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Looking for a trail-running or hiking app?

I went on a trail-run the other day and I only could find a run activity on my watch. It was a hard trail and had to do a lot of slow climbing, so my watch would stop recording thinking I was taking a "pause" by going "so slow". Is there a way to record my stats non-stop or a trail run app or hiking app that I haven't found yet?

Thanks

Jean-Philippe Gagnon

0 jim_m_58 over 4 years ago

Here's a hiking app. About 14 screens worth of data. And no auto pause.

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/116a5b59-29ae-4397-a70e-907d7e5f8e44

0 JPGagnon over 4 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Cool! My watch is still trying to find the GPS (GPS: None) and it says "menu" for Startup Options but on the Venu there is no menu button... I'm kinda lost...

0 jim_m_58 over 4 years ago in reply to JPGagnon

Menu on the venu is long press of the lower button.

Sometimes it can take a bit to get a GPS lock. There's a prediction file on the device that expires every 1-2 weeks, and to see the current state of that, go to "About" on the watch, and scroll down to the end looking for "CPE", and it should say "Current". Also, make sure you're outside under open sky.

Try getting GPS with something like the "run" activity, as with native apps you see a bit more about the progress in getting GPS, and wait for it to go green.

0 4757287 over 4 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

I am on the West Coast of the US and I found that setting GPS+Galileo gets me a really fast lock in Hike2. GPS only takes a long while.