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How to print a Strava map (in about five minutes)

Printing a Strava map is not a screenshot. Strava's share image is a few hundred pixels wide and does not survive a wall. What you print instead is the route itself, the coordinates the activity is made of, drawn again at print size. That takes about five minutes, and here is exactly what happens.

1. Get the route

Two ways, both free on Strava's side and on any plan:

  • Connect Strava in the editor. It reads the activities on your account, you pick one, and the route and the numbers come in. Nothing is posted and nothing is changed; the connection expires by itself.
  • Export it yourself: on strava.com, open the activity, the more menu (three dots), Export GPX. Drop the file in the editor. The export guide covers it, and the phone workaround if you are on the app.

You do not need a Strava account at all if you have the file from your watch: Garmin, Wahoo, Coros, Suunto and Apple Watch all give you one.

2. Watch it draw

The route appears on a sheet in your browser. From here you choose:

  • Map or line. Seven map styles from a pale paper map to terrain and a night map, or no map and the line alone.
  • Size. 30×40, 50×70 or 70×100 cm.
  • Colour and weight of the line, and where the text sits.
  • The numbers. Distance, time, pace or speed, elevation, heart rate and power if the file has them, the date. Tick the ones you want.
  • A title and a subtitle.

The print updates as you change things, and what you see is what we print. The first and last 500 metres are trimmed automatically so the route does not start at your front door; you can push that out, not turn it off.

3. Order

Loose print or framed, then the checkout. Printed to order in two to four working days and shipped in Denmark and the EU. From 319 kr for a route print, from 799 kr framed.

Things people ask before they do it

Several routes on one print? Yes. Bring more than one activity and the sheet becomes a heatmap or a coverage print. A whole year works.

Someone else's route, as a gift? Yes, with their file. They export it in a minute, or a public activity on Strava has a download button on its page that gives you the route.

Preview before paying? The whole thing is the preview. There is no order until you have seen the print.

Miles? The print shows kilometres. If miles matter to you, leave the distance off and put it in the title.

Do you sell frames separately? No. The framed print is the sheet already in a solid wood frame, white, black, wood or dark wood, ready to hang.

Is this Strava's product? No. Epic Efforts is not affiliated with Strava. The account is the source of the route; the print is ours.

The full picture of what you can print is on Strava prints.

Five minutes, three steps

  1. 1

    Get the route

    Connect Strava in the editor, or export the GPX from strava.com and drop it in. Free on any plan. No account needed if you have the file from your watch.

  2. 2

    Watch it draw

    Map or clean line, size, colour, which numbers. The print updates as you choose, in your browser, and what you see is what we print.

  3. 3

    Order

    Loose or framed, from 319 kr. Two to four working days to make, then shipping in Denmark and the EU.

Not a screenshot. The route itself.

Drawn again at print size, from the coordinates in your activity.

Questions people actually ask

How do I print a Strava map?

Connect Strava in the editor or export the GPX, let the route draw in your browser, choose map or line and a size, and order. About five minutes.

How do I print a Strava route without the app's share image?

The share image is a picture a few hundred pixels wide. Export the GPX instead — the route as coordinates — and it can be drawn at any size. The editor does that.

Can I add multiple routes to one print?

Yes. Several activities become a heatmap or a coverage print on one sheet. A whole year works.

Can I preview my Strava print before ordering?

The editor is the preview. Every change shows on the sheet before there is an order.

Can I print someone else's Strava route as a gift?

With their file. They export it from strava.com, or a public activity's page has a download button that gives you the route.

Do I need a Strava account to make a poster?

No. Any GPX, FIT or TCX from a watch or an app works the same way.

How much does a Strava print cost?

From 319 kr for a loose print and from 799 kr framed, depending on size and paper. Shipping is shown at checkout.

Where do you ship Strava prints to?

Denmark and the EU.

Can I use miles instead of kilometres?

Not yet — the print shows kilometres. Leave the distance off and write it in the title if miles matter.

Does the Strava print come framed?

If you choose the framed version: the sheet in a solid wood frame, white, black, wood or dark wood, ready to hang. Frames are not sold separately.