Your Trip Portfolio
All of your trip information — route, vehicle, gear, medical info, emergency contacts, return time and alerts — collected into a single place and shareable with the people who need it most.
What the trip portfolio is
TrekFreely is not a trip planner. You already have tools for that — AllTrails, Gaia, OnX, paper maps, whatever works for you. The trip portfolio is where all of that information comes together.
Think of it as a single, shareable document that holds everything the people back home would need to know about your trip: where you are going, what you are driving, what you are carrying, how to reach you, and when to expect you back. You build it once before your trip, and the people you share it with have a complete picture without needing to ask you twenty questions.
Research and preparation
Before you can put a trip together, you need to do the homework. What does the weather look like? Are there permits involved? What are the trail conditions? Which maps cover the area? That research is the foundation of any solid trip plan, and it is usually scattered across a dozen different websites.
Our Resources section pulls that information into one place — maps, weather, trail conditions, permits, emergency services, activity-specific apps, and more. It is not a trip planner. It is the information you need to make good decisions while you are putting your plan together.
The trip portfolio picks up where that research leaves off. Once you have done the planning and know where you are going, the portfolio is where all of it gets documented and shared with the people who need it. One side helps you prepare. The other makes sure that preparation is not locked in your head.
What goes into a portfolio
Route
Import your route from a GPX, KML, KMZ, or GeoJSON file, draw it directly on the map, or drop in a reference link from AllTrails, onX, Strava, and the like. It is displayed on a map alongside your start and end points, planned stopping points, and parking spots.
Vehicle
License plate, year, make, model, color, and a photo. Saved to your account so you only enter it once and can select it on future trips.
Gear
Your pack, footwear, shelter, and outer layers — with make, model, color, and photos. Safety devices like beacons and PLBs are flagged so they stand out, and boot tread photos are supported because Search and Rescue (SAR) teams use tread patterns during searches.
Group
Record how many people are on the trip and add the names and phone numbers of anyone traveling with you, so the people back home know who else is out there.
Medical information
Allergies, conditions, medications, and blood type. Saved to your account and carried into each trip, with the option to add trip-specific notes. Medical information is encrypted and only accessible in a SAR handoff — it is not shown on the contact dashboard.
Emergency contacts
Select from your saved contacts or add new ones. Each contact receives their own unique link to your trip dashboard.
Return time and alerts
Set your expected return time and how long to wait past it — your alert delay — before anyone is contacted. If you have not returned and marked the trip complete by then, your emergency contacts are notified automatically, with follow-up reminders until the trip is resolved. Running late? You or your contacts can push the return time back from the dashboard.
GPS and satellite integrations
Connect your Garmin inReach, SPOT, or APRS/HAM radio and your location is pulled onto your contacts' dashboard automatically throughout the trip. Satellite check-in messages — OK pings and HELP/SOS — also appear there in a check-in log. Zoleo is supported as a share-page link.
Smart watch vitals
Pair a Garmin watch with our free TrekFreely app on the Connect IQ store and your latest vitals — heart rate, blood oxygen, elevation, and steps — appear on your contacts' dashboard while a trip is running, so they can see how you are doing, not just where you are. Readings are kept only briefly and never stored as a history; more watch brands are on the roadmap.
Attachments
Attach the documents that go with your trip — permits, reservations, a float plan, a scanned map. PDFs, images, and common map files are supported, and they are available to your emergency contacts from the dashboard if they are ever needed.
PDF trip report
Generate a downloadable PDF of your complete trip portfolio — details, gear, vehicle, contacts, your full GPS history, and a search-and-rescue action plan. Print it, leave a copy in your vehicle, or file it with a ranger station.
Conditions on the ground
Every trip dashboard shows the current conditions where you are headed, pulled in automatically — nothing to set up. Active National Weather Service alerts, air quality, and nearby wildfire activity appear on every trip; avalanche danger shows for winter ski and mountaineering trips, and river levels for paddling and fishing.
The same card is on your view and on your contacts' dashboard, so everyone is looking at the same picture of what the weather and terrain are doing.
For the people waiting for you
The people connected to your trip receive a link — no account, no app, no setup. They open the link and see your trip status, your route and latest known location on a map, your check-in log, and a summary of your trip details.
If you are running late, they can push your return time back right from the dashboard. And if you become overdue, it walks them through what to do — step by step. They do not need outdoor experience. They do not need to know who to call. The dashboard handles that.
This is the part of TrekFreely that exists because the people waiting for you are part of every trip, whether they realize it or not. The information they need should not be scattered across your phone, your email, and a sticky note on the fridge.
After you are back
When a trip wraps up and you mark it complete, you can turn it into a recap worth sharing. It shows your route, how long you were out, the distance you covered, and your check-ins along the way — on a single page you can send to friends and family with one link.
It is deliberately pared down for sharing: the route is shown at reduced precision, and your medical information, your emergency contacts, and your exact locations are never included. It is the story of the trip, not the sensitive details behind it.
Your data stays yours
We understand that license plate numbers, medical conditions, and medication lists are not the kind of information you hand over lightly. That is why everything stored in your trip portfolio is encrypted, and sensitive fields like your license plate and medical details get field-level encryption on top of that. Your medical information is never shown on the contact dashboard — it is held back specifically for a search-and-rescue handoff.
Your data is never shared with third parties, never sold, and never used for advertising. The only people who see your trip details are the emergency contacts you choose to share them with.
You can request a full export of your data or delete your account at any time from your account settings. No hoops, no waiting period.
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