WTA Trailblazer: Go Hiking

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4.9of 5 · store
2,177ratings on the App Store
259reviews read

An editorial reading of the saved reviews

People adore the WTA organization itself and its trip reports: snow, washouts, road conditions and closures before you head out are the best thing about Washington hiking. But the app lets them down: for the past year it crashes the moment you try to search, trip reports do not sync, and gray text on a pale background is unreadable in sunlight. Many end up using the website on a computer instead.

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What people use it for

For hikers in Washington who want fresh trail condition reports before heading out, willing to tolerate crashes and fall back to the website when the app dies

What reviews praise

Trip reports on snow, washouts and road conditions, best coverage for Washington and PNW, free, no ads, clean pleasant interface, sense of community

What reviews complain about

Crashes on search for the past year, trip reports do not sync from the app, gray text on pale background unreadable in sun, tiny text with no dynamic type support, forces a password every launch

What users experience

1 excerpt from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

The user trip reports are useful to learn about recent trail conditions.

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Pick an interesting trail for Saturday near home or on a trip, read other people’s fresh reviews about trail condition, parking, snow and mud, and work out whether they can handle it.Weekend hikers looking for where to go