Route elevation profile

With a route, one page shows the route’s elevation profile, with your position and what’s left to the next waypoint or to the finish.

What it shows

  • The route’s profile around your position, with a dot where you are.
  • In large type, the distance and the ascent to the next waypoint in the GPX or, if there are none left, to the FINISH (with its checkered flag).
  • “ASC 0 m” on the flat; “No elevation data” if the GPX has no altitudes.
The route elevation profile: distance and ascent to the summit, and the finish
Watch · Route elevation profile

Exploring

  • The crown changes the zoom: 2, 5, 10, 20 or 50 km (those that fit the route), or the whole route (5 km to start with; on a short route, the whole route).
  • One tap switches to EXPLORING: drag the profile with your finger to see what’s coming up.
  • Another tap, or 10 seconds without touching it, goes back to following your position.
The route elevation profile while exploring: your finger drags along the route
Watch · Exploring

Settings

In Route and map: Route elevation profile (on by default; if you turn it off, the page doesn’t appear) and Elevation profile color (Dark, the factory setting, or Light).

Route and map: off-route and turn alerts, the route elevation profile, map orientation and map style
Phone · Route and map