Leave a Review Hiking Project
Could Use Some Minor Improvements
I had been waiting to see if REI would make a global trails app similar to AllTrails. I like both interfaces of the REI app and AllTrails, and I love the gem feature which the REI app provides.
Unfortunately, there a few items I feel could be improved to set it above AllTrails.
Firstly, when you’re zoomed out it’s clusters all the trails to identify there are “X” amount within that area, but when you zoom in they all disappear. In AllTrails, you can zoom all the way up to the trail head pin and even tap on it to display the more detailed trail information if desired.
Secondly, I noticed when zoomed out to view larger trail clusters you have the ability to tap to view a list of the trails on screen. However, when viewing smaller clusters the option to tap to view the list of trails on screen disappears.
Perhaps both of these are coding glitches and were not intended. But if they could be fixed, then this would help streamline the app interface tremendously.
The other items I noticed which were lacking in this app, but available in AllTrails, is an in app local weather forecast and the featured ability to record your hike. I did notice you can “check-in”, but being able to record your times is a very nice feature; especially for those of us with a more competitive side.Show lessDookyHouser
Great Beta.
I love the app. Works great with lots of trail beta.
The downside. I’m finding more and more on trails here that people are not practicing “Leave no Trace” ethics. This past weekend on a trail I found people literally camped on the trail with fire ash within feet of water sources.
For the developer. Maybe when people sign up they could check an agreement box after they’ve read the “leave no trace ethics.” As more and more people head out into the backcountry it’s creating a negative impact that I’ve not seen in nearly 30 years of being on the trails.Show lessHunter sage jasmen
Developer Response
Hey Hunter, With nearly 4,800 miles of Featured Hikes, and 5,100 miles of Trail, it seems as though we have quite a bit of data in Colorado. Are there specific areas that we're missing? Let us know by reaching out to content@adventureprojects.net, and we can go from there!Way better than AllTrails
The desktop version is more user friendly to find trails than this app, BUT all of the trails you add on the desktop version transfer over to this app, which is awesome! It’s easier to search for a bunch of trails on a computer anyways, personally since it’s a bigger screen.
This app gives hikers more of a “community feel” than other hiking apps. It allows you to see other hikers’ trails and where they have been.Show lessWyomingHiker
Great app with most required features
If the app can add the estimate time to finish the track will be great. I am using this app to plan my New Zealand hiking however I have to navigate to the other website to find the estimate time required for the trackNatalie CYT
Loving this app!
We tools this app out for a spin over the weekend, and it was fantastic! Being able to browse all of the trails at a glance in the area (we were visiting Mt. Laguna in Southern California at the time) was fantastic. Finding a trail with just the right length was obviously great, but one of the features that proved to be quite invaluable was the trail highlight and GPS feature.
Being able to double-check our location against the trail meant never wondering about whether we had taken the right spur (as there were multiple cross-crossing trails along our path) and at one point when we got lost in conversation, we were able to double-check our location and find that we had missed the narrow off-shoot we were to have taken while enjoying each other’s company.
Another incredibly helpful feature was the elevation overview for the trail. Taking a look at it meant being able to ration energy and plan food and water breaks more easily, as well as determining when to take an impromptu break before one of the bigger gains in elevation along the trail. It’s been a wonderful, beautiful little app so far, and I can’t wait to see where else it takes us. Happy trails everyone!Show lessJamesCroftPhoto
Offline maps?
I see no downloadable offline maps option, which is the core of what this app reports to be. Get on the bandwagon! It must be because it uses Google Maps API rather that the publicly available USGS topo. The best you can do is pre-view the entire route at a decent zoom level before you go in order to cache the Gmap as much as possible, but the result is varying quality and is very limited. It’s pretty crappy actually. The trail sharing community component on this app is probably great (especially because it’s free) but without an permanent offline topo basemap the app is pretty useless for its purpose.
Sure I can make a breadcrumb trail with this app but I also want to use the same app to view my route options ahead, this especially when I’m taking an uncharted course. I’ll wait until to use this app until it uses a real offline maps (not just spotty cached map data and offline trail lines). It seems that they don’t intend to make this happen though as users have been asking for it for 3 years.Show lessMammothx
Fantastic and free.
My only suggestion would be notes or comments so I can update when and where seasonal water is or good camp spots so I can bookmark (pin, gps coods) adding pictures. Also real time tracking when no cell signal is available would be nice I can’t check in, track my progress and mph like in some of the other apps. But it does show me where I am accurately with the altitude which is fantastic, tons of new trails added since last year too!Show lessSnoboardr720
An Incredible Tool
Whether you are a novice to hiking or you’re an expert, this app is a must have. The Hiking Project is an awesome resource for planning your next hiking adventure; it also makes a great resource while on the trail.
It’s trail library curated with excellent standards for photographs and GPS accuracy when submitting new trails to the system. The elevation graphs of the trails are extremely informative and so is the fact that the graphs are interactive. And most of all, this app allows you to accurately determine your own location on the trail in situations where you are conserving your phone’s battery by disconnecting from your cellular network or if you simply lose service.
I still use good, old-fashioned maps of course but a multimodal approach to adventuring has always worked best for me. This app has helped increase my confidence and overall experience out on the trail. Whether backcountry camping or embarking on a day hike, I never play outside without it.Show lesstubamindfreak
A must-have for every hiker.
I can not stress how useful this app has been. With it, I’ve been able to find trails that I didn’t even know existed. Each trail has mileage listing, elevation chart, and a description of the trail itself. Directions are readily available on the same page.
The app is even able to track your location whenever you lose cellular connection, so there’s no need to worry about getting turned around. More trails are added every day.Show lessJoshua Gilmore
Use
User interface face is clunky and not well designed. Could be a lot better. Very limited user functions for adding trails to find the trail head. Then let users completed it once they find it to give users a more completed list to choose from. Then they can fill out the maps 100% and hike it. Can’t minimize a trail from the bottom of the screen. Can’t go through a list, get more details without having to refind the list and to go back through again. Really frustrating app that could have a lot of potentialShow lessOutdoorlife88
