Simply put, a Route is a pathway you can explore to earn bonuses and use to complete the new “From A to Zygarde” research questline. Trainers can make these Routes for others to follow that start and end at PokéStops and Gyms.

Depending on your area, this feature can be hectic to mess around with. Trainers have reported multiple Routes stacking atop one another or overlapping, causing quite a mess.

Despite all the visual trouble it brings, Trainers can take advantage of bonuses on Routes, like earning more Candy or attracting various types of Pokémon with Incense while exploring.