Free Hiking Apps for your Phone

Advances in app technology has become obvious with the slew now available.  Here I review several free apps to considered using when you head out for your next hiking adventure.  Three of the apps are used to track your route and provide statistics during your hike and for review after.  For these apps, the review will focus on the map visibility, route outline, statistics and website accessibility.

MapMyHike is usually my go-to app when hiking to track my route, speed, altitude gain and calories burned.  The map is a standard