Forget Google Maps: This is how experienced hikers use smartphones

There are apps for hiking up mountains. — Silvan Metz/DAV/dpa

GPS-powered smartphones have long replaced maps when it comes to driving and sightseeing, but what about hiking up mountains? Now there are apps for that, too.

You are enjoying a beautiful mountain hike when you hit a fork, just as you emerge from the tree line. Your smartphone is convinced: Turn right! One hundred metres later, your serene hike turns into a wander along the emergency lane of a busy main road.