The map and elevation profile

The map is a view of the itinerary, not a separate document. Every pin is a cairn; every line is a route; the itinerary and the map highlight each other as you hover. Edit the plan and the map follows.

Reading the map

Trunk cairns are solid pins, colored by day, numbered in order — the legend keys day numbers to colors. Branch cairns draw dashed, in clay, labeled A1/B1 style: an idea, not a commitment. A division shows as a marked line at the fork. Legs render along their real geometry — a drive follows the road, a hike follows the trail — and a custom-mode leg draws straight, because no router knows your packraft.

The elevation profile

Below the map, the profile draws the trip's trunk end to end — distance across, elevation up, with a tick at every cairn. Hover the profile and the matching cairn highlights on the map and in the itinerary. Only trunk legs are included; a branch is an alternative, and folding it in would draw a day you might not walk. The profile is where an over-ambitious day becomes visible as a shape: if day 4 looks like a saw blade, day 4 is the one to redesign.

Basemaps and layers

The layers panel switches basemaps (streets, terrain, satellite) and overlays. Terrain is the default for backcountry trips — contour reading is half of route sense. Search for a place from the map to fly there and drop a cairn directly.