Now that you have your activity profiles setup you can begin your trip planning.

What's important is the actual settings on the Routing tab, not the activity name. You do not need to create/use special ATV and Snowmobiling activities, it's simply a way to organize your activity profiles. Routing preferences for the GPS must be set on the GPS itself, however a route created in BaseCamp and transfered to your GPS will not be recalculated based on GPS settings, it will remain as calculated in BaseCamp. NOTE: Setting routing preferences in BaseCamp does not effect the Routing preferences on your GPS. The Speed Customization section does not apply to your GPS trail maps. These routing settings should be replicated on your actual GPS as well. The Route Preference attribute should always be set to “ Shorter Distance” and NO Avoidances should be checked off. Now you can set routing preferences for both your ATV or Snowmobile activity by selecting the Routing tab. If you have your own snowmobile image you can download it for your new activity type. To add a new activity, click the green + box next to the activity pulldown. You will notice in the pulldown that BaseCamp provides a default ATV activity but not one for snowmobiling. Before planning your first trip you should setup an activity and then set the routing preferences. Calculating distance between food and gas is a breeze. Plan a quick loop or a multi-day expedition. Planning a trip with BaseCamp is quick and easy. With BaseCamp, you can manage your waypoints and tracks on your computer for future trip planning. BaseCamp lets you plan snowmobile and ATV trips then replay your rides, display geotagged photos and share it all with your friends.

We use Garmin BaseCamp to transfer our snowmobile and ATV trail maps, routes and waypoints to your GPS device. Garmin BaseCamp is a free mapping program available as a download from the Garmin website.

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