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Track stories
Real adventures, recorded with NomadTracks. Every map and elevation chart on these pages is rendered from the actual GPS data — nothing drawn by hand.
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Overlanding Namibia: 4,250 km from the Kalahari to the Kunene
A three-week 4x4 expedition across Namibia — desert passes, Etosha, Kaokoland and the Khaudum — recorded leg by leg.
4,188 km · 14,668 m up
Mount Whitney in two days: 24 km to the roof of the Lower 48
The classic two-day ascent of Mount Whitney (4,421 m) via the Mount Whitney Trail — recorded with full elevation profiles.
24 km · 1,980 m up
Grant Park, the Bean & the Museum Campus: a 10.5 km Chicago run
A flat 10.5 km run through the heart of Chicago — Grant Park and Buckingham Fountain, the Museum Campus and the Field Museum, Cloud Gate (“the Bean”) in Millennium Park, and back along the river. Recorded with NomadTracks.
11 km · 12 m up
A morning run through downtown Chicago: 9.7 km past Navy Pier and the lakefront
A flat 9.7 km morning loop through downtown Chicago — the Magnificent Mile, Navy Pier's Centennial Wheel, the lakefront trail and Ohio Street Beach. Recorded with NomadTracks.
10 km · 8 m up
Running Lincoln's Springfield: 8.8 km through the Illinois capital
An 8.8 km morning run through Springfield, Illinois — past the Railyard, the bronze Lincoln family, a five-story Lincoln mural and the domed Illinois State Capitol. Recorded with NomadTracks.
9 km · 4 m up
Camps Bay to Table Mountain: the steep way up Cape Town's icon
12.3 km and 1,130 m of climbing from the Camps Bay beachfront to the Table Mountain plateau — a recorded hiking track.
12 km · 1,251 m up
Dürrensee to the Drei Zinnen: a Dolomites classic
16.7 km through the heart of the Sextner Dolomiten — from Lake Dürrensee up to the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, recorded with NomadTracks.
17 km · 978 m up
Baleal: a 5.6 km morning run out to Peniche's old whaling island
A 5.6 km out-and-back morning run along the dunes north of Peniche, across the sand isthmus and out onto Baleal island — folded Jurassic limestone, a 16th-century fishermen's chapel and two beaches that face opposite ways. Recorded with NomadTracks.
6 km · 25 m up
Sagres: a 4.8 km morning loop around the Algarve’s last headland
A 4.8 km morning run around the Sagres promontory in Portugal’s western Algarve — past the Baleeira fishing harbour, along the clifftops above Praia da Mareta and out to the plateau by the Fortaleza de Sagres above Praia do Tonel. Recorded with NomadTracks.
5 km · 29 m up
Maurer Wald loop: a 9.7 km trail run on the edge of Vienna
A 9.7 km trail-running loop through the Maurer Wald on the southwestern rim of Vienna — gravel forest roads, a meadow clearing and a climb to the vineyards above the city. Recorded with NomadTracks.
10 km · 218 m up
Camping Šobec and the birth of the Sava: a 7 km morning run
A flat 7 km morning run around Slovenia's largest campsite, Šobec near Lesce — tracing the confluence where the Sava Dolinka and Sava Bohinjka meet to form the Sava, over the Bodeški most and along river beaches. Recorded with NomadTracks.
7 km · 49 m up
The Slow Trail around the Pressegger See: a 5.7 km reed-belt loop
A flat 5.7 km run on the marked Slow Trail around the Pressegger See near Hermagor in Carinthia — a loop through the second-largest reed belt in Austria, beside one of the country's warmest swimming lakes, framed by the Gailtal and Carnic Alps. Recorded with NomadTracks.
6 km · 46 m up
Vorderberg to the Dellacher Alm: a wild 13 km off-trail climb in the Carnic Alps
A wild, unmarked 13 km climb from Vorderberg in the Gailtal up to the Latschacher and Dellacher alpine pastures in the Carnic Alps. A recorded track to look at, NOT to follow — it crosses trackless forest and high grass, and the Vorderberger Klamm gorge at the start is officially closed. Recorded with NomadTracks.
13 km · 927 m up
Sailing the Šibenik archipelago: 69 nautical-style kilometers under sail
A day of island-hopping under sail through the Šibenik archipelago in Croatia, recorded as a GPS track from the cockpit.
69 km · 0 m up
Canoeing Caddo Lake: 9 km through a flooded cypress forest
A 9 km canoe track through the moss-draped cypress maze of Caddo Lake on the Texas–Louisiana border.
9 km · 38 m up
Mount Shasta mountain-bike loop: 28.6 km of volcano singletrack
A 28.6 km mountain-bike loop with 750 m of climbing through the pine forests below Mount Shasta, California.
29 km · 720 m up
Lofoten lake hike: 9.6 km through Norway's green wilderness
A gentle 9.6 km hike around a hidden mountain lake in the Lofoten islands — lush valleys, still water and granite walls, recorded with NomadTracks.
