Hiking trail? I see these signs every time I’m up in the mountains. I assume it’s a hiking trail, but wanted to ask here if it had any special meaning.

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1. Yes it is. More details here: [https://www.schweizer-wanderwege.ch/de/signalisation/bergwanderweg](https://www.schweizer-wanderwege.ch/de/signalisation/bergwanderweg)

2. It is an indicator of trail difficulty. Yellow is the easiest, red and white is more challenging. There is a lot more to it than that, but the painting on the rock tells you the trail ahead is not just an easy walk.

3. Those indicate the type of hiking trail you’re on. White-red-white is a mountain trail with a difficulty of T2 or T3, meaning it can be pretty exposed at spots and you should have steady feet/some experience hiking. If you see white-blue-white markings, that means you’re on an alpine trail. Those are to be avoided if you havent already got quite a bit of experience on the regular mountain trails as they are even more demanding. More Infos can be found on the SAC-Website.

4. Why was the first thing i thought of was the austrian flag but with it’s colors reversed

5. Nature starts!. There might be steep cliffs, do not expect any guard rails. Be sure footed and have proper equipment for a mountain hike.

   [https://www.sac-cas.ch/en/training-and-safety/safety/safety-when-hiking/](https://www.sac-cas.ch/en/training-and-safety/safety/safety-when-hiking/)

   [https://sicher-bergwandern.ch/](https://sicher-bergwandern.ch/)

6. that inside out Austrian flag denotes spaces you shouldn’t store any Austrians or they’ll be turned upside down and inside out

7. Not directly related to the question but I recently learned a trick about what kind of shoes you should choose based on the color of the path you plan to follow:

   Yellow ➡️ You can use “low” shoes that don’t hold your ankles.

   Red ➡️ Use higher shoes that better hold your ankles.

   Blue ➡️ Requires specific mountain equipment.

   I hope it helps anyone else as it helped me.

8. Yeah, it’s a hiking trail, harder than the plain yellow trails but not as hard as red-white-red or blue and white.

9. You’re crossing into negative Austria.

10. It’s a trail for reverse austrians

11. I would guess this is what the inverse of Austria is.

12. If you go to map.geo.admin.ch and click “hiking trails” you can see all the yellow, red and blue graded paths in the country

13. Yellow = Wanderweg = hiking trail, T1

    Easy, no special equipment needed, no objective dangers on the trail.

    White-red-white = Bergwanderweg = mountain hiking trail, T2 and T3 (no distinction regarding the signs)

    Moderately difficult, trekking shoes recommended, some experience advantageous because objectively dangerous spots might occur.

    White-blue-white = Alpinwanderweg = Alpine hiking trail, T4-T6

    Difficult to very difficult, only for experienced hikers due to many objective risks, e. g. glacier traverses, scrambling, even climbing up to a certain degree.

    Note that a T6 hike is often far more difficult than an easy mountaineering route. The main difference between hiking and mountaineering is that the former doesn’t require any technical equipment like crampons, harness or rope etc.

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