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| use a map even if you don't need it so you get practice at orientating yourself. Being able to orientate yourself to the map may come in handy if you do some longer hikes in high Alpine areas. The wanderweg signs here are great, but a map is still an important piece of equipment. | |
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I would second that as whilst the signing here is generally excellent, there have been one or two occasions where a lack of sign, the sign being obscurred by new plant/tree growth and us failing to see it or us failing to see the signs due to conversational distraction and walking straight past it
has meant in the event of not seeing a helpful passer by to ask for directions we have had to dig out the map and figure out where we were!!
The wanderland site is great as for those of you like me who are too stingy to buy all the hiking maps (at 20 odd CHFs a piece
), then you can just select the area you are hiking in and print off the map of the trail you need. You can also save the maps in pdf format for future use
Oh and for those of you who prefer 2 wheels to 2 feet, you can also bring up the cycling routes on the wanderland maps
