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🌲 How to Prepare for Your Hike – Useful Resources

Hiking is an adventure accessible to all, but to fully enjoy it, it is essential to be well prepared. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced hiker, a successful outing rests on three pillars: preparation , the right equipment and safety .

That's why we've selected reliable and practical resources for you: guides, apps, forums, and expert advice. These external links complement our products and offer you comprehensive support to help you enjoy your hikes with complete peace of mind.

But first of all, 3 glossaries to - if necessary - familiarize you with the vocabulary of hiking:

• In Nature Simone

• Nomadic Hiking

• Corsica Hiking

1. Preparation & Planning

  • Apps to prepare your hikes
    Discover 4 practical apps that correspond to the themes that seem very useful when hiking to navigate, anticipate the weather and follow your routes :

    • The weather;
    • Preparation of the itinerary;
    • Field mapping / finding your way;
    • Plant observation;
    • Knowledge of the peaks that surround us.

    👉 Altituderando – 4 useful applications

  • Prepare well for your mountain hike
    A complete guide (route selection, checklist, equipment, fitness) to help you easily prepare for your mountain hike or trek . If you're not sure where to start, here are plenty of tips to ensure your hike is a success.
    👉 RandHorizons – Prepare a hike

2. Equipment & Materials

3. Mountain Safety

  • Hiking safely
    Official advice from the French Ministry of the Interior (emergency equipment, rules to follow, essential reflexes) to prepare you for the dangers of the mountains, summer and winter, and adopt the right reflexes .
    👉 My Safety – Mountain safety

  • Mountain safety: good reflexes
    A practical checklist and tips for safe mountain hiking. Because a successful hike begins long before you take your first step...
    👉 Tourmalet Pic du Midi – Safety

4. Techniques & Tips

  • Practical advice for successful hiking
    A series of tips for preparing for a hike in terms of equipment, marking and orientation, safety, food and a good first aid kit .
    👉 Mont-Blanc Hikes – Tips before you go

  • Read and anticipate the weather while hiking
    Weather is a key factor when hiking, and here is a complete guide to better understand the weather, and make the right decisions on the ground by learning to interpret weather signs and adapt your outing.
    👉 Need for Adventure – Hiking Weather

5. Destinations & Routes

  • Itinerary ideas in France
    A selection of interesting internet resources that can help you find an idea for a hiking route in France, and more...
    👉 Smart Hiking – Where to find routes

  • Long-distance hiking trails (GR)
    MaRando® is a free hiking app featuring nearly 10,000 carefully selected and regularly updated trails . Each route is designed to introduce you to varied landscapes and historical sites, while respecting safety and the environment. The quality and reliability of these trails are ensured by more than 9,000 volunteer trail markers .
    👉 FFRandonnée – GR Trails

6. Community & Sharing

✨ With these resources, you have everything you need to prepare, equip and secure your hikes , while joining a community of enthusiasts.