The MIDE system
This guide uses the MIDE system (Means of Information for Excursions) to assess route difficulty levels. It is recommended by the Spanish Sports and Climbing Federation (FEDME), the Civil Protection of the Aragonese Government and other entities.
MIDE is a communication exchange system between hikers to evaluate and inform on the technical and physical challenges of routes. Its objective is to collate these difficulty level evaluations, thus presenting other hikers with an informed choice of route.
It is free to use by those supplying the information and it simply serves to collate the descriptions, evaluations and recommendations as each author sees fit. It is also free to those seeking information, who understand that nature is much more complex than any information system can evaluate.
MIDE assesses a series of difficulty aspects on a range of 1 to 5 points (lesser to greater) :