MapTrail is a variant on the MapRun format. Whereas MapRun involves choosing your route between checkpoints, in MapTrail the course is fixed and marked on your map.
Some courses are set waymarked running trails, for example those set out by Forestry England at Mallards Pike, whilst others are not waymarked but are marked on the trail map. The aim of this kind of trail is to provide a route that can be followed on your phone, and/or map, but one which offers opportunities for the more adventurous to cut corners and so both save time, and build nav confidence. As long as you visit the checkpoints(‘controls’) in the right order, it’s up to you how to get to them. There is often a more direct path route, and always scope for going cross-country!
We have MapTrails in a variety of areas, from forests to fells. There are a couple of samples below, and we will be adding more over the coming weeks. If you start the MapRun app on your phone, tap Select Event, and then navigate to UK/Gloucestershire/Maptrails you can see all the trails currently available, though you wont currently be able to download and print a map. You can still run the trail using the map on your phone, however.
