Hiking trails: how to choose the best one for you
Interested in hiking? Whether you want to spend one day hiking or five days, you will need to find an area to visit and a trail to hike. While you can choose to go on any hiking trail you want, you may want to take some time to research and choose the best one.
How do I choose the best route? Honestly, there are an unlimited number of different ways you can find the "perfect" hiking route and all the information you need to tackle it. Some of the things you can consider and where to find all that information are detailed below.
Ask someone close to you
One of the easiest ways to find a good hiking trail is to ask those you know for recommendations. Asking for recommendations is nice and easy, as it limits the amount of searching you have to do. If you know someone, like a friend, family member, neighbour or work colleaguewho enjoys hiking, maybe you can ask him and see if he can recommend a route.. You will want to find a pleasant trail that will surprise you with its scenery, its route, and that is also safe.
The tourist offices or information centres in the parks will be happy to help.
Another way to find out about a good hiking trail is to contact any of the tourist offices or information centres in the parks. If you want to go on a local excursion, you can find the contact details of the information centres easily on the internet or in any telephone directory. In addition to obtaining information by telephone, you can also request any of the brochures and information material, such as maps, leaflets, etc.which they will be happy to provide you with. If you live near the area, you may want to visit us to get the same information in person. It is very important to get information about the state of the routes - depending on the area and altitude, they may have snow, or may not be in good conditions - and the experience necessary to tackle them.
Ask the locals
Perhaps you are looking for a route that is far from your home. Of course, you can use the Internet and other resources. You can also wait until you arrive at your destination, where you will have first-hand information. As mentioned above, asking those you know for recommendations is an excellent way to find a good hiking route. When you arrive at your destination, you can ask the locals. Their advice will undoubtedly open up many options for tackling any route in the area.
The guides of a lifetime
If it is a popular hiking area, you will probably have several paper guidebooks available. You can ask your trusted bookshop o consult an online shop. Check out the reviews to find out which is the reference guide for the place. There is always one.
Hiking routes on the Internet
And there is always the internet. As mentioned above, you can also use the internet to search for local and non-local hiking trails, as well as for hiking in any natural parks in general. When it comes to using the Internet, one of your best options is to make a standard Internet search: "hiking in such and such a park" or "hiking route in".. If you know where you would like to go hiking better, such as in which city or in which region, area, place, passing by which refuge, all this will allow you to narrow down your search and get more personalised results. Assess the reliability of the website from which you get the information. Usually you will find a website that specialises in the most popular hiking routes in the area. Many are personal blogs of mountain enthusiastsThey will give you invaluable first-hand information.
You will also find official sites of either the Parks, a municipality or the region. Nowadays they have all reserved a space for hiking and will provide you with a lot of information about the routes in the area.
Finally, you can download the tracks of the route at platforms such as Wikiloc. The information on these portals is enormous and the reliability -despite having filters for positioning quality information- can be questionable. You will find endless routes uploaded by their users. But we recommend you to check the comments of other users and, above all, to complement this information with other channels mentioned above.
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