Guide
How Offroady Works
Everything you need to discover trails, plan trips, connect with other off-roaders, and share your stories — all in one place.
🔒Some functions are only available to registered users. Sign up for free to access trip planning, community features, and story sharing.
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Browse Trails
Start from the homepage or use the navbar links to explore trails across BC.
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Homepage: The weekly featured trail is front and centre — Sunday weather, trail stats, and trip info at a glance.
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Trail of the Week: A hand-picked trail every week, curated for the coming weekend. See the full write-up, coordiantes, weather, and existing trips.
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More Trails: Scroll to "More Trails" on the homepage to find the full trail directory. Click any trail to see its detail page with map, photos, notes, and upcoming trips.
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Join a Trip
Browse all upcoming trips from the community — no login required to see what's happening.
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Browse Available Trips: Visit the Join a Trip page. Every trip shows the trail, date, meetup location, departure time, who's going, and the organizer. You can filter by trail if you have a specific one in mind.
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View Trip Details: Click View Trip to see full details including the organizer's notes, participant list, and trail info. No sign-up required to look around.
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Join the Trip: Ready to go? Sign in (or create an account) and click Join this Trip. The organizer will see you on the list.
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Trip Chat: Once you've joined a trip, you get access to the trip chat — coordinate meeting spots, ask questions, and share last-minute updates with the group.
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Plan Your Own Trip: See a trail you love but no trip on the calendar? Open any trail and click Plan a Trip. Pick a date, set the meetup area and departure time, add notes, and share it with the community.
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Connect with the Community
Find people who share your trail interests, invite them to trips, and message directly.
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Community Directory: Browse the Community page to see visible members. Each profile shows their rig, experience, areas they've driven, and recent activity.
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Send a Message: Found someone you want to ride with? Send them a direct message to break the ice. Rate-limited for safety.
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Invite to a Trip: Planning a trip and want specific people along? Invite them directly from the community directory — they'll receive an invite in their Community Invites inbox.
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Manage Invites: If someone invites you to a trip, you'll find it under Community Invites in your account menu. Accept or decline with one click.
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Messages Inbox: All your direct messages live in the Messages page. Keep track of conversations with other members.
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Profile Visibility: Your profile is visible to other members by default. You can control this in the Profile page inside your account menu.
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Your Account & Favorites
Sign in to save your favorite trails, trips, members, and crews — and keep everything organised.
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Sign Up / Log In: Click Sign up or Log in in the top-right corner. Use your email and a password. That's it.
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Favorite Trails: Found a trail you like? Click the heart icon to save it. All your saved trails appear under Favorite Trails in your account menu.
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Favorite Trips: Trips you're following or planning to join? Save them as favorites for quick access.
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Favorite Members & Crews: Ride with the same people often? Save them as favorite members or crews so you can quickly find them next time.
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My Account: Your account page is the home base. Update your email preferences, manage notifications, and review all your content from one place.
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Notifications: Trip updates, messages, and other activity — check your Notifications page to stay in the loop.
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Share Trail Stories
After a great run, write it up. Share photos, videos, trail conditions, and what made it memorable.
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Submit a Story: Sign in, go to My Stories, and click Submit Story. Give it a title, write your story in markdown, add up to 10 photos and embed YouTube videos from the trip.
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Link to a Trail: Tag the trail you rode. If it's in our directory, it links automatically. If it's a new route, propose it and we may add it.
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Publish Instantly: Stories are published immediately. They appear on the Blog page with the trail you rode, searchable and shareable.
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Read the Blog: Visit the Blog page to see all published stories in English or Chinese. Filter by language, browse recent adventures, and get inspired for your next run.
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Share Your Story: Every published story has share buttons. Share it with friends, your crew, or on social media.
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Propose a New Trail
Found an awesome route that's not in the directory? Tell us about it.
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Submit a Proposal: Go to Propose a Trail. Provide the name, location, coordinates if you have them, difficulty level, and a brief description. Upload photos to help others get a feel for the route.
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Community Review: Submitted proposals appear on the trail proposals page for the community to see and discuss.
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Approval: Once reviewed, the trail may be added to the official directory for everyone to plan trips around.
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Weekly Digest Email
Get a curated weekend summary every week — trail pick, weather, trip updates, new stories, and more.
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Subscribe: Enter your email in the weekly digest signup form on the homepage. One email per week, no spam.
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What's Inside: Each digest includes: the featured trail of the week, weather forecast for Sunday, upcoming member trips, recently completed trips, new blog stories, and community updates.
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Manage Preferences: Signed in? Go to Email Preferences in your account menu to turn off notifications or unsubscribe.
Quick Start Summary
1Browse trails on the homepage or Trail of the Week.
2Join an existing trip — no sign-up needed to browse.
3Sign up to plan your own trips and chat with the group.
4Find riding buddies in the Community directory.
5Propose a new trail if it's not in the directory yet.
6Write a story after the run to share with everyone.
7Subscribe to the weekly digest so you never miss a weekend run.