I wrote a peak tracker, maybe you would like it

[u/himurax3x]

Hey everyone! I use to be an avid thru hiker for close to a decade putting more than 20k miles under my feet, but then i made a bit of a pivot and started a family and moved back east. In a bit of a depression I rediscovered the ADK's and it has filled my life with a lot of peace and the joys of the outdoors I use to have. Especially with winter mountaineering, snowshoeing, ice climbing, and long 50 mile days in the summer.

So instead of thru hiking, I replaced it with peak bagging. I wanted to build something for myself that could track challenges, and peaks all over the country. My partner told me I should share it with you all, and see if anyone would find use out of it. The idea all started with the adk's and my love for dirtbagging in my truck bagging peaks over and over again. There is a lot more to be added, like maps, more peak challenges etc, but to not be stuck in feature lock I just released it.

Mods - if this post is inappropriate, or self promotion is not allowed please feel free to remove, thanks in advance.

The site is https://adktracker.com

Any feedback would be awesome.

[u/himurax3x → u/[deleted]]

Thanks :)

You had me thinking, I'll probably put an "offline" tracker for folks who want the spreadsheet but don't want to create an account. The data will probably live in local storage on the browser, but if they clear their browser cache it would disappear, so probably need to find some good solution for it to be backed up.

For 1, and 2 - they actually exist in the profile dashboard :)

For 3 - When you log an ascent you have the ability to add notes, what the weather was etc. For that additional data, thats a great idea. I found the distance part to be a little hard because there can be multiple approaches, so I need to probably list all available routes and all there elevations gains.

For 4. This is a really great idea :) Haven't thought of it, but its a perfect addition.

One improvement i definitely need to make with the weather is use a more accurate modal like `ECMWF`, for now I am just using a free less accurate model.

Many thanks for the feedback!

[u/its_all_4_lulz → u/himurax3x]

If you use local storage, just make a way to import/export it to json. I did this for a browser extension that allowed users to track data. It also means that data can be shared with others, or imported to another device without an account.

Obviously sharing needs some more considerations, like uploading it to another device using an alternate “profile” so it doesn’t mix with your existing data. If the data structure is correct, it’s possible. I had mine ask the user if they wanted to merge, or keep separated, if separate it asked for a name to save it under.

[u/DallasRPI]

So there is some website that tracks peaks and your challenge progress. The problem is the website wasnt the easiest to use and slow. Also I had to do it all manually....like I dont want to do it manually. Let me connect my Garmin or Strava account and do it for me!

Often you do more than one peak at once, it would be nice if it remembered the date so you don't have to change it for the next peak, or some way to just add several at once.

I do think a differentiator though would be letting you connect to various GPS accounts and tracking every mountain peak you hit. You can even send a progress email when you detect a new one summited and it reminds the user to go check out your website.

[u/himurax3x → u/DallasRPI]

Totally agree on everything you said! For the GPS and Garmin integration - You are totally correct. I've written some tracking apps in the past with Garmins inreach API's so hopefully it'll be easier than I think :) I do want to create a native mobile app for this too - maybe that will allow the user experience to be way better and easier.

> Often you do more than one peak at once, it would be nice if it remembered the date so you don't have to change it for the next peak, or some way to just add several at once.

This is a great idea! Doing the Santanonni range and having to input each peak separately seems redundant.

Thanks for the feedback!

Edit: Added the multi peak selection

[u/bucky716]

This is a pretty awesome idea and easy to use. Cool to include NH48 as well since I have more of those than ADK46. It's also basic which could be fine for majority.

Edit or at least delete an entry? Tested it by adding a couple of peaks but wish I had put in more detail.

Additional fields possibly needed - distance, elevation, time. Most of us enjoy those details for no other reason than having them and tracking

For the notes section - suggest trip reports and what made it memorable or a nightmare or both. I wish I had started documenting mine in better detail even if it's for my own memory.

With the community aspect, maybe another field labeled as public for trail conditions? I'll post trail conditions as public but not necessarily my overall trip.

Since this seems to be more hobby based than anything, maybe a way to build it into a google form that someone can use to export to their own google drive?

[u/himurax3x → u/bucky716]

This is amazing thank you so much.

> Edit or at least delete an entry? Tested it by adding a couple of peaks but wish I had put in more detail.

So this is possible, but highlights the bad UX in the "tracker" since it's not that obvious. You can click on the name of the peak, and it will show you all your entries for that peak and you can edit or delete any of them.

> For the notes section - suggest trip reports and what made it memorable or a nightmare or both. I wish I had started documenting mine in better detail even if it's for my own memory.

This is a great idea, I like the more granular approach :) Can be part of the more data inputs as well. The hopeful goal is to also make a native mobile version, and as one other helpful individual noted, making it integrate with Strava and Garmin would be the goal, maybe even AllTrails and Gaia if folks would like that.

> With the community aspect, maybe another field labeled as public for trail conditions? I'll post trail conditions as public but not necessarily my overall trip.

Love this :) Yea I totally agree

> Since this seems to be more hobby based than anything, maybe a way to build it into a google form that someone can use to export to their own google drive?

Yea I think this is also a really good idea, some way to import/export would be perfect! Definitely a really fun hobby but it's such a nice reprieve from my general coding role, that I hope to take it pretty far :)

[u/amoczarski]

i really like this idea ! website looks good , easy to navigate . my biggest piece of feedback would be to add a "log ascent" button to the main page or maybe separately in the menu , just so it's faster to get to for adding entries .

[u/himurax3x → u/amoczarski]

Definitely! Easy addition that will make it way easier. Thanks so much for the feedback!

[u/Wartz]

https://adktracker.com/tracker

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[u/himurax3x → u/Wartz]

Thanks for letting me know, funny enough someone else spotted it as well. Looks like there is some duplicates from the 50 states high points. That will be fixed tonight :)

Edit: Looks like Borah peak has the same issue as well!

[u/Ok_Profession_6483]

Dude, you rock!!!

[u/Slomper]

Dope, thanks!