Poteca: drumeții pe munte

Poteca doesn't just tell you where to walk. It tells you when you have to turn around. Every hike comes with the things you would otherwise have hunted across five websites the night before: how long it takes, how much it climbs, how you get there, what it costs, which waymark to follow, and when the sun goes down. YOUR WINDOW OF LIGHT The app computes sunrise and sunset for the trailhead, on the day you pick, and tells you the latest you can still set off and finish in daylight. It is computed on the device with the NOAA algorithm — it works with no connection. A MAP THAT WORKS WITHOUT SIGNAL Real terrain relief with the waymarked routes drawn on it. Download it at home on Wi-Fi and it stays on the phone. Up on the mountain, with no bars, the map still draws. WHAT IT ACTUALLY COSTS Broken down: train or car, cable car, park entry, food, a bed. Set a budget and see what fits inside it — not a "recommended" list that sends you to hikes three times the price. WAYMARKS, READ OFF THE ROCK Stripe, cross, triangle, dot — red, blue, yellow, green. The sign in the app is the sign you look for on the stone. Each country gets its own: the Polish and Slovak stripes, the Knafelc circle in Slovenia and Serbia, GR and PR in Spain. HOW THE DAY LOOKS An hour-by-hour plan: setting off, the climb, the break, the time you're at the top, the way down. SAFETY Mountain rescue numbers for every country. Send someone, in one tap, where you're going and when you'll be back. SEVEN COUNTRIES Romania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Serbia and Spain. 209 hikes, from three-hour walks to two-day ridges. YOUR OWN PLAN Write down how it went, give it a rating, remember what you wore and what was in the pack. It stays on your phone. ESCAPES Say where you're leaving from, how many days you have and what you want to spend. The app puts the trip together. NO ACCOUNT, NO TRACKING No sign-up, no email, nothing collected. Your notes and plans live on your phone. Map: OpenTopoMap and OpenStreetMap. Waymarked routes: Waymarked Trails. Weather: MET Norway via Open-Meteo. Mountains don't forgive hurry. Check the forecast the morning you leave, tell someone where you're going, and be back before dark.