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Like many of you, I have spent more than a few hundred hours collating, analyzing, and virtually viewing tracks all over the Western US. While I am unlikely to share those en masse with anyone besides family, I am happy to share track suggestions, GPX files, and the results of my own...

I have had good luck with BackCountry Nav Pro on my Samsung S3 tablet. I have downloaded each Western state to a Zoom14 and/or 15 in separate files. It's a solid program that works well off-grid but does not have all the bells and whistles of Gaia. I use Caltopo and it's integrations with...

Use the magnifier in the left corner X1 or X2. That brings zoom level 14 into reasonable detail. I do download level 15 for specific areas I know I'm going to visit, but it's really not necessary.

When are you looking to go?

Yes. I think you are right. I understand they changed names or maybe they were acquired.

By the way, the map style I prefer and have found most useful is Accuterra single layer land use maps. These maps integrate nice shading along with excellent contour maps at higher resolutions. The benefit to these maps is that they show land use clearly, that is, private, state, or the...

The Galaxy Tab S3 is an older Samsung tablet that supports external memory cards up to 256 GB and had an excellent GPS receiver. I use Backcountry Navigator and have downloaded maps by State for western states. Each state map takes about 1.5 to 2.5 GB at a reasonable level of detail (10-14)...

I would hope that in this community, at least between members, some sharing would be a benefit of association. The problem perhaps is sharing on a broader social platform.

Backcountry Navigator is the most capable platform, IMO, if you use an Android phone or tablet. The interface is an little clunky but the developer is working on a new version that will sync better desktop and mobile platforms. But it's not mature yet... Maybe by summer 2019. The current...

Hey. I'm new here. Live in Northern Utah within 5 hours of nearly everywhere in the West. Lifelong outdoors guy, newly semi-retired. Bought a new-to-me old rig. I've had a several Land Rovers of various vintages, but this is my first Defender. From South Africa. 1989 LR 110.

Winter sucks.