Feature Guide

Tell us roughly where and when — even just "somewhere wooded within three hours, nothing steep" — and we'll draft the whole trip: a day-by-day route with a real trailhead and driving directions, the gear you're missing with honest prices, and food scheduled meal by meal. Backpacking or camping.

Most of the app in one step. You review each part and keep what you want — the route, the pack, the shopping list — and nothing is saved until you say so. Every plan tells you what to confirm before you go.

The screen you open on the day: how long until you leave, directions to the trailhead, the day-by-day route, what your pack weighs, how far through your checklist you are — and the button to check in safe when you're back.

Trip Plan is where you set the safety net up — this is where you use it. Everything you need on the day in one place, without hunting through four screens.

Your master list of every piece of gear you own, tagged by category with its weight (and an optional price).

You can't lighten what you can't see. One saved closet means you never re-enter gear, and every other tool builds on it.

Base weight is your gear minus food, water, and fuel. Pack weight adds those consumables back in — the real load on your back.

Base weight is the fixed number you can compare and improve trip to trip; consumables change every time. Lower your base weight and every trip gets lighter.

Food, water, and fuel — anything you use up as you go. Tracked separately from your gear.

They shrink as you hike, so lumping them into your 'gear weight' hides your real progress. Keeping them separate keeps your base weight honest.

The order you put things in your pack — heavy items centered near your back, bulky soft gear at the bottom, essentials up top and in pockets.

Same weight, different feel. Good loading keeps you balanced and stops you unpacking everything to reach your rain jacket.

Pick a target base weight and it builds a full gear list to hit it, making the lighter-vs-heavier calls for you.

Base weight is the number you actually control. Working backward from a target is the fastest way to a lighter pack.

Describe a trip and get a tailored packing list drawn from your closet (or from suggested gear).

Forgetting the one thing that matters is how trips go sideways. A trip-specific list beats a generic one every time.

Compares your packing list against the essentials and flags what's missing.

A second set of eyes before you leave. Catching a missing layer at home beats discovering it on the trail.

Visualizes where your weight actually lives — by category, by item, and your heaviest offenders.

You'll cut more weight from a few big items than from many small ones. This shows you where to look first.

AI meal ideas matched to your trip length, dietary needs, and taste — add them straight to a bag and save favorites.

Food is often the heaviest, most personal part of your pack. Planning it deliberately saves weight and keeps you fueled.

One running list for everything you need to pick up — food, fuel, and campsite supplies — tagged by store or category so you can shop by aisle or by stop. Send trail-food ideas straight to it, and push any item into a gear bag with a weight when you want it to count toward your pack.

What you forget at the store is what you miss at camp. One shared list — synced across your Gear Closet, Camping Closet, and the Shopping List page — means what you plan is what you pack.

Personalized gear and planning advice for your body, abilities, and specific needs.

The outdoors is for everyone. Generic advice assumes a standard hiker — this adapts to you.

Shows how to load your bag step by step — what goes on the bottom, in the middle, up top, and in the pockets.

A well-ordered pack carries lighter than it weighs. Balance and quick access mean comfier miles and less digging.

Generates a trail name that fits you — random, or AI-personalized to your story.

Trail culture is part of the fun. A name that's yours makes the community feel like home.

A separate gear closet for your trail dog — track what they carry and check they've got everything for each trip.

Your pet has a base weight too. Loading them right (and not over) keeps them safe and happy on the trail.

Logs your pack weight over time so you can watch your progress on a chart.

Going lighter is a long game. Seeing the trend keeps you motivated — and honest.

Reusable packing checklists you can run through before every trip.

The same forgettable items get forgotten every time. A checklist makes 'did I pack it?' a solved problem.

A free, no-signup checklist for car, family, and base camping — pick your trip type and party size and it reshapes to match.

Pulling up to a campsite is a different game than the backcountry. Weight doesn't matter; forgetting the chairs, cooler, or kids' gear does.

A saved, customizable camping gear list for members — seed it from the checklist, add your own gear, and check things off as you load the car.

The free checklist saves on one device. Your Camping Closet syncs to your account so your real, dialed-in camping setup is always with you.

Set a training plan for a trail, log your sessions (including a live GPS tracker), and watch a readiness ring fill toward 100% as your trip gets closer.

The trail doesn't care how you feel on day one. Training on purpose — and seeing your progress — is how a big hike stops being intimidating.

Free USGS topo maps with your live location, trail search, and offline downloads. Search a place or 'Trails near here' to find trails, tap one to draw it, then Follow it for live on-trail guidance (distance to the end, % done, and off-trail warnings). Missing a trail? Add it yourself by drawing it on the map or recording it as you walk.

The map is where a plan becomes a hike. Key-free topo, your position, and trails you can follow — plus the ability to fill in trails the base map is missing — mean you're never guessing where you are or where the path goes.

Live National Weather Service conditions for where you are, plus a proximity alert that warns you when severe weather (storms, lightning) is within a distance you choose, with an optional phone notification.

Weather turns a good day dangerous fast. A heads-up while a storm is still miles out is the difference between getting off the ridge in time and getting caught on it.

Records a breadcrumb trail as you hike out, then guides you back along it — all offline, using GPS with no signal or map tiles needed.

Getting turned around is how day hikes become emergencies. A retrace-your-steps trail you recorded yourself works anywhere, even with zero bars.

Log where you're going and when you'll be back, share it with an emergency contact, and mark yourself 'back safe' on return.

The single most effective safety step in the backcountry is someone knowing your plan and your return time. This makes that a one-tap habit.

Build a day-by-day plan for a trip — stops, mileage, and notes in one place.

A vague 'we'll figure it out' plan is how you run out of daylight. A real itinerary keeps a multi-day trip on pace.

A record of the trips you've taken — distance, dates, and the gear you carried, saved for next time.

Your own history is the best planning tool you have. What worked last time is the shortcut to packing right this time.

Schedule reminders for your own meds and your trail dog's — dosages and times you won't have to remember on the trail.

A missed dose at home is a nuisance; a missed dose three days into the backcountry can end a trip. Reminders travel with you.