HOME/TRIP ENGINE

The Trip Engine: feed it your dates.

Tell it where you're starting, how long you've got and who's aboard. The Engine reads every expedition file and every calculator on this site, then builds a ranked recommendation and a live trip dashboard you can save — all in your browser.

01 / HOW IT WORKS

The archive, pointed at your calendar.

Every expedition file on this site carries the same structured data: route shape, verified campsite spine, terrain character, seasonal notes, crossings, membership value and booking priorities. The Engine scores all of it against your answers, recommends the best fits, trims a file to your dates where that's honest, and runs the numbers — miles, fuel, energy, payload — using the same methods as the calculators. As the archive grows, so does the Engine: new journey files join the deck automatically.

02 / YOUR BRIEFING

Five questions. More if you want precision.

The deck below updates live as you answer. The advanced panel is optional — it sharpens the scoring but never blocks it.

ADVANCED BRIEFING — OPTIONAL
WHAT PULLS YOU?
Tick any. Ties break toward your interests.
MEMBERSHIPS YOU ALREADY HOLD
The Engine highlights routes that cash the cards you own.

03 / RECOMMENDATION DECK

Best fits from the archive.

Ranked live against your briefing. Blue notes mean the Engine has trimmed a file to your dates — the two-night rhythm survives; the transit days compress.

04 / TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

The moments the deck is selling.

Pulled live from the three recommended files — the pitch, the view and the set-piece that earn each one its rank. Every line links back to its full journey file.

05 / ROUTE PLANNER

The route, stop by stop.

The loaded expedition unrolled as a chain of bases, crossings and waypoints — each stop deep-links to its day in the journey file and to the map for local points of interest around it.

06 / TRIP DASHBOARD

Load a recommendation to run the numbers.

The same methods as the calculators — miles, fuel, energy and payload — pre-filled from the selected file and your briefing, every figure editable. Estimates for planning, not promises; fuel prices and appetites are yours to set.

06B / PAYLOAD QUICK CHECK

Will it carry?

07 / SAVED TRIPS

The hangar.

Plans save in this browser only — nothing leaves your device, exactly like the calculators. Load one to restore the whole briefing and dashboard.