Hikezilla rewards adventures, contribution, and the people who make the outdoor community better. Earn points out on the trail, around the campfire, and across Hikezilla — then spend them on patches, gear, partner perks, and other rewards.
Balance
4,820 pts
Challenge
Mt Solitary · Earn up to 6,300 pts
One simple loop: explore, contribute, earn, repeat.
Step 1
Hike, run, climb, camp, explore a national park, or take on something completely ridiculous.
Step 2
Complete challenge objectives or contribute to the Hikezilla community. Bigger commitments and harder objectives can earn more.
Step 3
Your adventures can build toward patches and achievements — from small milestones to seriously difficult, long-term accomplishments.
Step 4
Spend your available points on patches, gear, partner perks, experiences, gift cards and other rewards in the store.
However you earn them, they're all Trail Points.
You don't need a podium, a following or a sponsorship to matter here.
Hikezilla rewards people who explore, volunteer, share what they know, build useful things and help the outdoor community.
Sometimes that's a huge mountain objective. Sometimes it's spending Saturday morning handing out cups at a trail race.
Both count.
You don't need to be the fastest, strongest or most extreme person out there. There are plenty of ways to contribute — pick the ones that suit you.
Adventures, challenges, checkpoints and achievements.
Be part of Hikezilla and the wider outdoor community.
Volunteer your time to the outdoors.
Help someone know more than they did yesterday.
Use tech, data, design or creativity to make the outdoors better.
From time to time, new reasons to earn.
Point values are set in Hikezilla's points rules and may change. Special events and campaigns can offer bonus points — eligible actions always show what they're worth.
Log genuine volunteering from your profile — trail races, parkrun, clean-ups, parks, conservation, outdoor events and community organisations. Past volunteering counts too, and volunteering achievements unlock as your history grows.
Join the Hikezilla Strava Club and eligible activity days will earn a few Trail Points too — awarded in a weekly batch, one rewarded day per calendar day, no double-dipping on duplicates.
We'll also run occasional club challenges — Monthly Vert, Distance Month, Weekend Mission and Community Goals — with points landing after each one finishes. Mostly about taking part, not topping a leaderboard.
Hikezilla Projects
Meaningful approved contributions earn Trail Points through the project contribution rules.
Independent projects
Built something non-commercial for the outdoors? List it in the Outdoor Project Directory — verified creators can unlock achievements like Built Elsewhere. A listing on its own doesn't earn contribution points.
Browse the directory →These change. That's the point.
Coming soonGuess the Place
Know your mountains? Identify today's location and earn points if you're right.
Get Outside
Complete the week's activity goal.
Vert Month
Hit the month's elevation target.
Photo Challenge
A theme, your photos and occasional Trail Points up for grabs.
Sometimes Hikezilla needs something built, researched, mapped, cleaned up or figured out. Bounties are announced up front with the reward attached — so you know what's on offer before you start.
Build the dashboard. Find the dataset. Map the thing. Claim the bounty.
Illustrative examples only — not live bounties.
Some Hikezilla challenges have a single objective and stop there.
Others keep going.
Complete the trail. Then complete it in a day. Maybe take on the harder distance. Chase the next elevation tier. Finish every summit in the collection.
Optional objectives don't disappear just because you've completed the main challenge.
You decide where "done" is.
Example challenge
Illustrative example only.
Some adventures deserve more than a number. Achievements recognise meaningful milestones across Hikezilla — from getting involved in the community to completing collections that could take years.
Some unlock digital badges. Some come with physical patches or special rewards. And the rarest ones? You'll have to earn those.
Points are earned, not bought. Spend them on outdoor gear, gift cards, subscriptions, books, outdoor experiences, partner rewards, Hikezilla patches and the occasional special something.
Some rewards will be easy to reach. Others are meant to take serious commitment.
A record of all the Trail Points you've earned across adventures, achievements and community contributions.
The points currently available for you to spend in the Rewards Store.
Redeeming a reward reduces your available points. It doesn't erase the adventures, achievements or historical points you've earned — those stay part of your Hikezilla story.
Your adventures don't have to start when you join Hikezilla.
If you've already completed a challenge or objective, you can submit it retroactively. Upload the required proof — such as a GPX/FIT file, activity link, race result, photo, or other accepted evidence — and once verified, you'll earn the same points and progress as someone completing it today.
Your outdoor history is part of your Hikezilla story.
There's no general time limit on retroactive claims. Specific seasonal or time-limited challenges may have their own rules.
The harder the challenge, the stronger the proof we may ask for.
We're here to celebrate adventures, not police them. Proof simply keeps challenges fair for everyone.
No podium required. Small actions, a bit of adventure and some giving back add up over time.
Week 1
Joined a community hike
Weeks 1–4
Logged eligible activity days
Week 2
Volunteered at a trail race
Week 3
Made a useful Wiki contribution
Week 4
Completed a monthly challenge
Month total
+1,670 pts
Example only. Activities and point values change.
The small print, the edge cases, the "wait, what about…" stuff.
Trail Points aren't airline miles. They're Hikezilla's way of recognising people who make the outdoors better — however they do it.
Trail Points are governed by our Trail Points & Rewards Rules.
