SummitGPX Help CenterSummitGPX Help Center
Practical guides for race organizers: prepare a course, publish its map and downloads, and keep runners informed when it changes.
New to SummitGPX? Create your first route, then use the pre-race checklist before sharing it.
Start your first race route
Getting started
Set up an event, check your course and share the latest route with runners.
Typical organizer workflow
A practical checklist from course preparation to race-day updates.
Managing events and routes
Use the Event Library, route cards and account usage controls.
Prepare and publish the course
Importing route files
Import GPX, KML or FIT files and resolve processing problems.
Checkpoints
Add aid stations, route notes and GPS/watch points, then review their placement.
Checkpoint breakdown
Read leg and cumulative distance, ascent and descent for your course.
Downloads and exports
Choose route files, printable PDFs, checkpoint CSVs and split GPX sections.
Public route pages
Publish and share the current course with runners.
Embedding a route
Place an interactive current course on your event website.
Keep race information current
Updating routes
Replace a GPX, edit a section, reverse direction or restore a version.
Route update emails
Prepare recipients, review a draft and track a deliberate route update send.
Units and language
Set organizer defaults and understand runner unit and language choices.