Idea Description
I often climb my home mountain by different routes (north ridge, west side, etc.) and descend by many different paths — sometimes on foot, sometimes running, biking, or skiing. What I’m interested in isn’t just individual activities, but knowing how many times I’ve actually reached the top regardless of the route taken.
My idea:
Allow users to create a custom map pin with a radius (an “area of interest”, e.g., around a summit or specific point). Strava would then automatically count every time an activity’s GPS track enters that circle and show a total count on the area’s detail or in the user’s profile stats.
This would act like a dynamic “visit counter” for places that don’t have a defined Strava segment — useful for summits, passes, trail junctions, or any place an athlete wants to track visits over multiple activities and sport types.
Example use case:
I climb Mount XYZ by hiking, running, biking, and skiing along different routes. Instead of creating many overlapping segments, I want to know how many times I reached the summit area — and get that aggregated count in my stats.
Why This Matters to Me (and Others)
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Segments only track performance on defined paths — not presence in an area.
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Athletes who visit the same locations via multiple routes (especially on trails without a clear segment) have no way to track visit frequency.
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This feature also works across activity types (run, ride, hike, ski) without needing separate segments.
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It would help adventurers, mountain athletes, and travelers see how often they’ve been to key locations over time.
Suggested UI/Workflow
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User taps the map and drops a pin → defines a radius (e.g., 50 m, 100 m).
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Strava counts any activity GPS track that intersects that area.
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The area shows a “Visit Count” stat and optionally a list of activities that counted toward it.
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Visit counts could be filtered by activity type or date range.
