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Elevation Profiles

You’re planning a day hike from Chamonix to Plan de l’Aiguille — but is it manageable? How steep is it really? What surface will you be on? Rooutie answers all of this automatically with interactive elevation profiles that make terrain data beautiful and actionable. The moment you add a walk, hike, bike, or drive route to your itinerary, Rooutie fetches real elevation data for that route and renders it as a live chart at the bottom of your map — no extra steps required.

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Viewing the Profile

The elevation panel appears automatically at the bottom of the trip map whenever your current day contains transport steps with elevation data. Switch to a day with walking or hiking routes and it’s just there, ready for you.

• To close the panel, click the × button in the top-right corner of the chart.
• It reappears automatically when you switch to a day that has elevation data.

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What the Chart Shows

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The Elevation Area Chart

A beautiful filled chart that visualises your entire route profile at a glance:

• Vertical axis — altitude in metres, with min and max labelled on the left.
• Horizontal axis — distance in kilometres from start to finish.
• Filled gradient area — shaded beneath the elevation line for easy depth reading.
• Colour-coded line — the stroke colour changes based on steepness so your eyes go straight to the hard parts.

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Summary Stats (top of panel)

Three numbers that tell the whole story before you even look at the chart:

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Hover Tooltip

Hover your cursor anywhere on the chart and a tooltip reveals:

• Elevation in metres at that exact point.
• Distance from start in km.
• Grade (%) — the steepness at that spot.
• Surface type (e.g., paved, gravel, trail) — when available from routing data.

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Steepness Strip

Directly below the chart is a colour-coded strip showing steepness throughout the entire route: A legend next to the strip maps each colour to the exact steepness category for your specific route.

Pro Tip: A long stretch of the strongest colour means you might want to budget extra time — or extra snacks.

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Surface Strip

A second strip below the steepness strip shows surface type along the route (where routing data includes it):

• Paved road
• Gravel / unpaved
• Trail / path
• Other surface types

Each colour is explained in the accompanying legend. Perfect for knowing whether you need trail shoes or road shoes.

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Combined Profiles

Planning a day with multiple transport legs — say, a short walk to a trailhead, followed by a long hike, followed by a bike ride to dinner? Rooutie combines all of them into a single continuous chart, with flat connecting segments between the place stops. You see the whole day’s terrain in one view.

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Hover-to-Map Sync

Here’s where it gets really powerful: hover over any point on the elevation chart and a dot appears on the map at that exact location on the route. You can pinpoint exactly where the big climb starts, where the trail gets rocky, or where the view from the ridge will be.

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Which Transport Modes Have Elevation Data