Plan, navigate, and explore outside with Gaia GPS—the trusted app for discovering hiking trails, campsites, and winter activities like skiing and snowboarding. Download the premier outdoor activity app featured in publications like the New York Times, Washington Post, and GearJunkie. Find backpacking adventures with topographic maps. Hike with detailed GPS navigation, real-time weather, color-coded steepness layers, and key waypoints like campsites, water sources, and trail access info. Find public land and local routes to map your own trail. Whether you’re looking for campsites, off-roading routes, hiking trails, backpacking opportunities, or ski tracks, discover more outdoors this winter with Gaia GPS.
Whether you’re trekking a snowy pass, backpacking deep in the backcountry, or out for a day hike, navigate it all with Gaia GPS’s powerful collection of winter maps and navigation tools for skiing and snowboarding.
Find public land trails for backpacking, off-roading, or running. Navigate with offline maps, GPS tracking, weather updates, and campsite info—all in one backcountry navigation app.
BACKPACKING OR HIKING • Hiking is easier when utilizing the largest collection of trails and routes available on Gaia Hike, a global map built for hikers • Plan a route with point-to-point navigation from anywhere • Get turn-by-turn directions to any trailhead • Backpacking from base camp all along hiking trails and back again is easy with waypoint breadcrumbs • Distance tracker with altitude and elevation monitoring for every winter activity • Discover new routes for trail running on public land • National parks or scenic hiking trails – Discover new outdoor routes waiting to be explored
SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING TRAILS • Discover ski slopes and cross-country skiing trails around you with best-in-class topographic maps • Get ski reports for weather conditions and Nordic trails from OnTheSnow for skiing and snowboarding
EXPLORE THE WORLD LIKE A PROFESSIONAL • GPS coordinates help explore while creating routes and tracking progress • Share your data with clients to improve Gaia GPS • Access the full NatGeo map collection for navigating in outdoor activities and information on trails
OFF-ROAD ACTIVITY PLANNING • 4x4 & overlanding adventures are easy to record on Gaia GPS • Activity tracker and route planner make trekking, hiking, and backpacking off-road trails simple • Trails, maps, routes, and waypoints displayed on Android Auto
FISHING ON PUBLIC LAND • Find a new favorite fishing spot with two all-new interactive map layers. • Get streamflow and water temperature information from the new USGS Streamflow map • Test the brand new Gaia Fishing Map with boat access information and known fish species for select waterways in Montana and Oklahoma.
ELEVATE YOUR OUTDOOR ADVENTURES WITH GAIA GPS PREMIUM WITH OUTSIDE+ • Access 300+ maps • Offline maps to download anytime • Weather, terrain, and safety features • Unlimited access to Trailforks, the largest database of trails for any outdoor activity. • Premium access to award-winning films, shows, and live TV on Outside Watch • Unlimited digital access to Outside Network's 15 brands, including Outside, Backpacker, and National Park Trips
SIGNUP • Gaia GPS is part of Outside, Inc. Create an Outside account to access the app.
TO MANAGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION: • TURN OFF auto-renewal: https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/7018481 • Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Google Play account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period.
• Your Google Play Account will be charged at confirmation of purchase. • Privacy Policy: http://www.gaiagps.com/gaiacloud-terms/ • Terms of use: http://www.gaiagps.com/terms_of_use
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Jul 14, 2026
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John Seiler
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February 27, 2025
This used to be a good app. I am a premium member, and I can not log in anymore. I have contacted support. They are asking for a screenshot shot of my account. Every time I send it in, they block the image and tell me the email was empty. They just keep sending me the same email asking for a screenshot of my account. Broken record. Support tells me my account does not exist, but if I try to recreate the account the app says my account exists. Such a shame.
165 people found this review helpful
Outside, Inc.
February 28, 2025
We apologize for any inconvenience. We’ve already responded to your inquiry. Please reply to the ticket for us to further assist you. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Janet Bertog
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July 8, 2026
things have really gone downhill. I am constantly having problems with data syncing and it seems to be a problem for a lot of people. Finding help on the website is next to impossible. I sent an email to support last week and haven't gotten a response. The only solution seems to be reinstalling the app, which means either losing data that isn't synced or manually saving everything as . gpx.
3 people found this review helpful
Tim Bessie
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May 11, 2026
Map layers are duplicated hundreds of times in the layer list. This has been the case for a year now, and they haven't fixed it despite my reporting it several times (and trying all their suggested fixes). The latest update says they fixed it, but it is not fixed. They asked me to send them logs, but the app no longer can send logs (gets an error message when I try). What a dumpster fire.
18 people found this review helpful
What’s new
This release brings a handful of welcome improvements to your adventures! Turn-by-turn verbal directions now play reliably throughout your entire route, GPX file importing is back in working order, and Adventure Mode maps now display basemap labels more clearly. Left-handed and right-to-left users will notice tidier map controls, and offline map downloads behave more accurately. We've also squashed several stability issues to keep your journey running smoothly. Happy trails!