Getting Started

What is peak bagging in HiiKER?

Peak bagging tracks the summits you’ve stood on and your progress through rounds like the Munros and the Wainwrights. It’s free, and it works off your recordings.

How to use the main map

The Map tab is your free-roaming map. Learn how to move and rotate it, find your location, read the map information bar and scale bar, switch maps with the Maps button, and use the tools under Options — from Plan route and Go to location to Measure tool, Peak Viewer and Print Map.

Create an account on HiiKER

Create a free HiiKER account in the app or on hiiker.app with Apple, Google or your email address, and find out how to change your email or password later.

Moving hiking routes from Strava to HiiKER

If you are one of the many users of Strava that have decided to move over to use HiiKER but want to make sure that you can carry over all of your planned and recorded hiking routes, follow these simple steps. Since the news that HiiKER are offering Free Offline maps to all users, many are […]

How to record a hike on HiiKER

Record a hike in the HiiKER app: tap Start on the Record tab, or choose a guide route to follow. Pause, finish and save, import recordings from a watch or another app, and where to find guides for moving from other apps.

How to Search on HiiKER

The search bar on the Home page searches everything: HiiKER hikes, community hikes and recordings, places, coordinates, POIs, your own hikes, recordings, lists, print maps and waypoints, plus app shortcuts. Tap a place, coordinate or POI result and the map jumps straight there. The Search tab is the map-based way to browse hikes in an area with filters.

Show Location

Tap the location button to centre the map on you. Tap it again for compass mode — or, on the Record tab, the 3D hike view. Here’s what each tap does and what to check if your location doesn’t show.

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