Gifts for hikers: the track of their walk and the sky of their nights out
What pleases a hiker who already has all the gear is not one more mountain object: it is proof that you know which mountain. The route poster draws the GPS track of a long-distance path, a tour or a traverse on the map, with the distance and the smoothed elevation gain: the GR 20, the Tour du Mont Blanc, or the walk they did last summer, from the file on their watch. For a night outdoors rather than a summit, the star map works out the stars visible above the hut or the bivouac, at the hour they poked their head out of the sleeping bag. Two posters, one principle: nothing is invented, neither the track nor the sky. Nine map styles, five sizes from A4 to 70 × 100, printed to order in Aveyron. And if you are giving to a whole walking group, each of them can have the same track in a different style: the memory is shared, the wall is not.
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Personalised route poster — your run, your hike, your trip
A long-distance path, a tour, a traverse: the GPS track drawn on the map. From a GPX file, with distance, elevation gain and duration; or from a library of well-known routes, with their distance.
From €8.90
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Personalised star map poster
The sky of a night in a hut or a bivouac, calculated for that exact place and hour. The stars visible to the naked eye that night, not a decoration.
From €8.90
Which one to choose
| If… | Then |
|---|---|
| You have the GPS track of the walk | The route poster |
| They did a well-known long-distance path, with no track | A route from the library: the GR 20, the Tour du Mont Blanc |
| The memory is a night outdoors | The star map poster |
| You are giving to a whole walking group | The same track, one style per person |
The moments, and when to order
| Occasion | When | When to order |
|---|---|---|
| After a successful climb | the week that follows | 48 h in the workshop is enough |
| Before a trek or an expedition | a few days before leaving | Ten days ahead |
| Father’s Day | third Sunday in June | Order before 10 June |
| Christmas | 25 December | Order before 15 December |
| A milestone birthday | their date | Ten days ahead |
For a walking group, order as many posters as there are walkers: the track is the same, each picks a style and a size.
Frequently asked questions
Which routes are in the library?
Long-distance paths rebuilt from OpenStreetMap data and checked against their official length: the GR 20, the Tour du Mont Blanc, and other tours and traverses. Each one is drawn without a file, with its distance. For a walk that isn’t on the list, you need its GPS track — from their watch, or from someone who walked it with them.
What do you give someone whose favourite mountain is not famous?
The route poster, if you have the GPS track of the walk: it draws the route itself on the map, with the climbing, and it doesn’t matter whether the summit has a name. Otherwise, the star map of a night spent up there: it asks only for a place, a date and an hour, and the quietest mountain hut has as much right to one as Everest.
Can the same poster be given to a whole walking group?
Yes, and it is a common choice: two or three posters of the same track, each in its own style and size. The identical route makes the shared memory, the style tells the walls apart. Each copy is ordered separately, and delivery is free from €49.
Does the poster work with a walking track and not only a ride?
Yes. The editor reads a GPX file from any activity — walking, trail running, ski touring — and takes the distance, the smoothed elevation gain and the duration from it. A library of well-known routes, from the GR 20 to the Tour du Mont Blanc, is there if you have no file.
Do I need the exact hour for the sky of a night under canvas?
An approximate hour is enough: the sky turns about fifteen degrees an hour, and half an hour out barely moves the constellations. The place matters more, because it decides which stars are above the horizon. Give the name of the hut or the pass, and check the point on the map before ordering.
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Printed in AveyronComposed and printed in our family workshop in Aveyron, checked before it ships.
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Printed to order250 g matte paper, pigment inks: printed in our Aveyron workshop, whatever the size.
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Shipped within 48 hTo your door or to a pickup point, by La Poste or Colissimo.
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Ready to giveStandard frame sizes, easy to find.