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WayUpThere
For Canada’s North & Alaska

Plan like the North is trying to kill you.

Answer a few questions about your route, season and skill — WayUpThere builds a gear, safety and contingency checklist tuned to your trip, plus a search-and-rescue plan to leave behind.

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Free account · Save your plans · Works offline

  • 120+ Trip templates
  • -50°C Cold-rated
  • SAR plan Filed with a contact
  • Offline No signal? No problem
What we plan for

Every list is built for the terrain

The North punishes the gap between what you read and what you actually packed. WayUpThere turns knowledge into checked boxes — with conditional logic that reacts to your route.

Tents lit up at a backcountry camp under the trees at dusk
Why a checklist, not a blog post

Knowledge you forgot at home won't keep you warm

WayUpThere started with a simple observation: most northern trip disasters aren’t caused by a lack of information — they’re caused by the one thing you knew about but didn’t bring. A checklist closes that gap.

You tell us the activity, region, season, group, and experience level. We generate a checklist that reacts to your answers, flags the items you cannot skip, and hands you a rescue-ready trip plan to leave with someone who’ll notice you’re late.

  • Critical safety items are gated — you’re warned before you call the list done
  • Everything works offline once the page has loaded — build it at the trailhead
  • A printable SAR trip plan generated alongside every checklist
How It Works
From the field

Trusted by people who go where help is far

  • “The trip-plan sheet is the part I didn’t know I needed. I leave it with my sister every time I fly into the Firth now.”

    Dena T.

    Packrafter, Inuvik NT

  • “It caught that I had zero satellite backup for a stretch with no cell coverage. That flag alone earned its keep.”

    Marcus L.

    Fat-bike guide, Dawson YT

  • “First time on the Chilkoot and the list scaled the layers for shoulder season perfectly. Nothing missing, nothing dead weight.”

    Priya S.

    Hiker, Skagway AK

Starting points

Sample trip templates

Prefer to start from a known route? Open a template and adjust — the checklist and trip plan regenerate around your changes.

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Your trip is only as ready as your list

Create a free account and build your checklist and SAR trip plan in a couple of minutes. Once you're in, it all works offline — even where there's no signal.

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