How to prepare a hiking trail

Hiking is a perfect activity that unites nature with the practice of a sport in the company of family or friends. During the last years, the hiking has been gaining followers in Spain thanks to the nearly 60, 000 km of signposted trails that it has. If you are willing to start practicing this sport, here are some tips for you to learn how to prepare a hiking route .

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Hiking is an activity within the reach of most of the population because it has trails of different difficulty. The ideal is to start with a route adapted to your physical condition and go increasing the difficulty and distance as you go taking practice and form.

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Finding a suitable route to our capabilities can be a simple task if you know where to look. Websites like Wikiloc or Wandermap can be very useful when preparing your hiking route as they offer different search filters.

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When choosing the route, you will have to take into account the distance, the unevenness and the duration of it in order to properly prepare your hiking equipment . For this, we recommend you consult our article How to prepare my backpack for a trip.

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If the chosen route is new for you and the rest of the group, be sure to bring some kind of cartographic information such as a map, a GPS device or a compass.

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Finally, it is essential to take into account the weather situation in order to choose the clothes and the ideal time of day to start the route; It is always advisable to avoid the hottest hours in summer, and take into account the duration of the route in winter so that it does not get dark during the journey.