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Hiking Route Description Template
A good hiking route description should include the features, listed in the below table, which can serve also as an evaluation tool.
(If a feature is not important, don't list it on your page, simply skip it!)
| It's There | It's Missing | Irrelevant | |||
| Overview | General characteristics, why the route is or is not interesting, etc. | ||||
| History | If a more important route, who did it first, how it evolved. | ||||
| Getting there | Public and private transport, parking, trailhead geo coordinates. | ||||
| Overall difficulty | On one of the established systems for grading hiking routes. | ||||
| Endurance | If the time for the whole tour is not telling enough. | ||||
| Power | If pulling-up, so not only walking-up is required. Protection devices. | ||||
| Psyche | If absence of vertigo is required. | ||||
| Orientation skills | If required. | ||||
| Objective dangers | Rock fall, blizzard, wild animals, etc. | ||||
| Altitude gain | From start to goal & cumulative, if ups and downs. Lowest & highest point. | ||||
| Time for the whole tour needed | In hours and minutes. | ||||
| Ascent & descent time separately | In hours and minutes. | ||||
| Times for route sections | In hours and minutes. | ||||
| Best season | Recommended season, season to be avoided. | ||||
| Best day time | Morning, afternoon, etc., or time regarding public transport. | ||||
| Gear | The must gear and the recommended gear. | ||||
| Maps | Recommended classical and online maps. | ||||
| Huts and bivouacs | If required for sleeping, or if offering food and drink. | ||||
| Route description | A detailed turn-to-turn description, with key points names, directions and altitudes. | ||||
| Ascent & Descent | Separately described, if needed, or if it's a round tour. | ||||
| Combining routes | For long-distance treks, for round tours, variants etc. | ||||
| Illustrative pictures | Showing characteristic route sections/details. | ||||
| Embedded map | If possible interactive, or as a picture. | ||||
| GPX track provided | Or any other similar format. | ||||