Via Sbrinz, Historic hiking trail in central Switzerland.

The Via Sbrinz follows ancient mule paths through diverse Alpine landscapes, connecting valleys, gorges, forests and glacier regions between Luzern and Domodossola across the Swiss-Italian border.

Säumer from Nidwalden, Obwalden and the Haslital were already using these mule paths in the 15th century, carrying Sbrinz hard cheese from central Switzerland to Italian markets and returning with wine, maize, rice, spices and cloth. This exchange gave the Alpine valleys an important income, and the route became the shortest main Alpine crossing between Luzern and Domodossola. Its name comes from the cheese that was once its chief commodity.

The route's name comes from Sbrinz, the hard cheese that Säumer carried from central Switzerland to Italian markets, trading it for wine, maize, rice, spices and cloth. Sbrinzo is a Lombard dialect word for hard cheese, and the name may also derive from Brienz, a 16th- and 17th-century collection point for cheese from the Bernese Oberland and central Switzerland.

The route can be shortened using public transportation including trains and mountain railways, with detailed maps and yellow trail markers available on the official website sbrinz-route.ch.

The name may come from Sbrinzo, a Lombard dialect word for hard cheese, or from Brienz, a 16th- and 17th-century collection point for cheese from the Bernese Oberland and central Switzerland. The Swiss Alpine Club's Capanna Corno Gries hut stands near the Griespass.