Getting Started
Your first hike, step by step.
Planning Your Hike
Routes, days, food, money and gear.
Routes And Maps
Upload GPX, KML or GeoJSON tracks, read the elevation profiles, and build up the hike map with waypoints, water and reception points.
The Section Planner
Split one long track into day-sized sections with accurate per-day distance and climb, and drop them straight onto the itinerary.
Building Your Itinerary
Day cards, camps and travel, daily routes, zero days, and planning by duration before your dates are locked in.
Food Plans And Food Drops
Plan every meal of the trip, watch the weight, and organise resupply drops the whole pack shares.
Expenses And Settling Up
Track who paid what, split costs fairly, plan future spends, and settle the whole trip with the fewest payments.
Gear Lists
Build the group gear list, organise it into categories, and let every hiker track their own packing status.
PDF Trip Export
Export the whole hike — map, itinerary, food, expenses, gear and emergency details — as one polished PDF.
Your Pack
The people side — members, roles and chat.
Safety
Briefing the people at home, and checking back in.
Emergency Contacts And The Safety Brief
Register emergency contacts and PLBs, then send the people at home a complete brief of the trip — routes attached.
Post-Hike Check-In Alerts
Set a check-in deadline before you walk in; if you don't confirm you're back, your emergency contacts are alerted automatically — here's exactly what gets sent, and when.
App And Account
The Android app, offline mode and your account.
The Android App
Install the Pack Hiker beta APK, stay updated, and get the app-only extras — push, GPS, offline maps and on-device check-in reminders.
Using Pack Hiker Offline
What works with no reception — cached hikes, offline maps, queued chat and gear ticks — and what needs a connection.
Your Account, Profile And Privacy
Profile settings, timezone, passwords, plans and limits — and how your data is handled, shared and deleted.