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FATMAP, the 3D outdoor map, closed on 1 October 2024. Strava announced it had bought FATMAP in January 2023 and told users in June 2024 that the app would close. Routes could move to Strava as saved routes; adventures, guidebooks and waypoints could not move to Strava; data not exported by 1 October 2024 was deleted. fatmap.com now redirects to Strava's home page.
Timeline
The dates below come from Strava, FATMAP and press coverage at the time.
| Date | What happened | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 23 January 2023 | Strava announces that it has acquired FATMAP. | Strava newsroom |
| 21 to 24 June 2024 | Strava and FATMAP tell users by email and on support pages that the FATMAP app will close and that routes can move to Strava. | Strava and FATMAP support pages; TechCrunch, 26 June 2024 |
| 1 October 2024 | The FATMAP app and website are retired. Data that was not exported is deleted. | Strava support FAQ, November 2024 |
| 6 March 2025 | Strava launches a new map engine built with FATMAP technology: 3D terrain, a winter map style, and gradient, avalanche gradient and aspect layers. | Strava newsroom |
| 13 October 2026 | fatmap.com redirects to Strava's home page; the old export tool and FAQ are gone. | Checked by us |
What moved to Strava, and what was lost
FATMAP routes could be moved to Strava as saved routes, but only the route title, description and line came across, according to Strava's support FAQ from June 2024.
Adventures, guidebooks and waypoints could not move to Strava. The FATMAP Pro Access programme for guides and instructors ended, and paying FATMAP subscribers were offered a six-month Strava voucher or a refund for the remaining period.
After 1 October 2024 the remaining data was deleted.
Can you still get your FATMAP data?
No. The export tool closed on 1 October 2024 and its address now redirects to Strava. If you moved your routes to Strava before then, they are in your Strava saved routes; everything else is gone.
What is left of FATMAP in Strava
On 6 March 2025 Strava introduced its own map rendering engine and said its maps "now utilize technology from FATMAP" (Strava newsroom). It added 3D terrain, a winter map style, a gradient layer from 0° to 90°, an avalanche gradient layer that shows slopes from 25° to 45° and steeper, and an aspect layer.
These layers are for Strava subscribers and are confirmed in the mobile app (Strava support). Strava doesn't list avalanche bulletins on its maps, and FATMAP's adventures and guidebooks did not come back.
What riders use instead
Which tool fits depends on where you ride and what you used FATMAP for. For the Alps, BEYOND, topo^alpin and Skitourenguru are free; White Risk, realitymaps and Whympr have paid plans with Alpine avalanche information. In North America, onX Backcountry and CalTopo are the closest.
We compared twelve of them, with sources and the date we checked, in FATMAP alternatives: 3D ski maps compared. BEYOND is our own product: a free 3D map of the Alps with lifts and pistes, slope angle, today's avalanche danger on the slopes and your own routes, in your browser.