It's time to get away from it all! And maybe you've already got an itinerary, a GR or a region to explore in mind.

If you haven't already done so, we invite you to take a look at our roaming ideas.

Otherwise, it's time to get into the details of the project. And to start with, you need to set your very personal target of km/ D+ per day, and over how many days.

Once you've got your goal in mind, it's time to chart your course. There are 3 tools you can use to do this:

1. Trace de Trail to identify routes of interest that you could cut into several pieces
2. Strava (paid version) to adapt your track, integrating your accommodation constraints (very useful for quick route simulations).
3. Booking or AirBnB to find your accommodation between each evening. We recommend you use their map to search for available accommodation on your route.

This is an extremely important factor in your stay, and you don't want to get your equipment too wrong when you leave.

We highly recommend the Météo Blue website and their multimodel tool, which gives you a representative view of the potential weather phenomena you're likely to encounter.

If you're touring in the mountains and the weather looks complicated, it's a good idea to call the refuges to get an overview of the terrain.

That's what we did on our tour of the Pyrenees when the weather forecast called for snow.

We could all travel by running! But it requires a little preparation and the right equipment.

After several itineraries and nomadic trails, we've put together the ultimate list of all the gear you'll need for a successful itinerary, whether 2 days or 1 full week, provided you can sleep each night in a gite (a refuge or hotel providing meals, a bed and a sink).

The washbasin makes all the difference, because our clothes dry very quickly, so there's no need to take several outfits with you. Simply rinse your day's outfit and dry it on a chair (your shorts will be dry in 5 hours) or on a radiator (dry in less than 1 hour).

What's more, the nutrition you'd need to carry for several days on the road soon adds significantly to the weight and volume of your pack. From our point of view, hybrid provisioning (a mix of technical nutrition and food found along the way) is ideal, as it significantly reduces the weight of the bag.

• 1 Sherpa Short (Race or Max) or Ultra Short
• 1 Ultra Shirt
• 1 Compactable cap
• 1 pair of socks

In the event of epic conditions (cold, snow, rain) :

• Sherpa leggings instead of shorts
• 220 BPM Long Sleeve instead of Ultra Shirt

• 1 Blackshell
• 1 Nanoshell
• 1 Necklace
• 1 Pair of glasses

Epic Conditions - Add :

• 1 Cap
• 1 pair of gloves

This is usually the evening outfit, but it can also be used according to the needs of the day.

• 1 Long Sleeve 220 BPM
• 1 Short 220 BPM
• A 2nd pair of socks for the evening

Epic conditions - add :

• 1 FKT Pant or 1 Second Souffle Legging (in addition to or instead of the 220BPM shorts)
• 1 compact down jacket
• warm socks for the evening (merino wool)

• 1 credit card and €50 cash
• 1 stick of Waterproof sunscreen (link)
• 1 external battery and cable (link)
• (1 plug - usually available locally)
• 1 mini toothbrush + toothpaste (link)
• (sanitary napkins for ladies)

Epic conditions - add :

• 1 hand warmer

• 1 cell phone
• 1 survival blanket
• 1 whistle
• 1 nok cream
• 1 m strap
• 1 pack of tissues

Epic conditions - add :

• 1 GPS beacon (link)
• (1 Pair of cleats) (link)