Can we make Hiking a subcategory of Walking?

Yes please, can't believe this isn't the case yet.

Jack said:

Agree?

Sure, (probably) everyone here, on the user forum, agrees. However, if you want that it happens, you have to tell it to Garmin (for example by Submitting an Idea to Garmin, or contacting the Customer Support). It is unlikely they would see you demand here. 

I did both of those things back then. I contacted customer service and submitted the idea. What I haven't found is where the ideas as listed so they can be up-voted, so I posted here, hoping more people would request it. 

So if yiu agree, please also request it via the link

Customer service response:

"It is likely due to wanting to be able to filter activities that have elevation gain or different terrain than you would normally have simply going for a walk. For feedback with Garmin connect I encourage you to submit ideas here: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/forms/ideas/"

Yes please! 

Also, wouldn’t is be great (and easy?) to allow for long term challenges like yearly ones?

+1 for this

+1 for this

2 years later, I'd say the "idea" went in Garmin's Round File container, usually emptied by the night shift cleaning staff.

Why make hiking a subcategory of walking? Is it just for the challenges? It would just make us walk less if you could do hiking and that would count for both walking and hiking.