Trail Run Project 4+

I live in a Rural area, but in a Valley near PLENTY of mountains. I’ve had difficulty finding established trails/routes for trail running in the area using many of the “go-to” popular routing apps, or even the community resources. I was started to think there just weren’t actual trails nearby, until I came across this website (and then app) that had 20-30 trails/routes within a 40 minute drive of me. Turns out, these were the trails everyone was using, but for some reason they also had the least information about them available online, except for this app. Looking in other areas, this app has so many trails that are missing from others for those areas as well. Definitely my new “go-to” app for trails and routes.

I am a new trail runner so I have found this app incredibly helpful! I had no idea that there are so many wonderful places to run and this make makes them accessible to everyone! I’m so happy to be able to log my runs, contribute reviews and photos to the community of runners, and get to know the natural beauty of my state. I think running outdoors is going to really help me this year - especially considering that many activities are closed due to the pandemic. Thank you so much to all of those who contributed to the creation of this wonderful app!

We primarily use this app when running or hiking in unfamiliar terrain. It’s a great way to check location via GPS if you think you may have gotten turned around when deciding to try a new trail with poor signage or missing blazes. Also a pretty good option for looking up running options when traveling. My one beef is that some of the trails available on the website (including popular race routes) don’t show up in the app. In some cases you can even download a GPX file of the route from the desktop website, but you can’t load it into the app, and the trail/route doesn’t show up in app. Seems weird for Trail Run Project to have complete, downloadable GPX data for routes but for them not to be included for use with app.