Hello all, new to the forum..
You guy's are a great wealth of information for Garmin, so I figure that this will be the best place to ask..
I am a mountain biker and I am trying to set routes with cues for upcoming turns. In the mountains it is very easy to get lost, trails split into many different paths in many location, so I want to have something that will guide me through and back without having to stop to look around to see where I'm at.
I am in the market for the Fenix 5. I am trying to learn as much as possible about creating a route that will provide turn by turn direction before I get it. I have basically become very confused as how to go about this. I don't understand why GC doesn't have a way to add waypoint to the map. So many people have all kinds of Garmin devices for navigation purposes , that it would make sense if this was available. I understand that Basecamp has this feature, but the free map is useless for creating routes in the mountains, and it doesn't provide a satellite view unless you pay for the birds eye view. So basically it is useless for creating mountain biking routes.
I know that the Fenix 5x has the map capability , but it would looks like a satellite on my small wrist.
Plus the cost is much more, so i am sticking with the 5.
Does anyone have a solution for making a route with waypoints (Turn by turn directions) that will transfer nicely to the Fenix 5 , without having to go through crazy hoops that will not necessarily work for all routes, or having to convert GPS files to TCX or KMZ or whatever.
I know some of you guy's are very proficient at doing this , i would greatly appreciate it if you can give a clear solution to my problem . I have been reading other ideas that some people say work, and some say the same process doesn't work? I recently read about someone who tried to follow one of the youtube ways to do this and crashed his Fenix 3HR.
Anyone with a sure way of doing this without all the hoops that won't crash my Fenix 5, I would greatly appreciate your input..
Thank you Guy's for an awesome forum..