A Shared Calendar for Your Hiking Club
Group hikes, trail maintenance days, meetups — synced to every member's phone. No app to download. No accounts for your hikers.
Create Your Hiking Club Calendar — FreeSound familiar?
It's Saturday at 7 AM. The group hike meets at the Cascade Falls trailhead, but four people are sitting in the parking lot at the wrong trailhead two miles down the road. The Meetup listing said "Cascade Falls Area" and didn't specify which lot.
The club switched this week's hike from the moderate loop to an easier out-and-back because of trail damage, but three members showed up in full-day packs with lunch for a six-hour hike that's now a two-hour walk. The change was posted in the WhatsApp group at 9 PM last night and they didn't see it before bed.
The hike leader spends every Wednesday evening answering the same questions: "How hard is Saturday's hike?" "Where exactly do we park?" "What time do we leave?" "Is this one dog-friendly?" The details were in the Meetup description, but nobody reads past the title.
How it works for hiking clubs
Add your group hikes
Type in the event — group hike, trail day, meetup — pick a date, and save. Takes 30 seconds.
Share with your hikers
Share the link at the next hike, text it to the group, or post it once online. Hikers tap to subscribe.
Hikes appear on every phone
Hike events show up in their calendar app — Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, Outlook — right next to their personal events.
The free plan covers most hiking clubs. No credit card needed.
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Here's what hiking clubs typically put on their shared calendar:
What this looks like in practice
Tara, the hike coordinator, opens iCalFeed on Tuesday. She adds Saturday's hike with the exact trailhead address, difficulty rating, distance, and elevation gain. She posts the trail maintenance day for next weekend and updates the sunset hike time for daylight savings. Total time: four minutes.
Doug, a member who hikes every other Saturday, checks his phone on Friday. He sees "Group Hike: Cascade Falls Loop — 7 AM, Trailhead Lot B (GPS: 35.6012, -82.5518), Moderate, 5.4 mi, 1200 ft gain, Dogs OK on Leash" right on his calendar. He knows exactly what he's getting into.
On Friday afternoon, the forest service posts that the Cascade Falls trail is closed for a downed tree. Tara switches the hike to Elk Ridge and edits the event — new trailhead, new distance, new difficulty. By Friday evening, every hiker's phone shows the updated plan. No early-morning parking lot confusion.
How iCalFeed compares
vs. Meetup.com events
Another app to check. Details are easy to miss in long descriptions. RSVPs don't mean people actually show up.
Hike details live on their phone calendar. They see the trailhead every time they check their week.
vs. WhatsApp or group text
Hike details get buried under trail photos, gear debates, and thirty "I'm in" messages.
Clean event details on their calendar — trailhead, time, distance. No message clutter.
vs. Facebook group
The algorithm shows the hike announcement to half the group. Late changes get missed.
Every subscriber sees every hike. Updates sync automatically.
vs. Club website
Members have to remember to check the site before each hike. Most forget.
Hikes come to them. Details are already on their phone when they wake up Saturday.
Hiking club calendar questions
Get your hikers to the right trailhead every time
Start with the free plan — 1 calendar, 10 events. No credit card required.