Round Trip Course - why only on Run & Bike?

Just noticed that Round Trip Course Navigation is only available for Run, Bike which seems like a strange limitation...

Why is this feature not available for Walk and Hike for example? On searching I came across a F5 post commenting on the same, you'd think in 4 years this feature would have been opened up...

forums.garmin.com/.../round-trip-course---only-for-running-and-bicycling-not-walking

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Marc_v_L over 3 years ago +1

This is something I’ve ran into as well. A workaround is to use the running profile to create the courses, save the one you like and then use that course in a walk or hike activity. I really hope they…

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0 Marc_v_L over 3 years ago

This is something I’ve ran into as well. A workaround is to use the running profile to create the courses, save the one you like and then use that course in a walk or hike activity. I really hope they just add the Round Trip feature to the other activities. Same for Garmin Connect. When creating a course in the Connect app, there is no walk/hike option. Only road/mountain biking and (trail)running.

0 tmk2 over 3 years ago

That's probably because round trip creation is based on heatmaps, and garmin doesn't have heatmap data for activities other than running and cycling.