diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 42236b70..bed5121c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "homepage",
-	"version": "1.92.0",
+	"version": "1.93.0",
 	"private": true,
 	"type": "module",
 	"scripts": {
diff --git a/src/app.css b/src/app.css
index 188fec36..2df529f6 100644
--- a/src/app.css
+++ b/src/app.css
@@ -533,16 +533,32 @@ html.vt-exit-hikes::view-transition-old(.hike-fly-in):only-child {
 	animation: hikes-fly-down 700ms cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.1, 0.4, 1) both;
 }
 
-/* Photo strip slides in from the right when arriving at the detail page,
- * and slides back out when returning to /hikes. Overrides the global root
- * `animation: none` only for these hike-specific transitions. */
+/* Photo strip slides in from the right when arriving at a detail page,
+ * and slides back out whenever the detail page is left for any other
+ * route (back to /hikes, off to /, /hikes/route-builder, …). Both exit
+ * scopes (vt-enter-hikes for the back-nav case, vt-exit-hike-detail for
+ * everywhere else) trigger the same animation. */
 html.vt-enter-hike-detail::view-transition-new(hike-strip):only-child {
 	animation: hike-strip-in-right 600ms cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.7, 0.2, 1) both;
 }
-html.vt-enter-hikes::view-transition-old(hike-strip):only-child {
+html.vt-enter-hikes::view-transition-old(hike-strip):only-child,
+html.vt-exit-hike-detail::view-transition-old(hike-strip):only-child {
 	animation: hike-strip-out-right 600ms cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.1, 0.4, 1) both;
 }
 
+/* Everything below the photo strip on a detail page (metrics, tags,
+ * elevation chart, scroll area, meta footer) slides up from the bottom
+ * on enter and back down on any exit. Wrapper element carries
+ * `view-transition-name: hike-below-strip`; the rest of the page chrome
+ * still cross-fades via the root-pseudo rule above. */
+html.vt-enter-hike-detail::view-transition-new(hike-below-strip):only-child {
+	animation: hikes-fly-up 700ms cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.7, 0.2, 1) both;
+}
+html.vt-enter-hikes::view-transition-old(hike-below-strip):only-child,
+html.vt-exit-hike-detail::view-transition-old(hike-below-strip):only-child {
+	animation: hikes-fly-down 700ms cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.1, 0.4, 1) both;
+}
+
 /* Cross-fade the rest of the page (root pseudo) during hike transitions so
  * the destination's chrome — metrics + content + footer on the detail page,
  * overview hero + credit on the index — phases in instead of snapping in
@@ -550,12 +566,14 @@ html.vt-enter-hikes::view-transition-old(hike-strip):only-child {
  * other routes' transitions on their existing instant-swap behavior. */
 html.vt-enter-hike-detail::view-transition-old(root),
 html.vt-enter-hikes::view-transition-old(root),
-html.vt-exit-hikes::view-transition-old(root) {
+html.vt-exit-hikes::view-transition-old(root),
+html.vt-exit-hike-detail::view-transition-old(root) {
 	animation: hikes-root-fade-out 450ms ease-out both;
 }
 html.vt-enter-hike-detail::view-transition-new(root),
 html.vt-enter-hikes::view-transition-new(root),
-html.vt-exit-hikes::view-transition-new(root) {
+html.vt-exit-hikes::view-transition-new(root),
+html.vt-exit-hike-detail::view-transition-new(root) {
 	animation: hikes-root-fade-in 450ms ease-out both;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/routes/+layout.svelte b/src/routes/+layout.svelte
index 20f4df1f..b176c387 100644
--- a/src/routes/+layout.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/+layout.svelte
@@ -79,15 +79,22 @@
 		//   (Covers /hikes → / AND /hikes → /hikes/[slug], where the clicked
 		//   card pairs into the hero and the rest fly out.)
 		// - vt-enter-hike-detail: arriving at a hike detail page (card → zoom).
+		// - vt-exit-hike-detail: leaving a hike detail page for anywhere
+		//   else (back to /hikes, off to /, route-builder, …) → photo strip
+		//   slides back out to the right and the below-strip block flies
+		//   down. Excluded for slug → slug navigations (both sides share the
+		//   same route.id, so paired UA transitions handle them).
 		const intoHikesIndex = toId === '/hikes' && fromId !== '/hikes';
 		const outOfHikesIndex = fromId === '/hikes' && toId !== '/hikes';
 		const intoHikeDetail = toId === '/hikes/[slug]';
+		const outOfHikeDetail = fromId === '/hikes/[slug]' && toId !== '/hikes/[slug]';
 
 		return new Promise((resolve) => {
 			const root = document.documentElement;
 			if (intoHikesIndex) root.classList.add('vt-enter-hikes');
 			if (outOfHikesIndex) root.classList.add('vt-exit-hikes');
 			if (intoHikeDetail) root.classList.add('vt-enter-hike-detail');
+			if (outOfHikeDetail) root.classList.add('vt-exit-hike-detail');
 			const transition = (/** @type {any} */ (document)).startViewTransition(async () => {
 				resolve();
 				await navigation.complete;
@@ -96,6 +103,7 @@
 				root.classList.remove('vt-enter-hikes');
 				root.classList.remove('vt-exit-hikes');
 				root.classList.remove('vt-enter-hike-detail');
+				root.classList.remove('vt-exit-hike-detail');
 			});
 		});
 	});