THE HEXATREK, THE GREAT CROSSING OF FRANCE
The official application of the route, finally available!
A 3034 km trail through some of the most beautiful French mountain scenery, linking 14 natural parks and crossing France **** from the Vosges to the Pyrenees.
The HexaTrek has been designed to link the most beautiful French trails and maximise the places where bivouac is allowed.
Following the mountain ridges, crossing the most beautiful valleys and stopping in the most picturesque villages, the HexaTrek is a journey to meet yourself, nature and its inhabitants.
- 2000 POINTS OF INTEREST YOUR POCKET GUIDE :
WORKS ENTIRELY OFFLINE.
Each step of the trail is downloadable offline and will give you your location even in aeroplane mode. The application uses the internal GPS of your mobile device to display your position and guide you along the trail.
Follow the precise route and find all the useful points of interest for your hike.
IDENTIFY THE BIVOUAC AREAS.
Know where you will spend the night. The application will tell you if the place where you are is authorized to bivouac or if there are particular restrictions (private land, protected area, natura 2000...)
DISCOVER THE PLACES YOU CAN'T MISS.
Don't miss any point of interest on the way, you will find in the app all the unmissable places classified in 4 categories.
- Must-sees: the most beautiful landscapes, waterfalls and other natural wonders.
- Viewpoints: All the passes and viewpoints offering you the best view of the surroundings.
- Monuments : Places classified as UNESCO heritage sites or part of the country's history.
- French villages: A selection of the most emblematic villages crossed by the route.
FIND YOUR REFUGE.
See at a glance the different types of accommodation on the HexaTrek.
-The unguarded refuges/shelters are free, open to all and available all year round.
- The guarded refuges, Gites and Campsites, are not free of charge and are generally open during the summer season. They offer a comfortable night's stay with catering service.
ENSURE YOUR ITINERARY
Find easily the list of all the water points (springs, fountains, drinking water) and the places of provisioning (supermarket, grocery shop, local producers.)
Know the tricky passages, the alternative routes and the indications to follow.
6 STEPS: GO FOR THE BIG ADVENTURE OR OPT FOR A SECTION
Whether you go for the **big adventure** or decide to walk **sections** of the route, discover France as you have never done before.
- Stage 1: The Grand Est (Vosges - Jura - Doubs)
- Stage 2 : The Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie - Vanoise - Beaufortain)
- Stage 3: High Alps (Ecrins - Belledonne - Vercors)
- Stage 4: Gorges & Causses (Ardeche - Cevennes - Tarn - Languedoc)
- Stage 5: Eastern Pyrenees (Catalonia - Ariège - Aiguestortes)
- Stage 6: Western Pyrenees (Upper Pyrenees - Bearn - Basque Country)
I was using the app for the stretch 2 of the northern alps. Some nice features are where I can see the next water source and also the distance to that point. But sometimes the source was dried out…here it would have been so helpful to be able to left comments, so users are up to date. The most thing that was missing for me were trail notes…there’s just the map view without any description of the stages…so in the end I have no clue what to expect. Especially as solo hiker the most important information for me is what to expect, at least roughly…also especially in the mountains. I would have liked to know roughly the conditions of the trail, the elevation up and down and the kms that I have to do. This would have been so helpful. Another good feature was that I could see where it’s allowed to wild camp and also where there are nice recommended spots to do that👍. So overall the app is ok but lots of things could be improved. One Tipp: maybe checkout the Guthook App, Cheers🙂
Great for the Trail
I enjoyed the free Version for my 100km hike and had zero Problems - Great App and i decided to buy the full version to support future developments!
Very buggy
I would like to give a higher rating as I love the concept but I have multiple problems with the app:
1. I bought the whole track but can only view 4 of the stages.
2. The app has bugs quite often when some of the features don’t work for some time
3 . It would be great if the stages would have a bigger description with pictures and text
