Trail and route detail
Where data exists, Free includes full available trail and road specs: length, elevation gain, surface, difficulty, allowed uses, access facts, detail sheets, and map outlines.
Trail & route app
A trail and route app that treats routes as first-class places
Epicrest is an all-outdoor-places companion for iPhone, and routes and trails are first-class within it. Tap a trail or road to see length, elevation gain, surface, difficulty, allowed uses, parking, fees, permits, and access alerts, with the route outlined on real terrain. Trailheads come up route-first, so you start from the path rather than a pin.
Route context
Epicrest tools for a trail and route app
Access, parking, and permits
Check parking, fees, permits, and access alerts before you drive out, so a closed trailhead or seasonal closure is not a surprise where that information is available.
Route outlines on the map
Trail and route outlines sit on the Outdoor map over real terrain, alongside park and public-land boundaries. Tap any route to focus it and read its context.
Plan and log routes
Save a route into a plan with a target date and readiness, then keep the ones you have done in a private journal on your iPhone with optional private iCloud sync.
Routes and trails as first-class places
Epicrest helps you decide where to get outside today across the full range of outdoor places, from local and national parks to lakes, waterfalls, viewpoints, beaches, and campgrounds. Trails and routes are not an afterthought in that picture; they are first-class. Tap a trail, track, or summit road to read its length, elevation gain, surface, difficulty, and allowed uses, with trailheads surfaced route-first so you start from the path you would actually walk.
Full available live trail and road specifications are free. Pro deepens the surrounding workflow with advanced map styles, detailed weather, offline regions up to 50 miles, Outdoor Insights, up to 15 manually added photos per Journal entry, and PDF or GPX export. It is an optional auto-renewing marketplace subscription, and the applicable store shows final local pricing before purchase.
Know access before you drive out
The frustrating part of a route is rarely the walking; it is arriving to a full lot, a fee you did not expect, a permit you needed, or a seasonal closure. Where that information exists, Epicrest gathers parking, fees, permits, and access alerts alongside the route detail so you can read it at home. Route outlines and park or public-land boundaries sit on the map over real terrain, so the path and the land it crosses are in one view.
Route and access data are planning aids, not a safety or navigation source. Conditions change, so pair Epicrest with current maps, official conditions, and your own judgment before and during a trip.
Save the route, then keep what you did
When a route is worth doing, save it into a plan with a target date and a readiness status such as Ready, Needs route, or Check weather, so it stops being a screenshot you forget. Afterward, log it in a private field journal with notes, tags, and the route itself. Entries stay on your iPhone with optional private iCloud sync, and journal photos never touch Epicrest servers.
Epicrest is a trail and route app for understanding and planning, not turn-by-turn navigation, which is on the roadmap rather than shipped today. It is publicly available for iPhone on the App Store and for Android on Google Play.
Sources and review
How this guide was checked
This first-party product guide was checked against the current public listing, manual, and privacy policy. It explains intended app behavior; it does not make any route or condition safe.
FAQ
Questions about a trail and route app
What trail and route detail does Epicrest show?
Where data exists, Epicrest Free shows length, elevation gain, surface, difficulty, allowed uses, parking, fees, permits, access alerts, route detail sheets, and route outlines on the map. Pro adds advanced map styles, detailed weather, offline regions up to 50 miles, insights, manually added Journal photos, and PDF or GPX export; the applicable store shows final local pricing before purchase.
Is Epicrest a turn-by-turn navigation app?
No. Epicrest helps you understand and plan routes with trail detail, route outlines, and access alerts, but it is not a turn-by-turn navigation app. Route data is a planning aid, not a safety or navigation source. Turn-by-turn navigation is on the roadmap, not shipped. Use current maps, official conditions, and your own judgment in the field.
Can I save a route to revisit later?
Yes. You can save routes into a plan with a target date and readiness, and log routes you have done in a private field journal that stays on device with optional private iCloud sync.
Epicrest for iPhone
Trail and route app: take route context into the field
Use Epicrest for trail and route detail, access alerts, route outlines on the map, planning, and a private route journal.
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