AI & Safety Disclaimer
Last updated: June 13, 2026
Read this before your trip
Wilder uses artificial intelligence to generate trip plans. AI-generated content may be incorrect, incomplete, outdated, or unsafe. You must verify all information — especially emergency contacts — through official sources before departing on any trip.
How Wilder generates your plan
When you submit a trip brief, Wilder sends your destination, preferences, group size, and activity details to Anthropic's Claude API. Claude generates your plan as text and Wilder displays it. That's it.
The AI has no live data connection. It cannot check current trail conditions, road closures, weather, permit availability, wildfire perimeters, or whether phone numbers are still active. It generates text based on training data that has a knowledge cutoff date. Plans generated for the same destination on the same day may differ significantly from each other.
What the AI does not know
- Current road conditions and seasonal closures
- Recent wildfire perimeters, flood damage, or storm impacts
- Whether a campsite, trailhead, or facility is open this season
- Current permit quota availability or reservation windows
- Whether a phone number, mailing address, or facility is still operational
- Local search and rescue coverage and actual response times in your area
- Your vehicle's specific capabilities or off-road limitations
- Your personal fitness level, experience, or group dynamics
Emergency contacts — important warning
Emergency contact information in Wilder plans — including ranger station phone numbers, hospital addresses, and search and rescue contacts — is generated from AI training data. That data has a cutoff date. Phone numbers change. Agencies reorganize. Ranger stations close seasonally. Hospitals open and close.
Do not rely on AI-generated emergency contacts in the field. Verify them before you leave.
Where to verify emergency contacts
- US Forest Service lands — fs.usda.gov, search your specific forest
- Bureau of Land Management — blm.gov/office-finder
- National Parks — nps.gov/findapark
- Parks Canada — pc.gc.ca
- Local hospital — search "[city] nearest hospital" in Google Maps before you lose signal
- County sheriff non-emergency line — look up your county before departure and save the number
How to use a Wilder plan correctly
Think of a Wilder plan as a research framework, not a finished product. Here's the right workflow:
- Generate the plan — use it to identify the key questions to research
- Find the land management agency that covers your route and check their official website
- Verify permit requirements and make reservations if needed
- Check current road and weather conditions 24–48 hours before departure
- Look up and save real emergency contacts for your specific area before you lose cell service
- Share your complete itinerary — destination, route, trailhead, and expected return time — with a trusted person at home who knows to call for help if you're overdue
- Carry offline maps and a communication device that doesn't depend on cell signal
When to use Wilder vs. when not to
Good uses for Wilder
- Brainstorming trip ideas and destinations
- Getting a starting framework for a trip brief you'll then verify
- Building a gear checklist as a starting point
- Getting a rough sense of what a route involves before researching it properly
Do not use Wilder for
- In-field navigation — use a dedicated GPS app with offline maps downloaded
- Real-time go/no-go decisions in the field
- Emergency response or locating emergency services
- Medical or survival decisions
- Verifying that a route is legal, permitted, or currently accessible
In a real emergency
Call 911 in the United States or 911 / 112 in Canada immediately. Use a satellite communicator or Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) if you are in an area without cell coverage. Do not rely on a web app, your phone's cellular connection, or AI-generated contact information in a backcountry emergency.
Report inaccurate AI output
If you encounter clearly wrong, dangerous, or dangerously outdated information in a Wilder plan — especially in the emergency contacts section — please report it to feedback@wilderadventure.com. Include the trip destination and a description of what was incorrect.