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Turn a great day on the trail into a ride

By Fred Kix · 29 October 2026 · ridestrails

Had a great day on the trail? You already recorded it. GroupTrack can turn that track into a ride you can send to your friends, so they can ride it too.

Some of the best rides aren't planned at all. You follow a trail, take a turn, and it turns out to be the best day of the season. If you recorded it, you can share it.

First, record your ride

The big button at the top of the map runs your ride. Riding on your own, tap REC to start recording. Riding with a group, you check in first and then tap REC. When you stop for a break, tap PAUSE, then RESUME. When you're done, PAUSE and then END, and give the track a name.

Your track is the line of where you actually went. It's saved on your tablet.

Turn it into a ride

Tap your track on the map to open its details, and choose Create ride. GroupTrack makes a route from your track and fills in what it can for the ride. The first point of your track becomes the trailhead. If there's already a trailhead within about 500 feet, it uses that one instead of making a second one next to it.

Add a date and a rollout time, and the ride is ready to send from My rides, the same as any other ride.

Your tracks make your map better

Here's a bonus. When you record a track over ground where no trail is known, GroupTrack adds it to your map as a rider trail. You rode it, so it's rideable. The route planner can use it next time. Every ride you record makes your map a little more complete.

Bringing tracks from another app

If you've recorded rides in Gaia or onX, export them as GPX files and email them to yourself. Tap the attachment on your tablet and choose Open with GroupTrack. They come in as tracks, and you can turn any of them into a ride the same way.

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