10 km · 95 m up
Cinder Cone, Lassen Volcanic NP: a 6 km climb up a perfect volcano
The Cinder Cone trail in Lassen Volcanic National Park — 6 km, 263 m up loose volcanic gravel to a crater rim above the Painted Dunes, recorded with NomadTracks.
6 km · 246 m up
Drakensberg amphitheatre: 13 km to the top of Tugela Falls
A 13.1 km Drakensberg hike with 850 m of climbing to the rim of the amphitheatre and the lip of Tugela Falls — one of the world's tallest waterfalls.
13 km · 850 m up
The Olive Trail, Namib-Naukluft: 10.9 km through a desert canyon
Namibia's Olive Trail — a 10.9 km loop through the Naukluft mountains with a slot-canyon descent, chains, and hidden water pools. Recorded with NomadTracks.
11 km · 428 m up
Mount St. Helens: 16 km through the blast zone to the viewpoints
A 16.2 km hike through the hummocks and lupine meadows of the Mount St. Helens blast zone, with the crater in view nearly the whole way.
16 km · 586 m up
Double O Arch via Devils Garden: 12 km through Arches' fin country
The Devils Garden trail to Double O Arch in Arches National Park — 12.3 km over sandstone fins past Landscape Arch, recorded with NomadTracks.
12 km · 259 m up
The everyday loop: 12 km of redwoods and fog above Redwood City
An after-work North Ridge Trail loop in the Bay Area hills — 11.8 km through redwoods, rhododendrons and rolling coastal fog. Not every recorded track needs to be an expedition.
12 km · 521 m up
Lake Tahoe rim ride: 28 km of singletrack above the blue
A 28.1 km mountain-bike ride on the trails above Lake Tahoe — 700 m of climbing through pine forest and granite, with the lake flashing blue between the trees.
28 km · 648 m up
Dewey Point in winter: 12 km on snowshoes to Yosemite's quiet rim
A 12.4 km winter snowshoe tour from Badger Pass to Dewey Point, ending at a snow-corniced rim with El Capitan straight across Yosemite Valley.
12 km · 240 m up
Pinnacles High Peaks loop: 12 km among the condor spires
A 12.1 km loop through the High Peaks of Pinnacles National Park — volcanic spires, carved stairways and condor country, recorded with NomadTracks.
12 km · 552 m up
Golden Canyon to Zabriskie badlands: 6 km below sea level
A 6.2 km loop through Golden Canyon and the badlands of Death Valley — golden walls, Red Cathedral and moon terrain, recorded with NomadTracks.
6 km · 146 m up
Hoh Rain Forest: a 4 km walk through the moss cathedral
A short 3.6 km walk through the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park — moss-draped maples, nurse logs and rainforest silence, recorded with NomadTracks.
4 km · 25 m up
Oahu waterfall trail: 5 km of mud, roots and jungle
A 4.7 km rainforest hike to a waterfall on Oahu, Hawaii — red dirt, banyan roots and jungle ridgelines, recorded with NomadTracks.
5 km · 225 m up
Riding to Lake Helen: 17 km up a closed park road through the snow
A 17 km spring ride up Lassen's still-closed park highway to Lake Helen — empty asphalt between snowbanks, recorded with NomadTracks.
17 km · 369 m up
Phillips Cave: a 6.5 km walk to Namibia's White Elephant rock art
A 6.5 km hike through the granite of the Erongo mountains to Phillips Cave and its famous White Elephant painting — thousands of years of rock art, recorded with NomadTracks.
6 km · 165 m up
Koiimasis: 9 km through the granite of the Tiras Mountains
A 9 km evening hike through the boulder country of the Tiras Mountains at Koiimasis, Namibia — red granite, golden grass and one of the quietest sunsets on earth.
9 km · 143 m up
Cathedral Gorge: a short ride through Nevada's clay cathedral
A 5.5 km spin through Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada — bentonite clay spires, slot canyons you can walk into, and a bike as the perfect park shuttle.
5 km · 20 m up
Riding Black Rock City: the GPS trace of a city that doesn't exist
A 9.7 km bike ride across the playa of Black Rock City — the temporary circular city of Burning Man, drawn street by street in a GPS track that outlives the city itself.
10 km · 9 m up
Peekaboo Loop, Bryce Canyon: 15 km among the hoodoos
The Peekaboo Loop with Queens Garden and Navajo Trail in Bryce Canyon — 14.9 km and 890 m of climbing through hoodoo amphitheaters.
13 km · 510 m up
Steinhof and the golden dome: a 9.7 km evening run in Vienna
A 9.7 km evening running loop through Penzing in Vienna — from the brick towers of Breitensee up through the Otto Wagner hospital grounds to the golden dome of the Kirche am Steinhof, past the Spiegelgrund memorial and back below the Allianz Stadion. Recorded with NomadTracks.
10 km · 103 m up
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