TrailSpot

No one is ever truly lost.

An off-grid solar mesh that brings persistent connectivity, search-and-rescue intelligence, and live trail data to the deepest backcountry — where satellites fall short.

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THREE GAPS WE CLOSE

The backcountry runs on guesswork. We replace it with signal.

SEARCH & RESCUE
60–80%
Smaller SAR search area

Last-known-position breadcrumbs replace days-old trailhead sign-in sheets.

WILDFIRE
$1.5B
BC wildfire spend per year

Mesh smoke detection catches ignition in hours, not days — the highest-leverage moment.

TRAIL DATA
47k km
Managed trail, flying blind

Objective usage data across Canada's trails, where today there is effectively none.

HOW IT WORKS

Trail intelligence, off the grid.

Solar-powered mesh nodes blanket the trail and talk to each other — no cell tower required. The network keeps working under heavy canopy and deep in valleys, then hands the data home over satellite.

MESH NETWORK DIAGRAM
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GATEWAY
SATELLITE UPLINK
Counts hikers, not identities

Passive, anonymized presence — out of sight, never tracking you. PIPEDA-compliant by design.

Senses the environment

Smoke, temperature and air quality across the mesh — an early, triangulated wildfire signal.

Always gets the signal out

900MHz mesh hands off to satellite uplink with redundant gateways — resilient by design.

BUILT FOR

For the people who keep the wilderness safe.

PARKS & AGENCIES

Plan with evidence, not estimates.

Direct maintenance, closures and signage with real numbers — not parking-lot cameras or permit guesses.

↳Objective trail-activity tracking — peak loads, flow & seasonal trends.
Parks and trails landscape Erik Morales
SEARCH & RESCUE

A real starting point when minutes matter.

TrailSpot logs anonymized last-known positions along the trail, so teams launch toward signal instead of a blank map.

↳Last-known-position breadcrumbs cut search area 60–80%.
Search and rescue team in wilderness Ron Lach
WILDFIRE & FORESTRY

Catch ignition before it spreads.

Distributed air-quality sensors detect smoke at the source and triangulate the ignition point across adjacent nodes and wind direction.

↳Early smoke detection — hours instead of days.
Wildfire smoke over forest bcwildfire.ca
PUBLIC

Safer trails, privacy by default.

Hikers stay informed on conditions and occupancy. Everyone is protected anonymously — no app, no account required.

↳Opt in via the app for extra safety features — always your choice.
Hikers on a trail Ali Kazal
Building the sovereign mesh network of Canada — so no emergency goes unheard.
RELIABLE AT −40°C · 99.9% UPTIME · PRIVACY-FIRST

Make remote wilderness
safer and smarter.

See TrailSpot mapped onto your own trails. Book a 20-minute walkthrough with the Zontik team.

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