Who's behind it
Suviard is developed and maintained by Miguel Ángel Martín Martínez, from Granada, Spain. There's no big company behind it and no team of dozens of people: it's a small project, and we'd rather say so than pretend otherwise.
The full tax details are in the legal notice, as required by the LSSI. If you'd like to write to us, the address is [email protected], and you'll find the other ways to reach us on the contact page.
Where a route's data comes from
Every route published on Suviard comes from a GPS track recorded by a person. We don't copy routes from other platforms or generate them automatically: the distance, the total elevation gain and the elevation profile are calculated from the points logged by the device of whoever did the route.
That has a consequence worth knowing: the data is only as good as the GPS signal was that day. Under tree cover or in narrow gorges, the total elevation gain tends to get inflated. We smooth the profile so the altimetry doesn't jump around absurdly, but we don't correct the figure: we'd rather you see what was recorded. We explain it all in why your GPS says you climbed more than you did.
On every route page you'll also find a comparison between the estimated time and the actual time. The estimate comes from a classic mountain formula — Naismith's rule and its corrections for elevation gain —; the actual time is what it took the person who recorded the route. We show the two side by side on purpose: a route can be a "three-hour" one on paper and take you five if the terrain is bad.
What you can do
- Save and share routes with their track, photos and data, from the mobile app.
- Explore what others have uploaded, with a map and filters for distance, elevation gain, difficulty and type of activity.
- Start or join a club and organise meetups, with carpooling to get to the starting point.
- Plan a route before you do it and see its elevation profile.
- Take it to your watch. Suviard has a Garmin Connect IQ app.
The mountains don't forgive optimistic data
A route that looks manageable on screen may not be: the time shown on a route page is that of the person who recorded it, with their fitness, their gear and whatever snow or mud there was that day. No information on Suviard replaces checking the weather forecast, carrying the right equipment and knowing when to turn back.
If you see a route with data that doesn't add up, or one you simply shouldn't be seeing, let us know via contact. It's reviewed by hand.
What we do with your data
Only what's needed for the platform to work, and it's all explained with no small print in the privacy policy. Two things worth highlighting, because they're not the norm:
- Audience measurement doesn't use cookies and is hosted on our own servers in the European Union: browsing data isn't sent to any external provider or used for advertising. The details are in the cookie policy.
- We don't sell or share personal data with third parties for commercial purposes.
To exercise your rights of access, rectification or erasure, you'll find the form at exercise my rights.