NAVIGATION SO EASY, BIGFOOT CAN DO IT.

For those who use Strava (free & premium users), we have created Strava routes for you. Here are some very simple instructions:

1. Download Strava to Your Phone
   Download the app from your app store and create an account if you haven’t already done this.

2. Bigfoot Routes Link
   Go to your adventure route page, and click on the Strava Routes link.

3. Use the Map
   Strava will then load, and a map will appear with an orange line showing your route. Your location will be a blue dot on the map. Hit the trail, and check in to make sure your blue dot is on the orange line.

4. Related Additional Uses

   Get Directions
   You will see at the bottom of the screen a tab that says Get Directions. Click on this, and you will be sent to Google Maps for instructions to the trailhead.
   
   Save
   Hit this tab and you can save the route to your phone so you don’t have to go back to our website.
   
   Use Route
   You can use the map while recording your ride or run.  Hit the Use Route tab and start your adventure. Check in here and there and make sure your blue dot is on the orange line.

5. Suggested Keys
   Get familiar with Strava before you hit the trail
   
   Learn your routes using the Strava link and our PDF map before you hit the trail.
   
   For extra comfort, bring a copy of the PDF map with you on your adventure. Make some of your own notes in the margins to help orient yourself.
   
   Don’t worry about not completing a route as mapped. The goal is to have fun and learn about our amazing trails. Check the box and submit your passport.

   Very important to note that the routes we have designed can be completed in a way that works best for you. Our mapping includes a trailhead start, BUT you can start your adventure anywhere along the route that works best for you. We are fortunate in Redding and our other Challenge communities that many of our routes can be started from your home, work location, and/or favorite coffee shop without driving to the actual trailhead. Start your adventure from the comfort of your home, intercept our mapped route at the best location for you, substantially complete the route, and check the box on your passport.

   Make sure you check the route pages on our website, as we will note whether we think the route is ready for you. We are fortunate to live in an area where snow can happen on the valley floor, and rains can fill our creeks. Oftentimes, our trails aren’t fit for humans or Bigfoot; plan accordingly.

For those who use Trailforks:

1. Download Trailforks to Your Phone
   Download the app from your app store and create an account if you haven’t already done this.

2. Bigfoot Routes Link
   Go to your adventure route page, and click on the Trailforks Route link you want to use.

3. Use the Map
   Trailforks will then load and a map and route profile will appear with a gold line on the map showing your route. Your location will be a blue dot on the map. Hit the trail, and check in to make sure your blue dot is on the gold line.

4. Related Additional Uses
   Note that, above the profile, at the bottom of your map page, the name of the route and a little clipboard next to it. Click on the clipboard for more details on your route.
   
   Directions
   You will see a Directions tab at the top of this info page. Click on this, and you will go to Google Maps for instructions to the trailhead.
   
   Save To
   Hit this tab to save the route to your phone so you don’t have to return to our website.
   
   Map
   Click on this tab, and it will take you back to the map with the gold route line.

5. Suggested Keys
   Trailforks Pro vs Free Version
   You can get detailed maps anywhere if you have Trailforks Pro ($36 per year). If you don’t, you will only get the detailed map within a 30-mile radius of your home location. The areas outside the radius will show up in gray.
   
   Get familiar with Trailforks before you hit the trail.
   
   Learn your routes using the Trailforks link and our PDF map before you hit the trail. Note that the Trailforks desktop version provides much more information on the route than your phone. Get online and click our Trailforks links.
   
   Bring a copy of the PDF map with you on your adventure for extra comfort. Make some of your own notes in the margins to help orient yourself.

   It’s very important to note that our designed routes can be completed in a way that works best for you. Our mapping includes a trailhead start, BUT you can start your adventure anywhere along the best route for you. We are fortunate in Redding and our other Challenge communities that many of our routes can be started from your home, work location, and/or favorite coffee shop without driving to the actual trailhead. Start your adventure from the comfort of your home, intercept our mapped route at the best location for you, substantially complete the route, and check the box on your passport.

   Make sure you check the route pages on our website, as we will note whether we think the route is ready for you. We are fortunate to live in an area where snow can happen on the valley floor, and rains can fill our creeks. Oftentimes, our trails aren’t fit for humans or Bigfoot; plan accordingly.

This option is really more for power users. Strava and Trailforks will allow you to create GPX files of their routes (use our links), and then you can load them to your other navigation device and use them as you would otherwise.

We have created simple 1–2-page paper maps with instructions to help get you around the route. For at least some of you, these maps will be enough. Most of us use this as an additional tool to Strava, Trailforks, or other online trail map sources to help educate ourselves on our route.  Again, don’t worry about not completing a route as mapped. The goal is to have fun and learn about our amazing trails. Check the box and submit your passport.