Track Elevation in Map Not Displaying - Montana 700i

I have a new Montana 700i. I uploaded GPX tracks on the Explore website without issue. All syncs are good to the Android Explore app and the Montana device. When I pull up a "Saved Track" on the Explore Android app I see a perfectly nice elevation plot of the track.

I have added Topo Active Maps of Europe on the Montana just fine, which were loaded through Garmin Express.

When I pull up the Saved Track on the Montana everything is perfect except I do not see the elevation profile. Garmin support said I need to actually hit "Go" on the track when I am on site to see the elevation plot - essentially be on site and enabling the track....

Does this make sense? The Android Explore app has a perfect elevation graph for the tracks, the Montana has no elevation plot of the track.

I have looked through endless threads and cannot be sure if there is something I am missing.

Thanks in advance if anyone has some good advice. Elevation plot of tracks I plan on hiking in Greece in the fall would be really important.

0 twolpert over 1 year ago in reply to Floydman

That worked fine for every track I tried. OTOH, the device has a lot of garbage on it. I suspect that all the tracks I tried were recorded on the device itself.

0 Floydman over 1 year ago in reply to twolpert

thanks for the conversation, I think its all due to the interface between an uploaded track and the handheld. cheers

0 twolpert over 1 year ago in reply to Floydman

To eliminate all the variables, I dropped an externally generated GPX file into the Garmin\GPX\Archive folder. The file appears under Archived tracks on the unit. Selecting it and tapping the elevation profile tab displays the profile as expected.

I got the file from alltrails.com - one of the places I typically get "boots on the ground" data for hiking. This particular track is 2.88 miles, 283 points. It renders reasonably on the map and the elevation profile looks reasonable to me as well. Have to admit that I have not been here in a while, though.

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/missouri/lime-kiln-trail

Don't know for sure. You might need a free AllTrails account to download the .gpx.

0 Floydman over 1 year ago in reply to twolpert

This is excellent news. You are saying I can download a GPX file directly to the device? Without using Explore? Maybe I need to do that - maybe the web Explore wipes the data. Is there a way to directly download the track to the device? Maybe basecamp then?

0 Floydman over 1 year ago in reply to twolpert

twolpert **** Problem solved. Download the track to the Explore App from the phone. When it synchs, the Montana has the Elevation Plot! Downloading from the web is the problem!!!!

0 twolpert over 1 year ago in reply to Floydman

Would guess that basecamp could do it. Not a basecamp user. I just drop it right into the file system with Windows file explorer.