Damian Taggart founder of trailsetc.com backpacking in the White Mountain Wilderness near Ruidoso, NM.

Hi. Welcome to trailsetc.com!

A new, soon-to-be-comprehensive (with your help), free, user-driven guide to outdoor adventures in the United States.

Why? Because we felt that a site like this would be helpful to other outdoor enthusiasts. If you are interested in becoming a contributor simply register for an account and start adding your favorite wilderness adventures (or outfitters and tour guides, etc.)! New submissions may be reviewed by one of our editors before publication to prevent spam / abuse. This site was originally created solely for New Mexico, but we expanded it to include the whole US.

New Features:

• Overview map that show all wilderness locations in our database
• Improved submission / editing workflow
• Trailhead / access coordinates available for download in either KML or GPX format
• Easily (one click!) download for coordinates for every location in the trailsetc.com database
• Add information for any type of outdoor activity
• View all submissions by author name
• PDF / print-ready versions
• Social links (Twitter, Facebook, etc)
• Improved design
• Expanded, more detailed information for each activity including:
  • Best season / time to go
  • Difficulty
  • Length and duration
  • Fee and permit labels
  • Nearest City / town
  • Elevation at trailhead
  • Elevation Max
  • Elevation change
  • Essential gear
  • Dog-friendly and kid-friendly labels
  • Recommended Map / Quadrangle
• Rate your favorite submissions
• Get ideas for where to go with random place feature

Planned Features:

• Ability to add / download multiple waypoints and tracks to any location
• Advanced search
• Ability to add How To articles
• Ability to add outfitters and outdoor service providers
• Improved image / video support
• Site map
• Tell-a-friend
  

Site Focus

While you can add any type of outdoor activity to the site, the original focus of the site was on the following types of outdoor activities:

1. Camping
2. Backpacking
3. Hiking
4. Biking
5. Rock climbing
6. Cross country skiing / Snow shoeing
7. Kayaking / Rafting
8. Hunting
9. Fishing
10. Caving
11. Ghost towns