--- title: "#trail-planning | Droply" description: "Articles tagged "trail-planning" on Droply" language: en canonical_url: https://droply-app.com/tags/trail-planning/ source: https://droply-app.com/tags/trail-planning.md site: "Droply" --- # #trail-planning Articles tagged "trail-planning" [ ![Hikers crossing the volcanic alpine terrain of the Tongariro Alpine Crossing in New Zealand](https://droply-app.com/blog/tongariro-alpine-crossing-volcanic-trail.jpg) ](https://droply-app.com/blog/tongariro-alpine-crossing-water-huts-guide/) 20 September 2026 ## [Tongariro Alpine Crossing: How to Plan Your Hike, Huts and Water](https://droply-app.com/blog/tongariro-alpine-crossing-water-huts-guide/) There is no drinking water on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing track. DOC says so directly, and that single fact should shape when you go, how you get there, how much you carry, and whether you turn it into a multi-day Northern Circuit. [Read the post →](https://droply-app.com/blog/tongariro-alpine-crossing-water-huts-guide/) [ ![A small spring emerging from granite boulders in the Organ Mountains, New Mexico, on the Continental Divide Trail](https://droply-app.com/blog/granite-boulder-spring-organ-mountains-new-mexico.jpg) ](https://droply-app.com/blog/how-much-water-to-carry-hiking/) 13 September 2026 ## [How Much Water Do You Really Need When Hiking? A Practical Guide](https://droply-app.com/blog/how-much-water-to-carry-hiking/) The amount of water you drink on a hike and the amount you need to carry are two different numbers. How to plan around the longest dry stretch instead of the whole route, and why the water sources on your map aren't guaranteed to be flowing. [Read the post →](https://droply-app.com/blog/how-much-water-to-carry-hiking/) [ ![A stainless steel drinking fountain under a rock overhang above Breil/Brigels in Graubünden, Switzerland, with snow-streaked peaks behind it](https://droply-app.com/blog/mountain-fountain-panorama-brigels-graubuenden.jpg) ](https://droply-app.com/blog/how-much-water-to-drink-on-a-hike/) 16 August 2026 ## [How Much Water Should You Drink on a Hike? A Practical Hydration Guide](https://droply-app.com/blog/how-much-water-to-drink-on-a-hike/) Not a fixed number of liters per hour. What your fluid needs actually depend on, why drinking too much is its own danger, and how knowing your refill points changes how much you carry. [Read the post →](https://droply-app.com/blog/how-much-water-to-drink-on-a-hike/) [ ![A mountain stream cutting through granite boulders in a pine forest beside a hiking trail](https://droply-app.com/blog/mountain-stream-pine-forest-trail.jpg) ](https://droply-app.com/blog/best-hiking-apps-for-the-trail/) 9 August 2026 ## [7 Best Hiking Apps to Use on the Trail: Hike More, Scroll Less](https://droply-app.com/blog/best-hiking-apps-for-the-trail/) Seven apps worth opening while you're actually hiking, not just planning from home. Offline maps, mountain and plant ID, weather, birdsong, translation, and finding water. [Read the post →](https://droply-app.com/blog/best-hiking-apps-for-the-trail/) [ ![Hiker resting under a lone desert tree in New Mexico on the CDT](https://droply-app.com/blog/cdt-water-planning-guide.jpg) ](https://droply-app.com/blog/water-sources-cdt-planning-guide/) 21 June 2026 ## [Water Sources Along the CDT: A Complete Planning Guide](https://droply-app.com/blog/water-sources-cdt-planning-guide/) How to find and plan water on the Continental Divide Trail: how much to carry, how to treat it, and what changes state by state. From a 2024 CDT thru-hiker. [Read the post →](https://droply-app.com/blog/water-sources-cdt-planning-guide/) ## Get new posts in your reader New guides and trail notes land in your feed reader the day they're published. No email address, no account, no tracking. [Subscribe via RSS](https://droply-app.com/rss.xml) [Feedly](https://feedly.com/i/subscription/feed/https%3A%2F%2Fdroply-app.com%2Frss.xml) [Inoreader](https://www.inoreader.com/?add_feed=https%3A%2F%2Fdroply-app.com%2Frss.xml) Feed address `https://droply-app.com/rss.xml` Copy [← Back to blog](https://droply-app.com/blog/)