ModernHikes began in 2020 as a personal blog by Sophia Laurent and Marco Vettori — two friends who met on a Via Ferrata in the Dolomites and decided the world needed more writing that treated trail culture with the same reverence as fine dining or high fashion.

Today, we’re a small team of writers, photographers, and lifelong hikers spread across six countries, united by a belief that the outdoors is not a compromise on elegance — it is where elegance finds its truest form.

Every article we publish is researched by someone who has been there, walked it, slept under those stars. We don’t write from press trips and we don’t accept payment for coverage. What you read here is what we genuinely believe.