RidgeSense · In development

The trail tells a story.
Your stride reads it.

Expedition safety and planning for thru-hikers and long-distance backpackers. Plan the hike before you leave, check in while you walk, and give the people at home a way to know something is wrong before you can tell them yourself.

First TestFlight beta in preparation
What it reads

Plan. Walk. Escalate.

The planning cascade

Eight steps from route to readiness. The route determines resupply points, resupply determines segment lengths, segments and weather determine calorie targets, calorie targets determine pack weight. Each step feeds the next.

A real trail catalog

Curated long trails with verified centerline geometry and elevation — the PCT, AT, CDT, John Muir, Long Trail, and more — with confirmed resupply points and NOAA-derived weather windows per segment.

The emergency portal

Every trip carries an unlisted web page, reachable only by its link, where your people see your latest check-in, position, and itinerary. No app to install at home, no account to create.

Automatic escalation

If your beacon goes stale, contacts are notified by email and SMS as thresholds pass — advisory, alert, emergency. A fresh check-in stands it down immediately.

Check in without stopping

Press the Action Button (iPhone 15 Pro and later) or ask Siri. The beacon updates from a locked phone. Garmin inReach positions relay in when the phone has no coverage at all.

Built for no coverage

Downloadable topographic maps and an engine that runs without internet. The trail doesn't have coverage; the app doesn't assume it.

The safety floor

Anything that prevents physical harm is free.

SOS, emergency escalation, and the portal are never paywalled, on any tier. In the codebase that rule is a test that fails the build if anyone ever gates them — a deliberate tripwire, not a promise in a terms document.

When it ships

Get one line of email when the beta opens.

One email when the beta opens. That's the only thing the address is used for.