We’ve rolled out a new and improved way to share your live location when recording a ride or activity! Now, you can create groups with other Trailforks users to start sharing your live location while out on a ski, ride, or run!
When you share your live location with a group, all members of the group are invited to see your location and activity stats. You can also choose not to share your live location but view the location of other members in your group.
The Groups Location Sharing feature can be instrumental for any number of use cases:
- If you’re an instructor, this feature allows you to create a group with all the students in your class and share your live location while out in the field.
- You can track the activities of your friends if they’re out on a trail race or keep track of the members of your group if you’re guiding a backcountry ski adventure.
- Creating groups and sharing your location can make it easy for your friends to find you, whether you’re at a bikepark, exploring the backcountry, or lapping ski runs at your favourite ski resort.
What you can do with the new Groups Location Feature:
- Create an emergency group to share your location with your emergency contacts
- Create a public group where other members of the group can invite members (Pro feature)
- Create a private group where only admins can invite and add members (Pro feature)
- Get notified that you’ve been added to a group
- Share your live location to your groups while recording an activity
- Share your route to your groups while recording an activity (Pro feature)
- Get notified that another user has shared their location with you
- View another user's route while that user is recording an an activity (Pro feature)
- View another user’s live location and stats while that user is recording an activity
- Set-up a Safety Alert for your Emergency contacts and other members of your shared groups in case you get hurt or lost on the trail (Pro feature)
- Send your Emergency Contacts a message after your activity is done to let them know you made it back safely (Pro feature)
- Auto-share to your Emergency Group and other selected groups (Pro feature)
Note: this feature is available on build 2026.2.0 on iOS and 2026.2.0 on Android. To view the latest updates related to Group Location Sharing and other important features of the app, please ensure that you have downloaded the latest version of the Trailforks app available in the Apple or GooglePlay store. Auto-sharing, sending your Emergency Contacts a message, and enabling safety alerts are available on Android build 2026.3.0 and iOS build 2026.2.2.
Learn more about the Group Location Sharing Feature:
Manage Your Group & Location Sharing Notifications
If you are experiencing an issue with the Groups Location Sharing feature, please see the Troubleshooting FAQs or get in touch with our support team here.
If you have feedback related to this feature, please fill out this form to get in touch with our product team.
If you have a feature request related to the Groups Location Sharing feature, please fill out this form to submit a request to the Trailforks team.