diff --git a/client/src/components/Tours/TourDayRowFacts.test.tsx b/client/src/components/Tours/TourDayRowFacts.test.tsx
index 355404b2d..b8d7b309e 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Tours/TourDayRowFacts.test.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Tours/TourDayRowFacts.test.tsx
@@ -86,9 +86,14 @@ describe('PAD-09 the check bench on a tour row', () => {
     expect(pill.getAttribute('aria-label')).toContain('A checklist is no safety or legal clearance.');
   });
 
-  it('PCD-002: missing obstacle data reads as such in the pill, never as a count', () => {
+  it('PCD-002: an area without obstacle data shows no pill at all, never a count', () => {
     render(<TourDayRowPills tour={{ ...kayak, paddle_check: paddleBench({ data: 'none', open: 3 }) }} />);
-    expect(screen.getByTestId('plan-tour-paddle-check')).toHaveTextContent('No data');
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('plan-tour-paddle-check')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('PCD-002b: data that could not be read still shows, without a count', () => {
+    render(<TourDayRowPills tour={{ ...kayak, paddle_check: paddleBench({ data: 'unavailable', open: 3 }) }} />);
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('plan-tour-paddle-check')).not.toHaveTextContent('3');
   });
 
   it.each([false, true])('PCD-003: the day plan facts name the bench as one more fact (mobile=%s)', (mobile) => {
@@ -111,3 +116,31 @@ describe('PAD-09 the check bench on a tour row', () => {
     expect(screen.queryByTestId('plan-tour-paddle-check')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 });
+
+describe('the compact facts of a tour list row', () => {
+  const testIds = () =>
+    [...document.querySelectorAll('[data-testid^="plan-tour"], [data-testid="trip-plan-tour-time"]')].map((el) =>
+      el.getAttribute('data-testid')
+    );
+  const timed = { ...tour, distance: 4.2, elevation_gain: 478, planned_duration_minutes: 50 };
+
+  it('PCD-005: a hike keeps time, distance and climbing, in that order', () => {
+    render(<TourDayRowPills tour={timed} compact />);
+    expect(testIds()).toEqual(['trip-plan-tour-time', 'plan-tour-distance', 'plan-tour-ascent']);
+  });
+
+  it('PCD-006: a paddle tour puts its check bench second and leaves out the climbing', () => {
+    render(<TourDayRowPills tour={{ ...timed, tour_type: 'kayak', paddle_check: paddleBench() }} compact />);
+    expect(testIds()).toEqual(['trip-plan-tour-time', 'plan-tour-paddle-check', 'plan-tour-distance']);
+  });
+
+  it('PCD-007: the day plan still shows every fact', () => {
+    render(<TourDayRowPills tour={{ ...timed, tour_type: 'kayak', paddle_check: paddleBench() }} />);
+    expect(testIds()).toEqual([
+      'trip-plan-tour-time',
+      'plan-tour-distance',
+      'plan-tour-ascent',
+      'plan-tour-paddle-check',
+    ]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/client/src/components/Tours/TourDayRowFacts.tsx b/client/src/components/Tours/TourDayRowFacts.tsx
index 68428d1d0..bda028676 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Tours/TourDayRowFacts.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Tours/TourDayRowFacts.tsx
@@ -141,18 +141,25 @@ export function TourDayRowPill({
   );
 }
 
-/** A paddle tour's check bench as one fact (PAD-09), or null for a hike or a tour listed without one. */
+/**
+ * A paddle tour's check bench as one fact (PAD-09), or null for a hike, a tour
+ * listed without one, or an area without obstacle data: a row has no room for
+ * a badge that says nothing, and the checklist itself still names the gap.
+ */
 function paddleCheckOf(tour: TourListItem, t: Parameters<typeof paddleCheckFact>[1]) {
-  return tour.tour_type === 'kayak' && tour.paddle_check ? paddleCheckFact(tour.paddle_check, t) : null;
+  const check = tour.tour_type === 'kayak' ? tour.paddle_check : null;
+  return check && check.data !== 'none' ? paddleCheckFact(check, t) : null;
 }
 
