onX Backcountry Trail Maps GPS
App stats
- receive data from Internet
- view network connections
- pair with Bluetooth devices
- access Bluetooth settings
- connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
- full network access
- run at startup
- reorder running apps
- control vibration
- prevent device from sleeping
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App summary
▶The Ultimate GPS Map App for Your Outdoor Pursuits
onX Backcountry lets you easily find and navigate new backcountry skiing lines, climbing routes, or hiking trails. Plan your hiking, snow skiing, and snowboarding trails with trail maps and trustworthy info, and navigate confidently with offline trail maps and GPS tracking.
▶Discover New Adventures
Whether navigating trails, ski and snowboard routes, or backpacking trips, we’ve got you covered with over 650k miles of hiking, skiing and biking trails.
▶Prep Better With Powerful Maps Tools
We adventure in three dimensions. With a 3D map, you can visualize mountain bike trails, scout skiing lines, and plan for hazards before you hit the hiking or ski trail. See recent conditions with weather forecasts, reports from other trail users, and get snow info from SNOTEL stations and regional avalanche forecasts to plan your snow skiing or snowboarding adventure. Map out custom hiking, mountain bike and skiing trails with snap-to-trail functionality, and use Waypoints, Slope Angle, Slope Aspect, Trail Slope, and Wildfire Layers for detailed route planning.
▶Hike, Ski, Bike & Navigate Without Cell Coverage
Save Offline Trail Maps to bring your custom maps when you're outside cell coverage. With the onX Backcountry app, turn your phone into a handheld GPS device using your phone's internal GPS. Navigate hiking, skiing, and snowboarding trails offline by following the blue dot to always know how to get home. Leave a breadcrumb trail with Tracker to see where you’ve been and measure your key trip stats.
▶The Best Snow Safety Tools
Get the best maps to understand snow safety. Detailed snow information from SNOTEL sites, and critical slope angle, slope aspect, and ATES layers help you know the snow and plan your next skiing, snowboarding, or hiking adventure.
▶PREMIUM AND ELITE FEATURES:
650,000+ miles of running, hiking, backpacking, ski, and mountain bike trails
4,000+ backcountry skiing lines with guidebook descriptions
300,000+ rock climbing routes with approach trails
Snap-to-trail route builder to plan trips and see distance and elevation gain in seconds
Save unlimited Offline Trail Maps for skiing, hiking and mountain bike trail map navigation without cell service
GPS tracking to know where you came from, how to get back, and share your adventure
Localized weather conditions and 7-day weather forecasts—ski and snowboard with confidence
24K topographic maps and 3D maps for the entire U.S.
985 million acres of Public Land across the U.S.
550,000 Recreation Icons for points of interest, including trailheads, backcountry cabins and lookouts, campgrounds & dispersed camping land
Avalanche forecasts for the U.S. & Canada—helping you ski and snowboard safely
Plan ski trips with recent snowfall information & historic trends via SNOTEL data
The best GPS trail maps to navigate on your backcountry climbing, and snow skiing trails
Private Land Layer-ELITE ONLY: Private property maps & land boundaries, land ownership info, and acreage
Recent Imagery-ELITE ONLY: Detailed satellite imagery from the past two weeks
▶Free Trial
While the onX Backcountry App and many features are free, you’ll start a free Premium or Elite trial when you install the app. You can try many of our best features, like 3D trail maps, unlimited offline downloads, trail info, and guidebook backcountry snow skiing lines. After the first seven days, you’ll still have access to beautiful topo and satellite maps, GPS tracking, weather, and more.
▶Feedback
If you have any trouble or have an idea on what you’d like to see next, contact us at [email protected].
▶ Your Four Season Adventure App
Whether you’re into hiking, snow skiing or backpacking, our app has everything you need to plan, navigate, and share your adventures. Download and start your next hiking, skiing, or camping journey with onX Backcountry. From offline maps to snow skiing routes, onX Backcountry has everything you need.
User reviews
- Offline functionality is good, allowing for tracking and map downloading.
- The app has useful features like detailed terrain layers and a variety of map options.
- Users appreciate the ability to plan custom routes easily.
- Tracks display correctly on the map, allowing users to see completed trails.
- The app has missing trails and inaccuracies in mapping.
- Subscription model is a major point of frustration for users who prefer one-time purchases.
- There are frequent glitches and stability issues, causing frustration during use.
- Customer service issues, including problems with logging in and refunds.
- Problems with map accuracy and missing trails.
- Frustration with subscription-based pricing.
- Glitches and app stability issues.
- Desire for better route planning features.
User reviews
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