Contact

Hi, it's Nico. If you've got a question, a correction, or a story about a trail we've covered — good, bad, or „the parking lot was already full at 7am and nobody warns you about that" — I want to hear it. This page tells you the fastest way to reach me, what kinds of messages I actually love getting, and a few tips that'll get you a real answer instead of a form-letter one.

The fastest way to reach us

Email, every time. We don't run a contact form because forms funnel into inboxes anyway, and I'd rather you just write to a person. Send anything to [email protected] and it comes straight to me or someone on the small team helping run Trail Tattler. I read everything. I can't promise a same-day reply during peak trail season (spring and fall, unsurprisingly), but you will hear back.

What kinds of messages are welcome

Genuinely, most of them. Here's what regularly lands in that inbox and gets a happy reply:

• Trail corrections — a junction that's now signed, a bridge that's out, a mileage that's off. This is the whole point of the site, so please, tattle back at me.
• Questions about a specific hike or piece of gear — if a post left something unclear, tell me which one and what's missing.
• Content suggestions — a trail, region, or topic you think deserves the same treatment (real numbers, no vague adjectives).
• Technical issues — broken links, images that won't load, a page acting strange on mobile.
• Collaborations and partnerships — brands, guides, land managers, and other writers reach out fairly often. There's a dedicated Collaboration page with details on how that works and what I'm actually open to.
• Press and media requests — happy to talk, just tell me your deadline up front.

If you're not sure your message fits a category, send it anyway. I'd rather get a slightly-off-topic email than have you sit on something useful.

Tips for a faster, more useful reply

A little detail goes a long way when the message is about an actual trail:

• Name the specific post or trail, not just „the hiking one"
• Include the date of your hike if it's a condition report — trails change season to season
• For technical issues, mention what device and browser you were using
• For collaboration or press emails, get straight to the ask in the first two lines

None of this is required — I'll still figure it out from a two-line email — but it does mean I can answer you instead of writing back to ask three follow-up questions first.

A quick note on safety

I get messages sometimes that are really safety questions dressed up as trail questions — „is this doable in November," „my kid is seven, is this too much," that sort of thing. I'll always give you my honest read, but understand that trail conditions change fast and I'm answering from what I saw on the day I hiked it. Weather, water levels, and wildlife activity can shift the calculus within a week. Please treat anything I send you as one input, not a permit slip, and always check current conditions with the local land manager before you go. And if you're heading out on anything with real exposure or distance, tell someone your plan and your turnaround time — it's the single most useful habit I picked up in six years with search and rescue, and it's free.

Before you write in

A few quick answers that save everyone time. You can read about who's actually behind this site on About Us, and how I fact-check, source, and correct posts on the Editorial Policy page. If your message is about how people should behave toward each other in comments or on trail, that's covered in our Community Guidelines. None of that replaces a real conversation, but it might answer the „quick question" part before you even hit send.

What happens after you hit send

Your message goes to a small team, not a call center. I read the trail-related ones personally, because that's the part I actually care about — it's why the site exists in the first place. Corrections get checked against my own notes and, when possible, a second recent trip report before anything changes on the page. Collaboration and press emails get a real reply, even when the answer is no. And if you just want to tell me Figo would love a particular trail, I read those too.

Reach us anytime at [email protected]. Thanks for reading closely enough to have something to say — that's exactly the kind of reader this site was built for.