 /**
  * A tour's facts on its day-plan row, in the badges every other stop uses: the
  * time it takes (the planned total where there is one, otherwise the walking
  * time, the parts in the tooltip), how far, how much climbing and, for a paddle
- * tour, its check bench.
+ * tour, its check bench. `compact` (the tour list) keeps the three that matter
+ * most, in that order: the time, then a paddle tour's check bench and its
+ * distance, or a hike's distance and climbing.
  */
-export function TourDayRowPills({ tour }: { tour: TourListItem }) {
+export function TourDayRowPills({ tour, compact = false }: { tour: TourListItem; compact?: boolean }) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const unit = useSettingsStore((state) => state.settings.distance_unit) || 'metric';
   const times = tourPlannedTimes(tour);
@@ -169,35 +176,37 @@ export function TourDayRowPills({ tour }: { tour: TourListItem }) {
       : null,
   ].filter((part): part is string => part !== null);
   const check = paddleCheckOf(tour, t);
-  return (
-    <>
-      {shownMinutes != null && (
-        <TourDayRowPill
-          icon={Clock}
-          value={formatPlannedTourDuration(shownMinutes)}
-          label={timeParts.join(', ')}
-          testId="trip-plan-tour-time"
-        />
-      )}
-      {tour.distance != null && (
-        <TourDayRowPill
-          icon={Ruler}
-          value={formatDistance(tour.distance, unit)}
-          label={`${t('tours.detail.distance')}: ${formatDistance(tour.distance, unit)}`}
-          testId="plan-tour-distance"
-        />
-      )}
-      {tour.elevation_gain != null && (
-        <TourDayRowPill
-          icon={ArrowUp}
-          value={formatElevation(tour.elevation_gain, unit)}
-          label={`${t('tours.detail.ascent')}: ${formatElevation(tour.elevation_gain, unit)}`}
-          testId="plan-tour-ascent"
-        />
-      )}
-      {check && <TourDayRowPill {...check} testId="plan-tour-paddle-check" />}
-    </>
+  const time = shownMinutes != null && (
+    <TourDayRowPill
+      key="time"
+      icon={Clock}
+      value={formatPlannedTourDuration(shownMinutes)}
+      label={timeParts.join(', ')}
+      testId="trip-plan-tour-time"
+    />
   );
+  const distance = tour.distance != null && (
+    <TourDayRowPill
+      key="distance"
+      icon={Ruler}
+      value={formatDistance(tour.distance, unit)}
+      label={`${t('tours.detail.distance')}: ${formatDistance(tour.distance, unit)}`}
+      testId="plan-tour-distance"
+    />
+  );
+  const ascent = tour.elevation_gain != null && (
+    <TourDayRowPill
+      key="ascent"
+      icon={ArrowUp}
+      value={formatElevation(tour.elevation_gain, unit)}
+      label={`${t('tours.detail.ascent')}: ${formatElevation(tour.elevation_gain, unit)}`}
+      testId="plan-tour-ascent"
+    />
+  );
+  const bench = check && <TourDayRowPill key="check" {...check} testId="plan-tour-paddle-check" />;
+  if (!compact) return <>{[time, distance, ascent, bench]}</>;
+  // A paddle tour's climbing is the river's fall, nothing to plan by; its check bench is.
+  return <>{tour.tour_type === 'kayak' ? [time, bench, distance] : [time, distance, ascent]}</>;
 }
 
 export default function TourDayRowFacts({ tour, mobile = false }: { tour: TourListItem; mobile?: boolean }) {
diff --git a/client/src/components/Tours/TourListRow.tsx b/client/src/components/Tours/TourListRow.tsx
index a54d87709..aa4ab40ce 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Tours/TourListRow.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Tours/TourListRow.tsx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function MapToggleButton({ toggle }: { toggle: NonNullable<TourListRowProps['map
   )
 }
 
