Thruhikes
Consumer and social
hiking trail directory
SHOW HN2020
405points
131comments
#82of 3,028 in 2020
Top 3%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
10 positive, 29 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 14 critical, out of 56 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Idea: 4 for, 5 againstDesign: 1 for, 4 againstDocs: 0 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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Nice list and useful resource for long distance hikes
From 3 comments
Nice list! Noticed a few decent US hiking trails that aren't on it though. There are tons more of course, especially if you include BDR stuff. Ice age trail -…
rident on HNFantastic! Thanks for posting. I was collecting a list of long distance walks in the hopes of hiking one someday. A couple from my list you should consider including: - Camino de…
JoeDaDude on HNAwesome start to what could be a useful resource. In v1.1, would love to see some more granularity in your accommodation category, i.e. on-trail huts, primitive camping, nearby…
adam on HN
Objections
Some trails are missing, such as Colorado Trail and Long Trail
From 3 comments
No mention of the Colorado Trail? It’s a world class thru hike. Easily doable in about a month. Starts just 20 miles outside of Denver city limits!
woeirua on HNNice! The Long Trail, in Vermont, is one you could add to the list.
ahepp on HNNice list! Noticed a few decent US hiking trails that aren't on it though. There are tons more of course, especially if you include BDR stuff. Ice age trail -…
rident on HN
Thru-hike term is misused for loops and non-long-distance trails
From 3 comments
OP, terminology nit: a thru-hike is a way of completing a long-distance hike, not a type of hike in itself. It just means completing the entire trail in one continuous go. You…
carabiner on HNI've noticed that the term "thru-hike" is being stretched in its meaning. Not that this is especially egregious. A more global term would be to call these "treks". And some of…
astr0n0m3r on HNI wanna meet the person who thought 54km is a short distance hike
rajbiswas125 on HN
No maps of trails
From 2 comments
Would really benefit from a map of each trail
bergie on HNYou definitely need to link to the map file or the open street map walk details on your site, the rest is great but as a user I want to be able to see an overview map of the…
kinnth on HN
Requests
Add more trails and countries
From 4 comments
I have suggested the trans Canada trail. 24000 km. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_Canada_Trail
TwistedWave on HNLooks like Via Alpina is missing, 5000Km from Monaco to Slovenia all across the Alps. http://www.via-alpina.org/en/
stef25 on HNThere's Via Transilvanica ~1200 km https://www.viatransilvanica.com/en/guide/ and the map:…
th3sly on HNSome US additions that don't appear to have been suggested elsewhere: AT, PCT, CDT, which collectively make up the triple crown of North American long-distance hiking. All easily…
mauvehaus on HN
Add trail maps or links to map files
From 2 comments
You definitely need to link to the map file or the open street map walk details on your site, the rest is great but as a user I want to be able to see an overview map of the…
kinnth on HNWould really benefit from a map of each trail
bergie on HN
Link trail pages to external trail websites
From 1 comment
One glaring flaw I note: The pages for the various trails should link to websites about the trail. I hadn't heard of the one in Israel and it really surprised me, I can't imagine…
LorenPechtel on HN
Add accommodation detail and miles units
From 2 comments
Awesome start to what could be a useful resource. In v1.1, would love to see some more granularity in your accommodation category, i.e. on-trail huts, primitive camping, nearby…
adam on HNIs there a way to switch it to using miles instead of kilometers?
ketamine__ on HN
Questions
Why a separate database instead of OpenStreetMap
From 1 comment
Looks nice, but why the separate database? This seems like the sort of thing that should be using OpenStreetMap's database as a backend. Most long distance walks will be in there…
sleavey on HN
Alternatives named
OpenStreetMap
From 1 comment
Looks nice, but why the separate database? This seems like the sort of thing that should be using OpenStreetMap's database as a backend. Most long distance walks will be in there…
sleavey on HN
AllTrails
From 1 comment
Surprised nobody mentioned alltrails.com, it is the gold standard of hiking route discovery. once you discover a hike, then go on caltopo to make a topographic map with…
Beefin on HN
Wikiloc
From 1 comment
Wikiloc [1] has pretty large database of user submitted hikes: [1] https://www.wikiloc.com/
aivisol on HN
myhikes.org
From 1 comment
Neat little resource! My personal favorite is https://myhikes.org which is an independent hiking site similar to this, but focuses mostly on northeast public lands in the US.
tossitout4172 on HN