Open, caution or closed for each trail
Set the status on the trail itself, with a note explaining why. You can also set it for a whole network or area, so one side of the property can be closed in a single step.
Trail conditions
Stop answering "is it rideable?" one message at a time
Every trail has a status that your crew sets and your visitors read. In between your updates, TrailsIQ keeps scoring each network against real weather data, so the page stays accurate even in the weeks when nobody has time to update it.
One status for everyone
One record, read by your crew and by the public
Trail conditions usually go out of date because the person who knows and the page that tells everyone else are in different places. In TrailsIQ they are the same record.
Grooming as a status of its own
Grooming is tracked separately from open and closed, with the time it was done, because for a nordic skier when is what matters most.
Set from the trailhead
Whoever was last on the trail updates it from the field app, even offline. The update is sent as soon as the phone has signal again.
Visitors are notified
People who follow your organization in the free TrailsIQ Go app get a notification when a condition changes, and you have no mailing list to manage.
A full history of changes
Every change is recorded with who made it and when, so you can show that you closed a trail in time instead of relying on memory.
Published where people look
The status appears on your public page and in the app from the same record, so there is nowhere else to update.
Weather scoring
Your page stays up to date on your days off
A crew lead who was out this morning always has the final say. The rest of the time, weather scoring keeps your page accurate, so your members keep trusting it instead of giving up on it by March.
The inputs
It knows how wet the ground already was
Every network is scored twice a day using NOAA weather at its own location and, in much of the US, the rain that was actually measured there. The score follows the whole season day by day: how much water the ground is already holding, how much of today's rain it can take, and how much is left standing on the trail.
- How full the ground already is The same storm can close a trail after a wet week and barely matter after a dry one.
- Snowmelt counted as water A warm spell in spring can soften a trail with no rain in the forecast, and the score takes that into account.
- Freeze and thaw Frozen ground under a warm afternoon is flagged before it turns to mud.
- Forecast as well as history A closure decision considers the weather that is coming as well as what has already fallen.
Scored for each trail
Every trail dries out differently
The same rain affects different ground in different ways, so the score is adjusted for each trail based on the direction it faces and its average grade. North-facing slopes hold water, and a flat section collects water that a steep one sheds.
- Aspect from the trail's own line Worked out from the trail you imported, so you do not have to enter it by hand.
- Grade taken into account Gentle grades drain poorly, so they score as wetter.
- Thresholds you can set Your organization decides the point where caution becomes closed.
Who has the final say
A person always overrules the score
Weather scoring can raise a flag, but it cannot overrule the crew lead who drove past an hour ago. A status set by a person stays until they change it. If your organization would rather every status came from a person, you can turn the automation off completely.
- Manual settings always stay The page shows whatever a person set.
- You can turn it off Turn the automation off for your organization and nothing changes on its own.
- An inspection resets the score When an inspection records how wet the trail is, the score starts from what was seen and gradually goes back to following the weather over the next few days.
- It explains itself A scored condition shows its reasoning, so nobody has to trust a number they cannot check.
Getting there
Accurate conditions by the weekend
Only the first round takes any time, and it is a walk you were probably taking anyway.
01
Import your trails
Import GPX, KML or GeoJSON files in bulk, grouped into the networks you already use.
02
Set a status on each
Go through them once. After that, you only need to update what changes.
03
Turn the automation on
Or leave it off. It is set for your whole organization and can be switched back with one click.
04
Publish the page
Put it on your own domain, and point people to the free app if they want notifications.
Give people an answer they can plan around
Start free and have a conditions page your members trust before the next wet weekend.