Hello
I am new to HAZ and wondering if it is possible to download a hiking route GPX file so I can then upload it to my Garmin watch.
I am not finding that option.
Thanks, Jack
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Re: Download routes
@jax2000
Yes, it is possible, but you need to use your phone or computer as the intermediary. I don’t do it often, but I have the steps written down somewhere, I’ll search around my house for them.
@fricknaley —any chance you still have a copy of those notes I sent you a while back? Or did I only send you how to send a track from your watch back to haz?
Update: I couldn’t find my old instructions, but on a phone, once you’ve created or saved your route in Route Editor, select to download it as a gpx file to your phone files. Open your Garmin Explore app, and click the + button on the lower right of the map. Then select to import gpx. Select the file you saved to your phone. Then sync it to your watch. I don’t use this method very often, since it’s so much easier to use RouteScout for everything, but it dies work.
Yes, it is possible, but you need to use your phone or computer as the intermediary. I don’t do it often, but I have the steps written down somewhere, I’ll search around my house for them.
@fricknaley —any chance you still have a copy of those notes I sent you a while back? Or did I only send you how to send a track from your watch back to haz?
Update: I couldn’t find my old instructions, but on a phone, once you’ve created or saved your route in Route Editor, select to download it as a gpx file to your phone files. Open your Garmin Explore app, and click the + button on the lower right of the map. Then select to import gpx. Select the file you saved to your phone. Then sync it to your watch. I don’t use this method very often, since it’s so much easier to use RouteScout for everything, but it dies work.
Stop crying and just go do the hike.
contribute to this member driven resource
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