Don't settle for the route you downloaded from the internet

By now you should already have your route, right?

In my case, I already have the itinerary that comes closest to what I want to do. Now I'll take my time to edit the route to:

Modify the final stretch and lengthen the route. I want to go through the north face of the Croscat volcano.
Add a variation to have a shorter option for the route. You never know what might happen, it's good to have several options.

Modify the track

In my case, I'll change the last stretch of the route and make it go through the north face of the Croscat volcano. I would like to visit the north face of the volcano to see the 'notch' made to extract clay for brick production. The Croscat is the last volcano to erupt on the Iberian Peninsula. The volcanic area of La Garrotxa was declared a natural park in 1982. Subsequently, in 1991, industrial exploitation of the volcano's clay stopped.

There are several ways to modify the route. I'll cut the last section from the intersection and remove the track that I'm not interested in. You can use the same tools to remove any part of the track that you want to eliminate from your route.

To add a new section, I open the OSM Spain map and locate it at the top layer of the data tree, so I can use the FastTrack tool and easily create the new section to the parking lot.

To make sure the new section passes through the north face of the volcano, I'll mark two or more points with the FastTrack tool, so I'll make sure the route goes where I want it to, otherwise Land will draw the shortest path directly.

Once done, I have the complete route and adapted to the route I want to take!

Create a variation

When we go out to the mountains, it's interesting to have a planned shortcut in case the weather changes or we don't feel strong enough to complete the entire planned route.

This is easily solved with Land, as it allows us to create variations. In my example, I'll create a variation that allows me to shorten the route. With the track in editing mode, I mark the starting point of the variation where I want the alternative path to begin.

To create the variation section, I'll do it the same way as before with the FastTrack tool until I bring the trace of the variation to the parking lot.

At the end, I have my route with two variations: the longest one with almost 12 km, and a shortcut as an alternative path of 8 km. In my example, I have only added one variation, you can add as many variations as you need in the itinerary you are planning.