Welcome to Fintur! Here is a detailed guide on how to use the app — from finding hikes to sharing your location live.
Fintur can be installed as an app on your phone or tablet — no App Store required. iPhone/iPad: Open Fintur in Safari, tap the Share icon (square with arrow) and choose "Add to Home Screen". Android: Tap the menu icon (three dots) in Chrome and choose "Add to Home Screen" or "Install app". Once installed, Fintur opens as a full-screen app without browser controls.
Tap the globe icon (🌐) to switch between Norwegian Nynorsk, Bokmål, English, German, French, and Dutch. Tap the sun/moon icon to toggle between light and dark mode. Your choices are saved between visits.
The home page shows featured hikes and the latest trail tips. Tap Hikes in the menu to see all registered hikes. You can filter by difficulty, length, category, and area, and sort by name, length, or difficulty. Each hike shows distance, elevation gain, and estimated time.
Tap the search icon (🔍) in the navigation menu to open search. Type a hike name, place name, or keyword. Results update in real time across both hikes and trail tips.
Tap a hike to open its detail page. You will find: an interactive map with the GPS route, an elevation profile with ascent and descent, a weather forecast from Yr (for the start point), a photo gallery, related trail tips, and practical info such as distance, elevation gain, difficulty, and category. You can zoom the map and switch between Kartverket Topo and OpenStreetMap.
Under Map in the menu you see all hikes placed geographically on a map of Norway. Markers are colour-coded by category. Tap a marker to open hike details. You can also enable the heatmap to see where most hikes are concentrated.
Tap the 3D button on a hike page to open an interactive 3D terrain model of the route. Rotate, tilt, and zoom to see how elevation changes along the hike. The model loads from Mapbox and gives a realistic view of the landscape.
Mark a hike as active in two ways: tap the mountain icon next to "← Hikes" on a hike page, or tap "🛰️ Track to this trophy" below the 3D trophy on the trophies page. A yellow strip appears at the top of every Fintur page showing the hike title, a green pulsing dot when GPS is tracking, the cumulative distance walked, and — if the hike has end-point coordinates — a blue pill showing distance to target in metres or km. GPS survives page changes: tracking continues automatically as you navigate between hikes, maps, leaderboard, etc. — no need to restart on every page. Ready to grab: when you are within 25 m of the target, the pill flashes red — the trophy is ready to collect. Pause: tap the pause button in the strip to halt GPS temporarily (the hike remains active). Tap again to resume. Slide-to-remove on mobile: to prevent accidental removal, you must drag the handle from left to right in the strip to confirm. The Cancel button or pressing Esc aborts. Privacy: live tracking requires GDPR consent (cookie ft_gdpr_loc) and uses a battery-saving wake lock only while the page is visible.
Tap the car icon (🚗) near the map to get driving directions from your current location to the trailhead. The route opens in Google Maps (or your default maps app). Location access must be enabled in your browser.
Tap 📍 Share location on a hike page to share your real-time position with others viewing the same hike. You can enter a nickname (max 15 characters). Your position appears as a pulsing marker with your nickname on the map. A red live banner below the hero image alerts others that someone is out on the trail. Tracking stops automatically if you navigate away — you will receive a warning if you try to leave the page.
Under Compass in the menu you will find an interactive compass using your device's gyroscope. It shows your heading in degrees, your exact coordinates, and your altitude above sea level. Works only on devices with a gyroscope (phones and tablets).
Under Trophies in the menu you find every hike with a point value. The page shows a rotating 3D trophy (golden when within reach, silver-grey when too far) with name, length, elevation gain, and point value. Pickup rule: you must be within 25 metres of the end point (the summit) to grab it. Tap "Check position and grab" — if you are close enough, the trophy is collected with confetti, a fanfare, and full points. Cooldown: the same trophy can be grabbed again after 6 hours. Daily reduction: the first trophy you grab today gives full points; the second, third, and later grabs on the same calendar date (Oslo time) award 75 % of the points. A new day resets the count. Identity: your phone receives an anonymous ID stored locally — no account or login required. Nickname: optional, stored locally, shown on the leaderboard as "Fjellgeit87" instead of "Anonym-A4F2". Calendar: each grabbed trophy can be downloaded as an .ics file for Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, Outlook, and others — with date, coordinates, elevation, length, and points.
Tap the Packing list button on a hike page to generate an AI-powered packing list. The list is tailored to the hike's length, difficulty, category, and the weather forecast for the start date you choose. You can adjust the list, tick items off, and print it — perfect as a checklist before you head out.
Tap the star ☆ on any hike or trail tip to save it as a favourite. Favourites are stored locally in your browser (no account required). Under Favourites in the menu you will find all your saved hikes and trail tips.
Under Trail Tips you will find photos, stories, and tips from hikes — shared by users. You can search, sort by date, and tap to view a full post with gallery and comments. Tap category tags to filter by content type.
Tap the download icon to download the GPX file. The file contains all waypoints in the route and can be imported into a GPS watch (Garmin, Suunto, etc.), GPS receiver, Komoot, AllTrails, or any other hiking app.
Tap the printer icon to print the hike page. The map is automatically sized for paper (A4) and elements that do not belong on paper — compass, live location, related hikes, driving directions button, and 3D button — are hidden. The printout fits on a single A4 page.
Under Stories (via the home page or a direct link) you will find editorial scroll stories about mountains and hikes in Seljord and Telemark. Each story takes you through a mountain or hike type with photos, text, and linked hikes. Stories are designed to inspire and provide context for the hikes you plan.
