OT: Hiking apps for an iphone

[temery]

Any suggestions for a good app to track daily hikes? My one requirement is a real time map highlighting the days hike, in case I get lost.

 

[CTMike]

I'm pretty sure that MotionX GPS can do that- I have it for iPhone. It has terrain maps and can track your progress, you can set waypoints, etc.

 

[Fishy]

MapMyHike is decent, but I can't say that I ever really use it much. (We still just use maps if need be.)

Look into SpyGlass - it's something a little different. It's a navigation app for hiking that uses waypoints - you can set your starting point as a waypoint and breadcrumb your way back. It's overkill in a good way.

Biggest problem out by you, (or maybe just a bit west of you) is a lack of reception - paper maps and a compass ain't a bad idea.

 

[Drame]

I've used Every Trail. Its pretty cool. You can track your trip. It provides all the official trails near you via gps and it has a website social media thing where you can check stuff out.

 

[intlzncster]

Jeezuz, can't you get away from tech for a single afternoon?

If I'm going to go traipsing through the woods, the last thing I want is my cell phone bugging me. Reminds me of all the kids who take cellphones and mp3 players snowboarding. Gotta get away from that stuff.

 

[CTBasketball]

Jeezuz, can't you get away from tech for a single afternoon?

If I'm going to go traipsing through the woods, the last thing I want is my cell phone bugging me. Reminds me of all the kids who take cellphones and mp3 players snowboarding. Gotta get away from that stuff.

I could never understand people listening to music whilst skiing.

 

[temery]

When I was in college I took a course in orienteering. The first thing the teacher said was, "there is no such thing as a good or bad sense of direction."

By the end of the term he was taking bets as to whether or not I'd find my way out of the woods.

When I go for a hike, I usually take, "the path least taken." An iphone app will at the very least help me find my way back.

Jeezuz, can't you get away from tech for a single afternoon?

If I'm going to go traipsing through the woods, the last thing I want is my cell phone bugging me. Reminds me of all the kids who take cellphones and mp3 players snowboarding. Gotta get away from that stuff.

 

[CL82]

I've never used it and I'm sure that there are more narrowly tailored programs out there but google maps has a walking feature. Agree with Fishy, if you are out somewhere that you'd need a map, you'd be wise to bring a paper one and compass. No reception or battery issues.

This is decent for planning hike on the Appalachian Trail. Link

 

[Fishy]

We go up to the Escarpment Trail in the Catskills relatively often - it's pretty well-marked so it's hard to get lost, but it's also fairly remote and a cell phone reception is non-existent. (You hike past plane wrecks up there - just no way to get that stuff down after a crash.)

I bought a set of trail conference maps to cover anywhere that we might go in the instance that we're somehow lost.

 

[temery]

Topo maps are only useful when landmarks are visible, and conference maps are only useful if we find a real conference. The trails in my area are in fairly dense woods. I am not worried about getting so lost a search and rescue team will have to find me. I am worried I'll get lost and will have to walk through a hundred yards of pricker bushes to get to back to the main trail.

We go up to the Escarpment Trail in the Catskills relatively often - it's pretty well-marked so it's hard to get lost, but it's also fairly remote and a cell phone reception is non-existent. (You hike past plane wrecks up there - just no way to get that stuff down after a crash.)

I bought a set of trail conference maps to cover anywhere that we might go in the instance that we're somehow lost.

 

[intlzncster]

Topo maps are only useful when landmarks are visible, and conference maps are only useful if we find a real conference. The trails in my area are in fairly dense woods. I am not worried about getting so lost a search and rescue team will have to find me. I am worried I'll get lost and will have to walk through a hundred yards of pricker bushes to get to back to the main trail.

This sounds exactly like one of my disc golf rounds. I highly suggest you avoid this activity if you don't like to get shredded by pricker bushes on the regular.