Getting ready for a hike these days can mean you spend more time looking at a screen than you do dusting off your hiking boots and making sure your backpack is loaded up with everything you need. If you’re looking for new hikes close to home or taking an active vacation, the internet can be a great place to discover new trails, awash as it is with hiking trail reviews.
Whether you’re using a hiking-specific route-planning app like AllTrails or Komoot, the social networking aspect of a fitness app such as Strava, Google Maps or Tripadvisor, you’re never going to be short on reviews of hiking trails. But can you trust online hiking trail reviews, which can be written and submitted by anyone, with no monitoring or editorial input?
