FROM SIGNUP TO LIVE TRAILS — IN AN AFTERNOON
TrailsIQ replaces a tangle of spreadsheets, Facebook posts, and SOS emails with one platform that handles every part of running a trail network. Here’s exactly what happens when you start using it.
Four steps from idea to live
No agency, no migration project, no week-long onboarding call. Most networks are running by the end of their first volunteer meeting.
Sign up
Create a free account in 60 seconds. Pick the cloud-hosted version or self-host the open-source Laravel core on your own infrastructure — same features either way, your call on the deploy.
Import your trails
Drop your existing GPX, KML, or Trailforks export. TrailsIQ parses the geometry, extracts distance and elevation, and gets your trails on the map in under a minute. No re-mapping, no GIS specialist required.
Configure conditions & crew
Set the trail-status states your team uses (Open, Caution, Closed, Groomed, Track-Set — your call), invite managers and field workers, and connect the public report app for visitor-submitted issues.
Publish & manage
Share your public trail page or embed the map widget on your existing site. Update conditions from your phone, log maintenance from the trail, and let visitors send geo-tagged reports straight back to your queue.
Map it once. Publish everywhere.
Self-hosted vector tiles, a polished public viewer, and embed widgets that drop into any site you already run.
Interactive trail maps
MapLibre GL with self-hosted vector tiles. Beautiful on every device, fast even offline, no third-party tile bills sneaking in once you grow.
Areas, networks & per-trail control
Group trails into areas and networks. Set status at any level — every change cascades to its members automatically, with a single audit trail.
Public trail pages
Every public trail gets a clean, fast, accessible page with conditions, photos, distance, elevation, and a downloadable GPX. Brand-themed to match your organisation.
Embed anywhere
Drop the trail-map widget into your existing WordPress, Webflow, Squarespace, or hand-rolled site with a single shortcode or iframe — keeps your homepage your homepage.
Manage trails. Track the work.
One source of truth for what’s open, what’s broken, who’s fixing it, and how long it took.
Live conditions, one tap
Open, caution, closed, groomed — flip a switch on your phone and the public map, your website, and the trailhead screens refresh in seconds. Stop maintaining the same status in three places.
Maintenance queue
Log issues against the trail they’re on. Assign crews, attach photos, track hours, close the loop. Visitor-submitted reports land in the same queue as your internal work.
Hours & impact reporting
Volunteer hours and crew time tracked per trail. Annual reports for the board take five minutes; grant-funder export takes one click.
Inspections & schedules
Set inspection cadences for bridges, signs, kiosks, and counters. Overdue items surface automatically — nothing falls through the cracks because someone moved off the volunteer roster.
Field-ready. Offline-friendly.
From the patrol radio to the visitor at the trailhead — TrailsIQ goes where the work happens.
Field app, works offline
Crew opens the app at the trailhead, logs the work or files an issue from miles deep into the network, and everything syncs the moment they’re back in service. No paper checklists, no “I’ll write it up later.”
Geo-tagged photo reports
Visitors and crew alike submit reports with photos, GPS coordinates, and category tags. Each one auto-attaches to the right trail — no manual triage on the manager’s end.
Record trails by walking them
New trail? Open the field app, hit record, walk it. The recorder cleans the GPS track, lets you tweak vertices on a map, and saves directly into your network — no separate device needed.
Branded visitor app
The public report wizard can be skinned with your branding. Pass-holders, members, and casual visitors send reports through your name, into your queue.
Numbers that matter. Systems that talk.
Counter integrations and a clean REST API — useful even if your stack is already complicated.
TRAFx counter integration
Drop a counter data file and TrailsIQ parses it, attaches readings to the right trail, and generates per-network usage reports. Plan crew shifts and capital spend with actual visitor numbers, not estimates.
REST API, fully documented
Everything the dashboard does, the API does. Flow data into your existing GIS, work-order platform, permits system, or a custom mobile app — TrailsIQ doesn’t try to replace your stack, it integrates with it.
AI-assisted condition recommendations
Live weather and ERA5 satellite soil-moisture data run through a per-trail AI engine that recommends Open, Caution, or Closed — and explains the reasoning in plain language. You stay in the loop; the AI does the legwork.
Cross-install discovery
Self-hosters register with our central discovery service so visitors using the TrailsIQ app are auto-routed to the right install when they’re standing on one of your trails. No need for visitors to hunt for the right URL.
Open platform, your stack
Cloud-hosted, WordPress plugin, or self-hosted Laravel — pick whatever fits your team. The same REST API powers every surface.
TrailsIQ Cloud
Zero-ops managed service at app.trailsiq.com. We host, patch, and back up everything; you sign up, import trails, and start tracking conditions in the same afternoon. Plans scale from free clubs to regional networks.
WordPress plugin
Slot TrailsIQ into the site you already run. Uses your existing WordPress users, your media library, your hosting. No separate server to provision, no new logins for your team.
Laravel self-host
Open-source Laravel app for organisations that need data sovereignty. Deploy to your own VPS, container, or municipal IT environment — every byte stays under your control.
Same code, same features
No “enterprise edition” upsell. The hosted, plugin, and self-hosted versions run identical code; pick the deploy path, keep the platform.
START FREE. UPGRADE WHEN YOU OUTGROW IT.
Up to 10 trails on the free tier — no credit card, no time limit. Bigger plans scale with your network.
No credit card required · Free forever for clubs under 10 trails