by adamwatson500 » Mon Jun 20, 2022 11:14 am
A (relatively) new tool we've been using when planning days out in the hills is the "heatmaps" produced by Strava. This might be a subscriber only feature these days, but the global running heatmap gives a pretty astonishingly accurate picture of the path network, both constructed and informal/stalkers, as the data is entirely driven by people walking or running the route.
It also clearly shows where there isn't a path - as the heatmap turns to a myriad of slightly different tracks taken individually to e.g. traverse across a boggy bealach or open hillside.