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Importing Garmin Connect Courses Into Garmin Explore

Courses in your Garmin Connect™ account can be exported for use in the Garmin Explore™ website or in the Garmin Explore app.

While there is no direct way to transfer them to the Garmin Explore website, courses in Garmin Connect that you wish to see in Garmin Explore can be manually exported from the Garmin Connect website, then imported into the Garmin Explore website as tracks or routes.

Exporting a Course From Garmin Connect

NOTE: Courses must be exported individually. There is no bulk export option for courses.

  1. From a web browser sign in to your Garmin Connect account.

  2. Select Training & Planning from the navigation bar on the left.

  3. Select Courses.

  4. Select the course you would like to export.

    Red Line Indicating Selecting A Course

  5. Select the three dots on the bottom right corner.

    3 Dot Menu Button

  6. Select Download GPX file

The file will now be downloaded to your computer. 


Importing a Course Into Garmin Explore

NOTE: Manually imported courses can only be imported as a track or as a route. Files must be imported one at a time.

  1. Sign in to the Garmin Explore website

  2. Select Map.

  3. Select White down arrow on grey background from the top right corner of the map.

  4. Select Import As Tracks or Import As Routes.

    • Tracks preserve up to 10,000 data points that form the line. Tracks are the common choice.

    • Routes will be reduced to 200 data points, which may result in a line that is less detailed than the original. Routes can be used on devices that support calculating routes.

  5. Select a Collection or your Library to import the file into, then select Next.

    Example of Collection or Library Selection Options

  6. Drag a file to the import box, or choose Click Here to browse the computer for the file to import.

  7. Once the file has been uploaded, select Import. A green check-mark will appear after the import is successful.

Once the course has been imported, it can be synced to a compatible Garmin device with the Garmin Explore app. For more information on syncing courses, see Related.

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