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AllTrails MCP server (archived)

An archived helper that once let your AI search AllTrails hiking trails. It no longer works.

This was a small helper that let your AI look up hiking trails on AllTrails. It has been shut down and no longer works. We are keeping this page so you know what happened and what to use instead.

What is an MCP server? The 30-second version

On its own, your AI can only chat with you. An MCP server is a small helper program that gives your AI a new skill or a connection to an app or website. This one was meant to connect your AI to AllTrails, so it could look up trails for you when you asked. But AllTrails asked for it to be turned off, so the connection is gone.

What this MCP server does

In the past, you would ask your AI something like find trails in Yosemite. The AI would pass that request to this helper. The helper would read pages on the AllTrails website and send back trail names, difficulty, length and elevation. That reading was done without AllTrails' permission, which broke their rules. The project is now archived and the code does not work.

Flow diagram: you ask your AI “Find easy hikes near Yosemite”, the AllTrails MCP server (archived) connects it to AllTrails, and you get back nothing now.

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What it gives back to you

Nothing. The server is disabled and returns no trail information. If you try to use it, you will get errors or no answer at all.

Before you start

Good to know

This project was shut down because it read AllTrails' website without permission, which broke their terms of service. Do not try to use, copy or rebuild it.

Install it with your AI

Add AllTrails MCP server (archived) to your AI, no technical skills needed

You don't install anything by hand. You copy one prompt, paste it into an AI that can work on your computer, and it checks, installs and connects the server for you, asking you when it needs something.

Sign in to get the install prompt

Members get a ready-made prompt that lets the Claude desktop app check AllTrails MCP server (archived), install it and connect it for them, step by step. You don't need any technical skills: you copy, paste and answer a few questions. Your connected AI can also find and install any of the 4,066 MCP servers here for you.