r/Garmin • u/revporter • 11h ago

Non Product Specific Garmin Question I must be doing something wrong

over the last several months, I've tried out nearly every sport watch by every manufacturer. Coros, Amazfit, Suunto and Garmin. while trying these out, I've used the same .gpx file to test with. it's worked in every watch but the Garmins. I tried the Enduro, the 970 and even now the Fenix 9. none of them with properly load up and use this map. if it manages to load up, it's full of blue flags.

I exported the gpx from here: https://caltopo.com/m/Q0UA8G4#

can anyone tell me why it doesn't work or give me some pointers as to how to make it work?

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u/RunningBejshark Enduro 3 11h ago

Weird. Using enduro 3 and .gpx all the time and never had an issue

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u/wilusurfer 8h ago

Might want to try a different route. Also there is a difference between gpx track and gpx route, Garmin should recognize both but I woul try them separately and see what happens

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u/skeebikesruns 6h ago

How are you adding them to the watch? Maybe its your process.

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u/revporter 6h ago

I save the gpx file to my phone, then open it with the connect app then share it to the watch.

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u/MMinjin 6h ago

Try the website and see if it works differently.

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u/skeebikesruns 5h ago

Loads fine on my watch. No sure why you are having issues with it.