How Bounties Work

Bounties are how we reward you for making the Trailhead community better. We post a task, you complete it, we review it, and you get a gift card + points + a badge for your trouble. Everything you make gets published back to the community so the next overlander benefits from your work.

If you've ever taken a photo of a trail, run through a new set of MAXTRAX, or laid awake wondering if anyone else has driven the Hole in the Rock Road in a rig heavier than yours — you already have the skills. This is just us paying you for it.

Open the Ranks tab from the bottom nav, then tap BOUNTIES. You'll see every open bounty with:

Anything with slots left is fair game. Tap a card to open the details.

Gear Review — Write a structured review of a piece of overlanding gear. We give you the section outline (Testing, Performance, Pros / Cons, Final Verdict); you fill it in with real trail data + photos. Publishes to the Gear Reviews forum with your byline.

Route Report — Document a trail we haven't covered yet. Live-track it or drop the pins manually, add photos + notes to each waypoint, describe conditions. 

Build Feature — Show off a build in more detail. Which vehicle, which mods, cost breakdown, lessons learned. Publishes to the Build Showcases forum with a VIEW IN BUILD GALLERY card that links straight to your build detail page.

Content Creation — Wide open. How-tos, camp kitchen setups, recovery tutorials, whatever the bounty asks for. Structured post, photos required, publishes to the community.

Demo Request — A customer wants to see a Lone Peak product in the wild. You bring your rig, meet up with them, walk them through it, and submit proof. Highest reward tier because it takes the most coordination. First-come, first-served on a per-customer basis; scheduling happens over DM.

Tap CLAIM BOUNTY on the bounty page.

Fill out the form. We auto-save every 1.5 seconds — you can close the app, come back tomorrow, and pick up right where you left off. Photos upload the moment you add them, so an in-progress draft is safe from a bad connection.

A few block types to know:

An admin reviews every submission before it publishes. Turnaround is usually within a day or two. Three outcomes:

Being thoughtful about what the bounty is actually asking for is 90% of what gets you approved. If it says "10+ photos of key obstacles," ten random shots of your rig don't count. If it says "real-world testing conditions," we want to see the mud, not the showroom shot.

Cash rewards go to a Lone Peak Overland gift card. If it's your first payout, one is created for you automatically. Every future payout tops up the same card, so your balance just grows. Redeem it whenever you want at lonepeakoverland.com — you can spend part of it, save the rest for later.

Minimum payout request is

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5. Once you're above that, hit REQUEST PAYOUT on your Bounty Earnings card and we'll process it within a couple business days.

You can reveal your gift card code from the same card — it's stored owner-only so no one else on Trailhead can see it, and we never put it in notification bodies (lock-screen safety).

Every approved bounty also awards loyalty points which climb your rank in the community. 

And every approval ticks two badge ladders:

Badge unlocks fire a toast the moment they land. You can see your full progress on Ranks → BADGES.