-/** The tile, the name and one line of badges with the description trailing after them. */
+/** The tile, the name, the description on a line of its own and one line of badges. */
 function TourRowBody({ tour, nameId, tourDays, dimmed }: {
   tour: TourListItem
   nameId: string
@@ -60,24 +60,24 @@ function TourRowBody({ tour, nameId, tourDays, dimmed }: {
       <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
         <span id={nameId} className="block min-w-0 truncate font-semibold leading-tight text-content"
           style={fs(13, 'body')}>{tour.name}</span>
-        {/* One line like a plan row's: the badges keep their place, the description gives way,
-            and what does not fit fades out instead of ending at a hard edge. */}
+        {tour.description && (
+          <span
+            data-testid="tour-description-preview"
+            className="mt-0.5 block min-w-0 truncate text-content-faint"
+            style={fs(10.5)}
+          >
+            {tour.description}
+          </span>
+        )}
+        {/* One line of whole badges, most important first: one that does not fit wraps onto a
+            second line the fixed height hides, so a narrow sidebar shows two and never half of one. */}
         <div
           data-testid="tour-metrics"
-          className="trek-fade-end mt-0.5 flex min-w-0 flex-nowrap items-center gap-1.5 overflow-hidden"
+          className="-mx-0.5 mt-0.5 flex h-6 min-w-0 flex-wrap content-start gap-x-1.5 gap-y-2 overflow-hidden px-0.5 pt-0.5"
         >
           <TourCautionBadge tour={tour} />
-          <TourDayRowPills tour={tour} />
+          <TourDayRowPills tour={tour} compact />
           <TourDaysBadge tourDays={tourDays} />
-          {tour.description && (
-            <span
-              data-testid="tour-description-preview"
-              className="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate text-content-faint"
-              style={fs(10.5)}
-            >
-              {tour.description}
-            </span>
-          )}
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ function TourRowActions({ action, mapToggle, selected }: Pick<TourListRowProps,
 
 /**
  * A tour in a list, laid out like a stop in the day plan: its tile with the
- * grade, the name, and one line of the plan's white badges (time, distance,
- * ascent, the days it is on, a caution) with the description trailing after
- * them. The day and delete actions sit on the right.
+ * grade, the name, the description below it, and one line of the plan's
+ * white badges (time, distance, ascent, the days it is on, a caution). The day
+ * and delete actions sit on the right.
  */
 export default function TourListRow({ tour,
   days = NO_DAYS,
diff --git a/client/src/components/Tours/ToursSidebar.test.tsx b/client/src/components/Tours/ToursSidebar.test.tsx
index e4eebe679..6dff7ac09 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Tours/ToursSidebar.test.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Tours/ToursSidebar.test.tsx
@@ -75,15 +75,18 @@ describe('ToursSidebar', () => {
     expect(row).toHaveClass('bg-surface-selected')
   })
 
-  it('RS-01: trails the description after the badges on one line, as a plan row does', () => {
+  it('RS-01: puts the description on its own line between the name and the badges', () => {
     const listed = { ...tour, description: 'A quiet path above the lake', website: 'https://www.komoot.com/tour/42', planned_duration_minutes: 95 }
     render(<ToursSidebar tripId={1} days={[]} tours={[listed]} onAssignToDay={vi.fn()} onSelectTour={vi.fn()} />)
     const row = screen.getByRole('option', { name: /Selected ridge walk/i })
     const line = within(row).getByTestId('tour-metrics')
-    expect(line).toHaveClass('flex-nowrap', 'overflow-hidden')
+    expect(line).toHaveClass('flex-wrap', 'h-6', 'overflow-hidden')
     expect(line).toHaveTextContent('1 h 35 min')
-    expect(within(line).getByTestId('tour-description-preview')).toHaveTextContent('A quiet path above the lake')
-    expect(within(line).getByTestId('tour-description-preview')).toHaveClass('truncate')
+    const description = within(row).getByTestId('tour-description-preview')
+    expect(line).not.toContainElement(description)
+    expect(description).toHaveTextContent('A quiet path above the lake')
+    expect(description).toHaveClass('truncate')
+    expect(description.compareDocumentPosition(line) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING).toBeTruthy()
     // The information link belongs to the detail, not the list row.
     expect(row).not.toHaveTextContent('Komoot')
   })