Step 1: What TRIPS helps you do
TRIPS helps you turn a route into a route-level and day-level plan.
Use TRIPS to answer questions like:
- How hard does this route look under the current inputs?
- How many travel days does the current itinerary create?
- Where should I place campsites or split points?
- How do inputs such as pace strategy, load, food, sleep, and altitude change the outputs?
TRIPS is a planning tool. It is not a medical device, and it cannot guarantee field outcomes.
Weather, terrain conditions, trail quality, off-trail travel, technical obstacles, illness, injury, navigation errors, and day-of decisions can change field outcomes.
How to use TRIPS
TRIPS works best as an iteration tool.
Use this pattern:
- Load a route.
- Start with current inputs.
- Split the route into days.
- Review the outputs.
- Adjust the plan and compare versions.
The goal is to compare multiple versions of the same trip and choose the version you want to keep.
What TRIPS does not replace
TRIPS does not replace:
- field judgment
- routefinding
- weather planning
- current-condition checks
- emergency planning
- honest assessment of your own abilities
Use it to support planning decisions, not to replace field judgment.