About FoundTrails
Discovering fun trails near you — verified, human-reviewed, and ready to ride.
Brandon & Jamie's story
We live in northwest Montana, surrounded by some of the best outdoor access in the lower 48. For years we chased trail recommendations through forums, paid apps, and word-of-mouth — and kept running into the same problems: outdated descriptions, crowdsourced noise, and zero useful info for actually getting there.
So we started recording our hikes with iPhones on chest mounts and a GPX tracker logging the route. That raw footage became the seed of FoundTrails: an AI pipeline that turns a hike into a complete trail entry — highlight video, photos, description, difficulty, tips, and "neat extras" — in a fraction of the time and cost of traditional trail guides.
The concept
FoundTrails is deliberately simple. Three screens: discover a trail, see the detail, get there. No social feed, no gamification, no noise. The moat is the AI content pipeline — video + GPS in, polished trail entry out — reviewed by a human before it ever goes live.
We focus on what other apps ignore: trailer-friendly access, drive difficulty, turnaround points, last-chance amenities, and the small details that make or break a day outside.
How it works
1. Search
Filter by activity, difficulty, distance, or trailer-friendly access. Find trails that actually match what you want to do today.
2. Explore
Watch a highlight reel, browse photos, read the description, and check the interactive map with the real GPX track.
3. Navigate
Tap "Take me there" and your phone opens native driving directions straight to the trailhead.
4. Review
After your trip, leave a quick rating and notes. Your feedback helps us keep trail info fresh for the next explorer.
What goes into every entry
Real capture
Every entry starts with 1080p60 video and a GPX track recorded on the ground, not scraped from the internet.
Human review
AI does the heavy lifting, but a human reviews every entry for accuracy before it goes live.