Bikepacking route planner with live wind and surface data

Engineering multi-day expeditions with realistic terrain intelligence

Planning a multi-day bikepacking journey requires vastly different tools than mapping a weekend coffee spin. Loaded bags, unpredictable mountain weather, and remote backcountry tracks transform a modest 70-kilometer stage into an exhausting ten-hour ordeal if gradient spikes and rough surfaces are overlooked. Traditional navigation apps frequently rout riders onto unrideable hiking scree or push heavy rigs onto dangerous high-speed motorways to save a theoretical few minutes.

Ściežka addresses this challenge by running on the custom Brukar routing engine, purpose-built for mixed-surface cycling and outdoor adventures. Brukar combines raw OpenStreetMap physical road tags with NASA SRTM 30-meter elevation radar measurements. It penalizes impassable terrain, identifies rideable doubletracks and gravel forestry roads, and lets riders tune route calculation specifically for loaded bikepacking rigs with wider tire clearances.

• Loaded rig pace estimation: Compute realistic travel times accounting for the extra 15 to 25 kilograms of camping gear, water bladders, and frame bags on steep alpine ascents.
• OSM tracktype and SAC scale awareness: Filter out grade 4 and grade 5 logging ruts or extreme hiking scrambles before you find yourself pushing a loaded bicycle in the dark.

Live Route Weather: navigating headwinds before you ride

On vast gravel plateaus and open river valleys, wind direction dictates your day far more than gradient. Battling a 35 km/h headwind for five consecutive hours burns through rider energy reserves and destroys arrival schedules. Ściežka integrates Live Route Weather directly into your route planning timeline, calculating real-time wind speed, gusts, precipitation probability, and relative wind vectors for every segment of your route.

By setting your anticipated departure time and cruising speed, you can view exact headwind, crosswind, and tailwind angles mapped directly onto your elevation chart. If a brutal afternoon gale is forecast, you can adjust your departure timestamp, reverse your route direction, or let the AI Route Copilot find sheltered valley corridors through dense pine forests to minimize aerodynamic drag.

Backcountry resupply: mapping water sources, food, and shelter

Self-supported bikepacking success hinges on water and calorie management. Running out of potable water in remote hills turns an expedition into an emergency. Ściežka automatically scans OpenStreetMap points of interest to surface natural drinking water fountains, alpine springs, cemetery taps, shelters, and designated wilderness campsites along your track.

Every waypoint appears at its precise distance marker along your elevation profile, allowing you to plan hydration stops at kilometer 45, lunch at kilometer 80, and bivy pitches at kilometer 125. You can add custom notes, opening hours, and emergency bail-out waypoints that export directly into your GPS head unit or printable roadbook.

Analog redundancy: weatherproof 50mm cockpit cue strips

Electronic bike computers and smartphone navigation apps are indispensable, but multi-day wilderness conditions test them severely. Freezing overnight temperatures drain lithium-ion batteries, sustained torrential downpours disrupt touchscreens, and prolonged vibration can damage USB charging ports. Relying solely on a digital display in remote backcountry leaves zero margin for equipment failure.

Ściežka generates printable 50mm cockpit cue strips and Audax-style brevet cards from your planned route. These compact paper strips tape directly to your bike stem or top tube, displaying crucial turn directions, surface changes, water resupply kilometers, and elevation summits. They require zero battery power, remain legible in bright sunlight and heavy rain, and provide peace of mind throughout remote journeys.

Unrestricted GPX export with zero regional paywalls

Many legacy cycling apps lock basic GPX export behind paid subscriptions or force users to purchase regional map packs just to download routes outside their home town. Ściežka believes route planning and open data belong to the outdoor community. Every route planned in Ściežka can be exported immediately as a standard GPX file with turn warnings and elevation metadata at zero cost.

You can load your exported GPX file into any modern GPS computer, including Garmin Edge, Wahoo ELEMNT, Hammerhead Karoo, Coros, Suunto, or offline smartphone mapping apps like OsmAnd and Organic Maps. There are no export quotas, no locked geographic borders, and no privacy compromises.