Tip: "How do I know if my route is over unpaved sections?"

As this photo shows, it is useful to know whether your route travels over unpaved paths or not.
RouteYou offers many possibilities to inform you about paved/unpaved.

In the route details

- If you look up a route on RouteYou, always read the Directions. Perhaps the author tells you something about the trajectory.
- Also take a look at the Route Information: the author can indicate whether a route crosses unpaved sections or not.
- Consult the Comments: another user can leave some feedback on the route. RouteYou also provides feedback here through an automatic analysis of the routes. The result shows how many kilometers paved/unpaved there is along the route. Read more about it here.

Contribute yourself

As a user

- If you know that a route contains unpaved parts, you can report this as a user via the "Comments" option. Read here how you can post a comment on the routes of others.
- As a user you can also add features to a route. You can find this option in the Route Information.

As an author

- Provide sufficient information in the description of your route. You can adjust that description via the basic data. Read more about it here.
- Don't forget to add features to your route. Read here how to do that.

When planning

- When planning, you can choose routing options that consciously avoid unpaved areas. " Race cycling - nicest" is a routing that does not send you along unpaved parts. Read more about the routing options here.
- When planning, many background maps are offered such as OSM, the topographic map, ... Each of these maps indicates unpaved paths in a specific way. More info here.