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Via Alpina | Also known as the Alpine Pass Route, across Switzerland from Sargans to Montreux on Lac Léman | wanderland, wikipedia | OpenStreetMap | GPX |
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Trans-Swiss Trail | From the northwest to the southeast, over the Gotthard pass | wanderland, wikipedia, wandersite.ch (German) | split into parts one, two, three, four | GPX |
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Alpenpanorama-Weg | A lesser-known route from the Bodensee to Lac Léman | wanderland | OpenStreetMap (very incomplete) | GPX |
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Via Jacobi | Also known as the Jakobsweg, or the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, a pilgrims' route from the Bodensee to Lac Léman | wanderland, wikipedia, jakobsweg.ch | OpenStreetMap (very incomplete) | GPX |
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Jura Crest Trail | Also known as the Jura Ridgeway, making an arc along the northern Jura ridge | wanderland, wikipedia | OpenStreetMap | GPX |
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Alpine Passes Trail | How very confusing. Another trail over several alpine passes from the east of the country to Lac Léman, and they decide to give it a name which is almost exactly the same as the Alpine Pass Route :( This "Alpenpässe-Weg" is further south, either going from Chur to St Gingolph or from St Moritz to St Gingolph, depending on whom you believe. | wanderland | OpenStreetMap (Chur version!) | GPX (Chur version!) |
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Via Gottardo | Another confusing (and new) one, named after the Gotthard pass but only following the already existing number 2 route on that stretch - so effectively it's just from Basel to Luzern. | wanderland | OpenStreetMap | GPX |
| Name | Summary | Links | OSM | GPX | |
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Kulturspur Appenzellerland | An east/west route across the north of Appenzellerland | wanderland | OpenStreetMap | GPX |
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Via Albula-Bernina | Following the Rhaetian railway through Graubünden | wanderland | OpenStreetMap | GPX |
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Walserweg | A wiggling trail through the historic high country of Graubünden | wanderland, de:wikipedia | ||
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Aargauer Weg | An S-shaped meander through Aarau and Baden | wanderland | OpenStreetMap | GPX |
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Zürich-Zugerland Panoramaweg | Over the Uetliberg and south to Zug | wanderland | OpenStreetMap | GPX |
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Toggenburger Höhenweg | The Toggenburger Höhenweg loops around the hills north of the Churfirstens | wanderland | OpenStreetMap | GPX |
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Schwyzer Panoramaweg | Over Rigi and the Mythens to Einsiedeln | wanderland | OpenStreetMap | GPX |
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Liechtenstein Panoramaweg | A tour of Liechtenstein including the Drei Schwestern (3 sisters) | wanderland | ||
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Via Francigena | A pilgrims' route cutting a swathe through the west of the country near the French border | wanderland, wikipedia | OpenStreetMap | GPX |
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Rheintaler Höhenweg | From the Bodensee at Rorschach into the Rheintal and south along the western side | wanderland, wikipedia | OpenStreetMap | GPX |
There's also a cryptic but information-packed page on the openstreetmap wiki, called "Switzerland/HikingNetwork/Status", which shows the progress of the mapping for dozens of Swiss hiking routes and links to gpx files, history pages and so on.