Hiking Science

Do you care about optimal hiking grade? Maybe not, but it's interesting for us to think about. Intuitively, some may think that steepe...

Many GPS devices come with their own mapping / editing software that may or may not be sufficient for your own analysis. Personally, I use M...

Earlier this year I outlined a way to overlay topographic maps in Google Earth, and subsequently get out path information to make maps and ...

While we just looked at an example of how walking speed changes with change in trail steepness, it is also interesting to look at how verti...

The short answer is we slow down as the trail gets steeper. Yes, I know, pretty obvious. But how much? And what steepness / speeds are equ...