Designed for Trekking: Outdoor Maps by AllTrails

It’s a wild world out there. Finding the best places to hike, bike or simply enjoy the great outdoors can be a bear. Fortunately there is good news for those of you that like to venture off the paved streets and well traveled highways. AllTrails, a San Francisco based startup, has designed an interactive program that compiles the best places to hike, climb, camp, mountain bike, ski and all the other activities that typically take place alfresco. The program also allows you to read reviews, share photos and keep a log of your latest adventure.

Incomplete and inaccurate data about outdoor activity areas has long been a problem for fresh air enthusiasts.  By combining publicly available information with crowd-sourced input, AllTrails offers an exhaustive online database of trails and trail reviews to help users plan their excursions.  You can browse through over 40,000 high-quality trail guides for outdoor activities including everything from hiking and mountain biking to fly fishing and snowshoeing. The company offers GPS-enabled iPhone and Android apps as well as a mobile website for those on other platforms. AllTrails’ mobile apps cache content on your device, taking up minimal space, so you can access the maps even when you don’t have a signal.

The best news of all, the apps are totally free. So what are you waiting for? Get out there and explore, it’s never been easier.