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TrailSplits
Free 3D route planner for hikers and trail runners.
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Free 3D route planner for hikers and trail runners.
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Tired of paying $60/year just to export a GPX file or see an elevation profile? TrailSplits is a completely free, privacy-first route planner built specifically for trail runners and alpinists. It bypasses the paywalls of major fitness apps by offering advanced 3D topographical maps and instant GPX downloads.
Hi Product Hunt! 👋 I’m an indie dev and a trail runner, and I built TrailSplits to solve a problem that was driving me crazy.
I got incredibly frustrated that major fitness apps are charging $60+ a year just to export a basic GPX file to my watch, or to see a 3D elevation profile of a mountain.
So, I built a free alternative. TrailSplits is a completely free, privacy-first 3D route planner built specifically for trail runners and alpinists.
Core Features:
🏔️ True 3D Topography: Visualize elevation, exposure, and ridges in a 3D satellite view before you run them.
🗺️ Smart Trail Routing: Powered by a custom Valhalla routing engine to snap perfectly to OpenStreetMap dirt paths.
🔴 Color-Coded Gradients: Instantly spot the steepest climbs and the runnable descents on the elevation profile.
⌚ 100% Free GPX Export: Download directly to your Garmin, Coros, or Apple Watch with no account or login required.
I would absolutely love the community's feedback today. Try mapping a route on your local trails and let me know how the Valhalla routing engine handles the snapping in your area!
P.S. For the map nerds and GIS devs: To power this, I had to build a custom pipeline. I decided to open up the backend as a free public API (TerrainRGB, PMTiles, Outdoor POIs, Valhalla routing). It’s very much an experimental "Developer Preview" running on a solo indie-server, so please be gentle, but feel free to play with the endpoints here: trailsplits.com/api
I’ll be here answering questions and taking feature requests. Cheers!