No threats detected
All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.
Is alltrails.com legit or a scam?
Established 21.9-year-old trail app with clean technical scans and real company registration despite subscription complaints.
Analysis Summary
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Visual analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual similarities noted — cleared by the overall checks
Our vision model noted some visual similarity to a known brand, but the domain, security records, and reputation checks confirm this is the legitimate site — so this is shown for transparency, not as a red flag.
What our vision model saw
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Intelligence
The domain alltrails.com was registered in 2004 and has operated continuously for nearly 22 years. Our antivirus network returned zero detections and the hosting IP shows no abuse history. The company is registered in the United States with documented headquarters in San Francisco and substantial venture funding. The page content matches the expected AllTrails service offering trail maps and outdoor activity tracking. Two scam reports surfaced on Trustpilot and Reddit focused on billing practices rather than outright fraud. The combination of extreme domain age, clean infrastructure signals, and verifiable business presence outweighs the subscription complaints.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for alltrails.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- AllTrails is a legitimate, widely-used outdoor recreation platform founded in 2010 with over 50 million users.
- The company is a registered legal entity (AllTrails, LLC) based in San Francisco and has received over $150M in venture capital funding.
- Numerous user complaints on Trustpilot (1.5/5 score) focus on billing issues, unauthorized auto-renewals, and difficulty canceling subscriptions.
- Recent controversy exists regarding the 'Peak' membership tier, with some 'Lifetime' members reporting that previously included features were moved behind a new paywall.
- The platform relies heavily on crowdsourced data, which users note can occasionally lead to inaccuracies in trail maps or private property crossings.
- Trustpilotopen
"SCAM - AVOID. ... pop-up window on the Android app AllTrails asked for £0 credit card authorisation (using Google Pay on Android) to verify the free trial, which I agreed to, but then charged me."
- Redditopen
"They simply made up a new membership level called peak... and declared that 'Peak membership' was not included in my lifetime membership. ... The greed is crazy. Bait and switch."
- HikerHeroopen
"AllTrails is one of the biggest hiking apps in the world. It helps you find trail maps, follow them, and avoid wandering off into the nearest ravine. I low-key love it."
- BackpackingTVopen
"I highly recommend AllTrails Plus for its robust safety features and enhanced navigation tools. It offers a level of confidence and preparedness that can significantly improve your hiking."
Headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Founded in 2010 by Russell Cook; currently owned by Spectrum Equity.
Our research found two scam-related mentions on Trustpilot and Reddit. Both complaints focus on billing practices, including unauthorized charges during free trials and changes to lifetime membership benefits. Positive coverage on HikerHero and BackpackingTV describes AllTrails as a legitimate and widely-used hiking platform. The company is registered in the United States with documented headquarters and funding history.
Domain Timeline
- Aug 4, 2004Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 22 years old today.
- Jul 11, 2026Latest security review — Reviewed as safe
This scan re-ran every check and found no active threat signals.
alltrails.com has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Threat Detection
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedContact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- Phone number listed (2010-2026).
- Postal address visible on the page.
- Links to 5 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://alltrails.com/
- 2301https://alltrails.com/
- 3200https://www.alltrails.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
What to do
Still, stay alert
No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.
- Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on alltrails.com and not a lookalike like a-lltrails.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.
- Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
- OpenDiscuss this site on the forum
If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.
Final Verdict
AllTrails is a long-established hiking and trail-mapping platform. The domain is 21.9 years old with clean scans and active business registration in the United States. Some users report billing disputes around subscriptions.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review found no threat indicators on alltrails.com, so it appears legitimate. All 92 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, it ranks among the world's most-visited sites, and the domain is 21.9 years old, registered on August 4, 2004 — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
- alltrails.com passed our automated checks with a trust score of 90/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged it at the time of the last scan, and its signals line up with an established, legitimate site. Treat any unexpected login prompt or payment request on it with the same caution you would anywhere.
- Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from alltrails.com), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from alltrails.com is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
- No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report alltrails.com as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
- No — alltrails.com is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
- alltrails.com is 21.9 years old, registered on August 4, 2004 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
- Yes — alltrails.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Amazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M04, valid for another 150 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
- alltrails.com resolves to an IP operated by Amazon.com, Inc. in US (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
- Yes — alltrails.com ranks in the global top 100,000 most-visited sites, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. Genuine popularity doesn't automatically make a site safe, but throwaway scam domains almost never reach this level of traffic, so it's a meaningful point in the site's favour.
- This report is a record of the scan run on July 11, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about alltrails.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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