For AllTrails hikers

Add stories to your AllTrails routes

You know the distance and the climb. Now hear about the hill fort, the old chalk carving and the church in the valley. Each story plays as you reach the place.

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£29.99 per route. Ready within the hour. Or try one of our ready-made routes.

A waymark post on a chalk path above a wide valley at sunsetIllustrative photo
The chalk crown at WyeStory 3 · playing as you arrive
1 storyfor each place you pass
Plays by GPSas you reach each place
1 hourusually ready within the hour
50%to you from every sale of your route
Route Stories · Contributor programme

Your routes. Your stories. Your earnings.

Turn your favourite walks, runs and rides into narrated experiences. Share them with your friends, followers and community, and earn every time someone buys your route.

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50%of every sale, to youAdd your favourite routes. Share them. Earn. Grow with us.
How it works

From a trail you saved to a hike with a narrator

  1. Export the GPXUse Export map file on a trail, or Download route on one of your own recordings. Choose GPX.
  2. Upload it hereDrop the file in at routestories.me/create. Pick walk, and check the route on the map.
  3. Hike and listenWe research the places along the trail and narrate a story for each one. It is usually ready within the hour, and we email you.
Getting your route out of AllTrails

Export a GPX file from AllTrails

These steps are from AllTrails' help centre, checked in October 2026. You need to be signed in. Menu names can change, so look for the closest match.

Web or app

A trail from the AllTrails library

  1. On the website: open the trail, select Hit the trail, then Export map file.
  2. In the app: open the trail, tap ⋯, then Export route file.
  3. Choose GPX Track as the file type and save it.
  4. Upload the file at routestories.me/create.
Your own

Your recordings and custom maps

  1. A recording (website): your profile, Activities, open it, ⋯, Download route.
  2. A custom route or map: Saved, Custom routes & maps, open it, ⋯, Export route file.
  3. Choose GPX and save it.

AllTrails' help pages list offline maps and Send to Garmin as AllTrails+ features, not exporting. If you can't see the export option, check your plan.

Long trail? Any route up to 8 hours is £29.99, and a full-day hike gets up to 40 stories spread along the whole way. Or upload just the section you plan to walk.

Routes that work well

Hikes that are made for stories

AllTrails is full of hill walks and long-distance paths. Old paths pass old places, and every one of them has a story.

Ridge and downland

A national trail section

Hill forts, chalk figures, drove roads and the views that armies once watched.

Woodland loops

A circular forest walk

Charcoal burners, old boundaries, lost manors and the trees that outlived them.

Coast paths

A clifftop hike

Lighthouses, smugglers' coves, wartime defences and shipwrecks offshore.

What it costs

Any route up to 8 hours of walking, running or riding. However long it is, it gets up to 40 stories spread along the whole way.

  • A story for each place we find along your route
  • A professional voice, with original music between stories
  • Stories play by GPS as you reach each place
  • Usually ready within the hour. We email you when it is.
Upload your route£29.99 per route, once
Share it and earn

Share your hike with your hiking club

Lead walks for a club or friends? Share the link to your narrated hike. When someone buys your published route, you earn 50% of the sale.

50%of each sale
  • Anyone who buys your published route can share it with 5 people for free
  • You earn 50% of each sale, after VAT and fees
  • Stripe pays it to your bank

You need the right to share the route. That means it's your own route, or a public right of way route you've drawn yourself. How earning works

Questions

Questions from AllTrails hikers

Do I need AllTrails+ to export a GPX file?

AllTrails' help pages list offline maps and Send to Garmin as AllTrails+ features, but they don't list exporting a map file as one. You do need to be signed in. If the option is missing, check your plan.

Which file type should I choose?

GPX Track works best. We also accept KML, and Google Maps route links.

Can I use a trail someone else recorded?

You can make a Route Story of any trail for your own use. To publish it and earn from it, you need the right to share it: your own route, or a public right of way route you have drawn yourself.

What about a full-day hike?

Any walk up to 8 hours is £29.99. However long it is, it gets up to 40 stories spread along the whole way.

Can I use a route I drew myself in AllTrails?

Yes. Export it from Custom routes & maps as a GPX file and upload it. Routes you have planned yourself on public paths are also ones you can share and earn from.

Your next hike, with the stories in it

Export the GPX and upload it. Your stories are ready within the hour.

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Route Stories is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by AllTrails. AllTrails is a trademark of its owner.