Part of #1002.
Problem
/trails defaults to longest-first. The first screen of the catalog is therefore:
- North Country National Scenic Trail (MI) — 1,161.5 mi, HARD
- North Country National Scenic Trail (OH) — 1,069.7 mi, HARD
- Grand Enchantment Trail — 1,036.5 mi, HARD
- Iditarod National Historic Trail — 996.2 mi, HARD
Nobody browsing trails wants a 1,161-mile thru-hike. AllTrails opens on local favourites near you, which is the same catalog making the opposite first impression — and it is the specific comparison that reads as "they look higher quality than us".
The home page already has a Local favorites section, so the catalog page currently disagrees with our own front door.
Acceptance
- Default ordering is near-me first, then well-rated, rather than longest.
- Falls back sensibly with no location: a rated/popular ordering, not distance.
- An explicit sort choice still wins, and the chip reflects what the list is actually sorted by.
- Trails with no rating do not sink below the fold permanently — with 0% rated today (#1002) a pure rating sort is a coin toss, so the tiebreak needs thought.
- The empty and "nothing near you" states say what to do next.