How far should I walk each day?
Most people on a first multi-day walk settle at 18 to 25 km a day with a pack. Experienced walkers go further, but the number that matters is the one you can do on day five, not day one. Plan for the lower figure and treat anything more as a bonus.
Climb counts too. A rough rule is to add one kilometre of effort for every 100 m of ascent, so a 20 km day with 800 m up feels like 28 km on the flat.
How do I split a route into days?
Start from where you can sleep, not from equal distances. On a route like the West Highland Way the villages are fixed, so the legs are uneven: 11 km one day, 34 km the next. Set your target daily distance, let Trailpost split the route, then drag each boundary to the nearest place with a bed or a campsite.
Keep the first day short. It is when you find out what you packed wrong.
What should I decide before I leave?
How precisely you want followers to see your position. What time of day the daily message should go out, usually the evening after you have posted. Whether you want the trail listed publicly afterwards.
Put all of it in the trail settings before you leave the house. You will not want to do it on a hillside.
What happens if I fall behind?
Nothing dramatic. Trailpost recalculates your expected finish from your actual pace over the legs you have done, so the people following you see the real date, not the planned one. Drag a leg boundary if you need to change the plan, and the page updates.
Updated 2026-09-08. Written by the Trailpost team.