Welcome to the Back in Pack help centre. Find guides for every feature of the app below.
Getting Started
- Getting Started: Overview, core concepts and first steps
- Signing In: Google and Apple sign-in, email as a fallback, and verification
- Base, Worn & Consumed: Gear types, and why carried and skin-out weight matter most
Gear
- Gear Locker: Your complete gear inventory, called Gear in the app
- Gear Items: Adding and managing individual gear items
- Pack Categories: Organising gear into categories
Packs
- Packs: Creating and managing packing lists
- Pack Contents: Adding gear and linked systems to a pack
- Pack Analytics: The Charts tab, weight breakdowns and pack weight ratio
- Sharing & Exporting Packs: Share links, PDF and XML export
Trips
- Trips: Planning multi-day adventures
- Trip Sections: Route legs, the section editor and the route builder
- Waypoints & Weather: Waypoints, weather, forecast and section analysis
- Trip Shot Planning: Photography and video shot lists, and linking shots to waypoints
- Trip Tasks: Pre-trip to-do lists
- Live Tracking: GPS recording on the trail
Discuss
- Community: Forums, threads, posting and moderation, called Discuss in the app
Profile & Settings
- Profile & Account: Account management, measurements, tiers and deletion
- Appearance & Preferences: The Appearance, Gear, Packs and Trips settings screens
- Purchase Currencies: Currencies for gear purchase prices
- Importing Data: Import from LighterPack and from a ZIP archive
Account Tiers
Tier requirements are noted at the top of each page.
| Tier | What it is |
|---|---|
| Day Hiker | The free tier. Gear, packs, sharing and Discuss |
| Section Hiker | Adds purchase tracking, images, pack lifecycle, and PDF and XML export |
| Thru Hiker | Adds Trips, and everything inside them: routes, waypoints and live tracking |
| Content Creator | Adds shot planning for trips |
Your current tier is shown on the Account level row of Profile & Settings.
Admin, Moderator and Publisher are separate roles rather than tiers, given out by invitation. They are described in Profile & Account and Community.
Related: Getting Started · Profile & Account