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Very Helpful App
I’m very new to hiking, and just moved to an area close to the mountains. I love that this app gives routes to climbing many of the famous mountains and even combines them. Very easy to use, compared to my original method of merely researching the area on google maps. Also with COVID 19, many of the hiking centers at the parks have limited hours and don’t offer paper copies of the maps. This app provides those and even at some points gave me my location on the trail. Highly recommend this app.Show lessFjavsjdjdbdbdbdbdhdjdjdbhd
Used to use Everytrail, then AllTrails. This is excellent.
This is a terrific app. It does not have all the features of AllTrails (like photo embedding on your tracked route), but it has all the features I want. I love the interface vs AllTrails and Gaia. Very easy to find hikes. In the map view, trails are color coded the same as ski trails: green=easy, etc. Can import, export GPX and recommend trails to be added. Download offline maps, track your route with all elevation stats.
I’m currently stuck in Reno as the ski season ended abruptly with the coronavirus. But only 45 minutes from Lake Tahoe, and via Mount Rose Highway, still in the same Nevada County, so not breaking any orders. At least we can leave our own neighborhood for exercise! With 80 hikes in the Tahoe area I’m not going to get bored.Show lessJohnnyMacG
Good idea but poor execution
Does not show(map) a trail that has been recorded. Does not have an export feature!pietponpieS
Developer Response
Have you tried deleting and reinstalling the app, or updating to the latest version?Want to give up on klunky adding trails function
I really want this project to succeed. But every time I record a GPS track and try to add it as a trail, I run into a klunky, hard to use interface that makes me wonder why I bother.
I record my track. Now to add it as a trail, I have to go to my profile (Why?), select “Add a Trail”, then scroll all the way down to another page to use my recorded track. Then I get sent to the web interface, where map editing is impossible on a small screen. And why force me to edit the map? There are so many selections and descriptions to fill out after that. And tonight I did a big edit, and it was all lost. Clue: if “how do I recover my lost edit text” is on your FAQ, and the lame answer is “try your back button”, then your site is failing basic usability criteria. You’re not respecting the time I take to fill in data that your site can’t even bother to put into a buffer? Why should I bother?
Make it easy to add a trail from the app (not the website) and make it reliable. Otherwise I might as well go donate my time to recording tracks for AllTrails instead.Show lessDeborah-B
Great app to find hikes
I’ve only recently started to hike and this app has been really helpful to find places to check out. I can find hikes that are appropriate for my level and it gives me an idea of what to expect.
I really wish there was a scale on the map view though. There have been times we wanted to make changes to a planned walk, but it was difficult to get the length of just one segment. It always highlights a whole trail when maybe I just plan to go on some of it. A scale would make it a lot easier to plan if it’s an appropriate distance.Show lessKittyPrawn
Handy tool for the Appalachian Trail
I used the app to pick a trail segment to hike on the Appalachian Trail. I was able to download the map in advance (very handy since there was minimal data service during the hike). During the hike, it was really handy to see our progress via GPS, see Scenic Looking Spots and view nearby segments. I would like to see information added to the app about when we have to cross a street to continue on the trail and step by step instructions to get to the next segment. It would also be handy if the firepits were marked. We reached the end of the segment, didn’t realize we had to cross a street to get to the shelter further ahead. Then, we spent 30 minutes of hiking searching for a campsite with a fire ring. We were so tired we almost gave up. I’m very pleased with the app overall and will use it to find more local trails and hike other AT segments in the future.Show lessOpinionzzzzz
Disappointing
I guess I’m not REI’s average hiker. Maybe the area where I live isn’t populated enough, or maybe trails for locals isn’t REI’s priority. The app is great if all your hikes include forest. All of the trails in the app near me are a) alpine or b) very popular and busy. The trails are just a fraction of what other websites and apps show close to me. While there are popular trails within a very short drive, they are not listed. In fact, the only trails I can find are in national forest land - no BLM, state, county, or city trails, not even when they connect to USFS trails. So if you live in a small town (even one with a reputation for the outdoors) and just want a few good places to spend a an hour or three, there are better apps out there.Show lessHvanett
Developer Response
I'm sorry to hear that you're not finding content in your area. This is likely due to the fact that our content is contributed by our users. You could become a contributor and make our app better by joining the community and contributing. Thanks!Why did you break my favorite app?
Why did you break something I was able to rely to on the trail? This new version is not reliable and can't be used on the trail anymore, will probably have to switch to Alltrails.
- this is not production ready, when you have a great app, don't rush yourself on releasing a new version with SO many bugs and crashes! Like I said not reliable anymore on the trail!
- Map is now simply not usable, terrible UX, on top that it is impossible to use because it's slow and buggy.
- Why removing the Pin trail feature!? This was so convenient to pin a trail planning my hike and during my hike to simply stay on the trail I'm on, now it's lost in my favorites, and have to sometime spend time looking for itwhile on the trail, what a waste of time...
- finally, TODOs and Favorites are two different things! Why rename TODOs into favorite, it's just all confusing for the user, I feel like I lost all my stuffs.
The better is the enemy of the good, in other words, don't fix it if it's ain't broke.
The hiking project was my best reliable companion on the trail, I was happy to log new trails to be part of the community and help building the trails database, I will now have to use Alltrails. This is sadly not reliable anymore out there, fearing that the map get unusable and might crash trying to use it is not an option.Show lessqrib
Developer Response
I'm sorry to hear that you're having issues with the app. We definitely want to prevent bugs and crashes and I ask that you open up support tickets (and give us feedback) here: https://www.mtbproject.com/help for bugs that you encounter. We are listening and we want to provide a great experience and make sure you meet your goals.Awesome!
Great use for several challenging hikes off and on trailriggshall
Easy to use, exactly what you need from a trail app
Best trail map app. Great work REI.Juliannlind
