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No way to enter elevation gain in a manual activity on mobile

  • January 22, 2025
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Silentvoyager
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Some of us train for mountain races on treadmills and stair steppers. It turns out there is no way to enter elevation gain as a part of a manual activity, at least not in my Android Strava app. Can this please be fixed? 

Best answer by Jana_S

Hi, there's a pending feature request that might address what you are asking for - if so, please vote for it: 

 

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  • Hub Starter
  • January 26, 2025

I agree; the only way I can find to do it is to make a manual entry and add the elevation separately so I can track it for my training - but this is less than ideal.  It would be great if you could just add it at the end of a workout to the activity.


Jana_S
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  • January 26, 2025

Hi, there's a pending feature request that might address what you are asking for - if so, please vote for it: 

 


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  • Hub Starter
  • March 10, 2025

(I have now voted on the link above, but)

Is it just me that doesnt understand why Strava cant just let us enter elevation gain, on the mobile app as well (while it is possible on the website). Its been an issue for years. This should be an easy update/fix?(!)
It is just mind-boggling!


Silentvoyager
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  • March 10, 2025

What Strava mods will likely do next is merging this request into a generic "parity between web and mobile" issue where it will be buried and forgotten. Bundling issues like that is opposite of what Strava should do. "Divide and conquer" approach would work just better. For example, in this particular case, just adding elevation gain to a manual activity on mobile would already be a great improvement! 


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  • Hub Starter
  • December 6, 2025

please add manual elevation gain


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This seems totally distinct from the linked feature, this is not about editing after the fact, but adding elevation to manual activities from the get go. Seems like a simple UI request


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  • Hub Starter
  • December 17, 2025

The feature to add elevation gain to a manual activity absolutely needs to be added. What’s the reason this hasn’t happened yet?