Local sources are monitored daily
We follow updates from local authorities, communes, tourism offices, transport operators, hut guardians and other relevant organisations.
03 Prepare confidently
Prepare for the
journey ahead
Turn your itinerary into a departure-ready plan. Understand current trail conditions, receive relevant updates and make informed decisions about your route, equipment and preparation.
Verified trail updates
Checked by our trail team
Relevant email alerts
When an issue may affect you
Practical preparation
Trail, equipment and training
Platform access from €79 One payment per hiking season
Verified trail monitoring
Verified trail updates that matter to your itinerary.
Our trail team monitors local sources for closures, warnings, detours and transport disruptions across our supported trails. We check the details, map the affected section and determine whether it may affect a customer’s saved itinerary.
Relevant information is checked and mapped
Our team verifies the available details, identifies the affected trail section and explains what the update could mean for hikers.
You receive an email when it may affect your trip
If a verified issue may affect the route and dates in your primary itinerary, we email you so you can review it and decide whether your plans need to change.
Closures
Warnings
Detours
Transport
Trail-update notifications are sent by email. You will not receive an email for every update—only when an issue may be relevant to your saved primary itinerary.
100+
Local authorities, tourism offices, transport operators and other trail sources monitored daily by our team.
Interactive Trail Updates Map
See what’s happening on your trail.
Explore recent reports, photographs, closures, warnings, detours and transport information in the locations where they matter. Filter the map to focus on your hiking dates and the sources you want to see.
Reports from
The Hiking Club team
Trail Ambassadors
Hiking community
See the exact location
View photographs and notices pinned to mountain passes, high-altitude sections, accommodation and transport locations.
Focus on the dates that matter
Filter reports by date to understand how snow, access and trail conditions are changing as your hike approaches.
Choose whose reports you see
View information from our trail team, Trail Ambassadors or members of the wider hiking community.
Understand how conditions are changing
Compare recent and earlier reports to see whether conditions appear to be improving, deteriorating or remaining consistent.
3,000+
trail images uploaded
during the 2026 hiking season
during the 2026 hiking season
See the trail through the eyes of recent hikers
Photographs from our trail team, Trail Ambassadors and the wider hiking community create a first-hand visual record of snow, trail conditions, route changes and the experience on the ground.
Snow conditions
See where snow may affect your route.
Snow conditions can vary significantly by elevation, aspect and location. View estimated snow depth and forecast snowfall along your planned route before making decisions about equipment, route choices or using transport to avoid a challenging section.
Estimated current snow depth
View where snow is estimated along your route and its expected depth, with the snow layer updated daily.
48-hour new snow forecast
Understand where fresh snow is forecast and how much may fall along your trail during the next 48 hours.
Updated daily using satellite imagery, weather data and modelling supplied by ExoLabs.
Snow information supports your preparation and decision-making. Always consider recent local advice, official warnings, current weather and the conditions you encounter on the trail.
Hiking-specific training
Prepare your body as well as your itinerary.
Build the strength and endurance needed for long climbs, steep descents and consecutive days on the trail with a structured program designed specifically for multi-day hikers.
Progressive endurance
Hiking-specific strength
Consecutive-day preparation
Explore the Training Program
Next in your planning journey
Take your complete plan onto the trail.
Download personalised GPS files based on your exact itinerary, including your route to and from accommodation, planned alternatives, transport locations and useful places along the way.
Personalised files GPX and KML based on your itinerary
Offline navigation Use with compatible phones and watches
Shared with your group Everyone can carry the latest route
Plan with confidence
Build your itinerary.
Prepare for what lies ahead.
Bring your route, accommodation plan, current trail information and preparation tools together in one platform.
Start planning
Platform access from €79 One purchase covers your hiking group
