Create a Route (No Signup, No Paywall): The TrailSplits Planner

If you’ve ever tried to plan a route the night before a hike (or five minutes before a trail run), you already know the drill:

• you just want to search a place, sketch a route, sanity-check it, and
• export it so you can use it on your phone/watch—
• without being stopped by a signup wall.

That’s exactly what the TrailSplits Planner is built for.

What you can do with “Create Route”

The Planner is a simple, fast route builder that works well for hikers and trail runners.

1) Find places quickly (and keep planning)

Use search to find a trailhead, summit, hut, or town, then jump the map there.

You can also use search as a planning tool:

• search a local name
• choose Add waypoint
• repeat to build your route step-by-step

It’s a surprisingly natural way to plan point-to-point routes (or to lock in key anchors for a loop).

2) Create a route with waypoints

Once you’ve dropped your start and a few anchors, you can shape the route the way you want.

This is especially helpful for:

• out-and-backs (turnaround at a peak or viewpoint)
• loop routes (pin a few key junctions)
• aid-station style planning (long runs where you want reliable intermediate points)

3) Save or export without friction

Here’s the part people care about most:

• You can create a route without signing up.
• You can export your work (like GPX) without being forced into an account flow.

That means you can plan a route, export it, and head out—quickly.

Open the Planner

A friendly comparison (why this matters)

A lot of route planners are excellent once you’re fully set up, but they often ask you to create an account before you can even get started.

• Strava: great tools, but you typically need to sign up before you can plan.
• AllTrails: planning is powerful once you’re in; exporting GPX is possible, but the flow still usually starts with an account.
• Komoot: planning is smooth, but saving/exporting tends to be tied to signup and (for some use cases) paid unlocks.

TrailSplits is aiming for a different default: start planning immediately, and only add accounts when you actually want them.

A quick “pre-run” workflow (2 minutes)

1. Search your start (parking, transit stop, trailhead)
2. Add a couple of waypoints (summit / hut / key junction)
3. Check the overall shape and elevation profile
4. Export GPX
5. Keep a copy available offline

That’s it.

Try it now

If you just want to see how it feels, open the Planner and search for a place you know.

• Click a result to jump the map there
• Or use the “⋮” menu to Add waypoint
• When you’re happy, export and go

Create a route in the Planner