I've been searching the forums on this but haven't found recent answers for what should be a relatively simple problem. What I'd like to do is set up a course for a hike in Garmin Connect, then decorate the course with waypoints in GC, send it to my watch and then have the watch update me on the next waypoint on the course while I am hiking. In short, I'd like to break the hike into smaller segments with specific features (trail junctions, sun-dappled waterfalls, picturesque mountain peaks) identified both on the map and in data fields (such as Distance to wpt).
Surprisingly, there doesn't seem to be an easy way to do this. I can mark specific locations in Garmin Connect but these are "Course Points" which do not appear to be navigable on the watch.. I can mark waypoints from the watch itself if I actually hike to a location and mark it, but this is not practical for hikes that I want to plan out beforehand on the computer.
Finally, I do like the ClimbPro feature on the watch. On a hike I did yesterday, it correctly identified the various climbs in the hike. But it would be nice to see these self-same climb on the Map itself. There is a disconnect there which I cannot bridge.
Any experienced hikers with insights (or links to insights) into these problems would be welcome. Thanks in advance.
