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How medals work

A little journey.
A lasting keepsake.

Pick a medal and every mile you move goes toward it. Earn it at 15 miles, then rise through its ranks: a richer finish on the patch, foil-stamped lettering, and a keepsake at every step. There’s no deadline and no finish line.

Yosemite · Valley Hiker

Five ranks

Watch it grow mile by mile.

Drag along the trail to watch a medal rise through its ranks. Every medal has its own names for them.

64 medal miles

Geyser Watcher · Woven finish · 36 miles to Basin Wanderer

Unlocked: Passport stamp, Postcard

Every medal has its own ranks. On Yellowstone: Visitor → Geyser Watcher → Basin Wanderer → Bison Tracker → Keeper of the Caldera. Walking, running and hiking count mile for mile; cycling counts one for every 3 ridden.

  1. Visitor

    Your patch, sun-faded and well travelled. Keep going to restore its colour.

    + Passport stamp

    15 mi

  2. Meadow Walker

    Colour restored, with a woven finish and bronze-foil lettering.

    + Postcard

    50 mi

  3. Valley Hiker

    A pearl finish that shifts in the light, with silver lettering.

    + Field note

    100 mi

  4. Granite Climber

    Gold leaf on the patch's brightest details, with gold lettering.

    + Second postcard

    200 mi

  5. Keeper of the Valley

    A holographic finish and lettering that shimmer as you move.

    + Poster

    500 mi

Ranks shown are Yosemite’s. Your total keeps counting after the top rank, and it’s engraved on the back of the medal.

What counts

Move your way. It all adds up.

Every kind of step

  • Walk 1:1
  • Run 1:1
  • Hike 1:1
  • Cycle 3:1

Walking, running and hiking count mile for mile. Every 3 miles ridden adds one medal mile. That keeps the game fair, and isn’t a claim about health effort.

Automatic or by hand

Connect Apple Health and eligible walks, runs, hikes and rides come in on their own, including corrections you make in Health. Prefer not to? Log distance yourself, completely offline.

Switch whenever you like

One medal is active at a time. Change it any day: miles you’ve already earned stay with the medal they went to. When you pick a new medal, you can bring along today’s unassigned miles too.

Limited editions

Some medals are only here for a season.

Limited editions have an earning window. Reach the base medal while it’s open and it’s yours to keep growing, long after the season ends. Miss it, and the unfinished medal simply stays in your history.

Autumn Crossing · Earn Oct 1 – Oct 31See the edition

The other side

Every medal has a story on the back.

Flip a medal over to read its engraving: the miles you’ve given it, when you first earned it, and the highest rank it’s reached. It keeps updating for as long as you keep moving.

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