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charge 6 fitbit no elevation on upload

  • February 21, 2026
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The Fitbit Charge 6 used to upload to strava with elevation on hikes bikes walks even though it does not have a built in altimeter, so it has never been possible to track elevation directly with the Charge 6. The GPS chip in the Charge 6 is not designed to display elevation, as it can be very inaccurate.

 

The data i used to see was actually calculated by Strava, and not Fitbit (i.e those who weren’t connected to Strava - or similar app - never saw that data). It seems that there is a recent issue (since Jan 7th 2026) where Strava is no longer able to calculate correctly or just shows 0 (which is what stand alone fitbit is designed to show).

 

One suggested work around :

 

Use "Adjust Elevation" on Strava: Open the affected activity on the Strava website (desktop), click the three-dot menu, and select "Correct Elevation". This forces Strava to recalculate the elevation based on your GPS coordinates and their mapping database.

But basically I think you need to go through Strava for a fix. 

 

So strava can you fix it please? 

Best answer by Jan_Mantau

Are you sure the change came from Strava and not from the FitBit side? It could just be that FitBit has mistakenly started to send elevation data to Strava even though it didn’t record any. Anyway, to get support for that you have to contact Strava, see 

 

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  • February 21, 2026

Are you sure the change came from Strava and not from the FitBit side? It could just be that FitBit has mistakenly started to send elevation data to Strava even though it didn’t record any. Anyway, to get support for that you have to contact Strava, see