diff --git a/lib/RouteShortcode.class.php b/lib/RouteShortcode.class.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8a3399
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/RouteShortcode.class.php
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?php
+
+class WPStrava_RouteShortcode {
+	private static $add_script;
+
+	public static function init() {
+		add_shortcode( 'route', array( __CLASS__, 'handler' ) );
+		add_action( 'wp_footer', array( __CLASS__, 'print_scripts' ) );
+	}
+
+	// Shortcode handler function
+	// [route id=id som=metric map_width="100%" map_height="400px"]
+	public static function handler( $atts ) {
+		self::$add_script = true;
+
+		$defaults = array(
+			'id'            => 0,
+			'som'           => WPStrava::get_instance()->settings->som,
+			'map_width'     => '480',
+			'map_height'    => '320',
+			'athlete_token' => WPStrava::get_instance()->settings->get_default_token(),
+		);
+
+		extract( shortcode_atts( $defaults, $atts ) );
+
+		$strava_som = WPStrava_SOM::get_som( $som );
+		$route = WPStrava::get_instance()->routes;
+		$route_details = $route->getRoute( $id );
+
+		//sanitize width & height
+		$map_width  = str_replace( '%', '', $map_width );
+		$map_height = str_replace( '%', '', $map_height );
+		$map_width  = str_replace( 'px', '', $map_width );
+		$map_height = str_replace( 'px', '', $map_height );
+
+		if ( $route_details ) {
+			return '
+				<div id="ride-header-' . $id . '" class="wp-strava-ride-container">
+					<table id="ride-details-table">
+						<thead>
+							<tr>
+								<th>' . __( 'Est. Moving Time', 'wp-strava' ) . '</th>
+								<th>' . __( 'Distance', 'wp-strava' ) . '</th>
+								<th>' . __( 'Elevation Gain', 'wp-strava' ) . '</th>
+							</tr>
+						</thead>
+						<tbody>
+							<tr class="ride-details-table-info">
+								<td>' . $strava_som->time( $route_details->estimated_moving_time ) . '</td>
+								<td>' . $strava_som->distance( $route_details->distance ) . '</td>
+								<td>' . $strava_som->elevation( $route_details->elevation_gain ) . '</td>
+							</tr>
+							<tr class="ride-details-table-units">
+								<td>' . $strava_som->get_time_label() . '</td>
+								<td>' . $strava_som->get_distance_label() . '</td>
+								<td>' . $strava_som->get_elevation_label() . '</td>
+							</tr>
+						</tbody>
+					</table>' .
+				WPStrava_StaticMap::get_image_tag( $route_details, $map_height, $map_width ) .
+				'</div>';
+		} // End if( $route_details ).
+	} // handler
+
+	public static function print_scripts() {
+		if ( self::$add_script ) {
+			wp_enqueue_style( 'wp-strava-style' );
+
+			//wp_print_scripts('google-maps');
+			//wp_print_scripts('wp-strava-script');
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Initialize short code
+WPStrava_RouteShortcode::init();
diff --git a/lib/Routes.class.php b/lib/Routes.class.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd2f664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Routes.class.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * Routes is a class wrapper for the Strava REST API functions.
+ */
+
+class WPStrava_Routes
+{
+    const ROUTES_URL = 'http://app.strava.com/routes/';
+
+    /**
+     * Get single route by ID.
+     *
+     * @param int    $route_id ID of activity to retrieve.
+     * @return object  stdClass representing this route.
+     * @author Daniel Lintott
+     */
+    public function getRoute($route_id ) {
+        return WPStrava::get_instance()->get_api()->get( "routes/{$route_id}" );
+    } // getRouteDetails
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/Strava.class.php b/lib/Strava.class.php
index 375f751..79b1ff2 100644
--- a/lib/Strava.class.php
+++ b/lib/Strava.class.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ require_once WPSTRAVA_PLUGIN_DIR . 'lib/SOM.class.php';
 require_once WPSTRAVA_PLUGIN_DIR . 'lib/LatestRidesWidget.class.php';
 require_once WPSTRAVA_PLUGIN_DIR . 'lib/LatestMapWidget.class.php';
 require_once WPSTRAVA_PLUGIN_DIR . 'lib/ActivityShortcode.class.php';
+require_once WPSTRAVA_PLUGIN_DIR . 'lib/RouteShortcode.class.php';
 require_once WPSTRAVA_PLUGIN_DIR . 'lib/StaticMap.class.php';
 
 class WPStrava {
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ class WPStrava {
 	private $settings = null;
 	private $api = array(); // Holds an array of APIs.
 	private $rides = null;
+	private $routes = null;
 
 	private function __construct() {
 		$this->settings = new WPStrava_Settings();
@@ -40,7 +42,9 @@ class WPStrava {
 		// On-demand classes.
 		if ( $name == 'rides' ) {
 			return $this->get_rides();
-		}
+		} elseif ( $name == 'routes' ) {
+		    return $this->get_routes();
+        }
 
 		if ( isset( $this->{$name} ) ) {
 			return $this->{$name};
@@ -71,6 +75,14 @@ class WPStrava {
 		return $this->rides;
 	}
 
+    public function get_routes() {
+        if ( ! $this->routes ) {
+            require_once WPSTRAVA_PLUGIN_DIR . 'lib/Routes.class.php';
+            $this->routes = new WPStrava_Routes();
+        }
+        return $this->routes;
+    }
+
 	public function register_scripts() {
 		// Register a personalized stylesheet
 		wp_register_style( 'wp-strava-style', WPSTRAVA_PLUGIN_URL . 'css/wp-strava.css' );
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 9b553a5..72dfbf7 100755
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ Also takes the following optional parameters:
 
 [ride] is an alias for [activity] and will accept the same parameters (kept for backwards compatibility).
 
+[route id=NUMBER] - add to any page or post. Shows a summary of the activity plus a map if a google maps key has been added.
+
+This also takes the same optional parameters as the activity shortcode above.
+
 = Widgets =
 
 Strava Latest Activity List - shows a list of the last few activities.