One-page overview · October 2026
Digital guidebooks by local experts, for your next adventure.
Founded by a thru-hiker who learned over 10,000 miles that the best guidance comes from the locals who are out there every day.
The problem
of planning for every day outside, pieced together from Reddit, YouTube, Trailforks and strangers online.
The opportunity
say an outdoor trip is one of the top five experiences of their life. What matters most is hardest to plan.
What Quest is
A two-sided marketplace for the outdoors.
Local experts publish guidebooks. Outdoor users buy them to discover, plan and navigate. Experts earn 50–70% of every sale.
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Traction
Riders will pay.
Ollie Lowthorpe's Squamish guidebook is live on iOS and Android. Pro rider, PMBIA-certified guide, 200K followers.
local beta riders built and tested it with us
would buy a guidebook for a trip somewhere new to them
Economics
The author's cut of a $40 guidebook.
to the author. The store, printer, distributor and publisher take the rest.
to the local expert, 5–7× more than print.
The increase in creator earnings supercharges the incentive to publish on Quest.
Market
A $4.2B market, before the trip around it.
Team
8+ years at a creator marketplace that scaled 10K to 4M users and 500 to 80,000 creators. Closed its Nintendo, Sony and EA deals.
Built the Quest app on iOS and Android from scratch, geospatial engine and backend included.
Former Vice President, Connected Partnerships, Strava.
Why we are building this, and the investor FAQ, are on our invest page. Questions: josh@questoutside.com · 604-830-7671