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Plan a Hike & Fly route over several days

Let the optimizer mix flying, walking and relaunches, X-Alps style, and shape the route to your plan.

  1. 1

    Choose the Hike & Fly mode

    At the top of the Route Planner, pick the Hike & Fly travel mode (paraglider and hiker icon), then set your start, goal, day and glider as for a normal plan.

    In Optimize, set the number of days and your walking speeds (up, down and on the flat), then run the optimizer. Flying stays in daylight, with a night rest from 22:30 to 05:00.

    Choose the Hike & Fly mode
  2. 2

    Compare the fastest and the safest plan

    The optimizer proposes a fastest and a safest plan. Each one gives the kilometres on foot, the ascent, the walking time, the distance flown, the relaunches and the nights.

    Click Preview to see a plan on the map: flights and walking legs appear in different colours, with every planned climb numbered.

    If walking is never faster, the optimizer tells you and keeps the whole route in the air.

    Compare the fastest and the safest plan
  3. 3

    Adapt it to your plan

    Drag the route to force a pass or a valley, or move your turnpoints, and run it again.

    Use the result to prepare your bivouac gear, your water and the summits you may need to climb.

    Adapt it to your plan

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