diff --git a/src/activities/dtos/create-activity-route-pitch.input.ts b/src/activities/dtos/create-activity-route-pitch.input.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5501ed48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/activities/dtos/create-activity-route-pitch.input.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { InputType, Field, Int } from '@nestjs/graphql';
+import { AscentType, PublishType } from '../entities/activity-route.entity';
+
+@InputType()
+export class CreateActivityRoutePitchInput {
+  @Field()
+  pitchId: string;
+
+  @Field(() => Int)
+  position: number;
+
+  @Field()
+  ascentType: AscentType;
+
+  @Field()
+  publish: PublishType;
+}
diff --git a/src/activities/dtos/create-activity-route.input.ts b/src/activities/dtos/create-activity-route.input.ts
index bce66693..b9e249fa 100644
--- a/src/activities/dtos/create-activity-route.input.ts
+++ b/src/activities/dtos/create-activity-route.input.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { InputType, Field, Int, Float } from '@nestjs/graphql';
 import { IsOptional } from 'class-validator';
 import { AscentType, PublishType } from '../entities/activity-route.entity';
+import { CreateActivityRoutePitchInput } from './create-activity-route-pitch.input';
 
 @InputType()
 export class CreateActivityRouteInput {
@@ -28,11 +29,15 @@ export class CreateActivityRouteInput {
   @IsOptional()
   position: number;
 
-  @Field(type => Float, { nullable: true })
+  @Field((type) => Float, { nullable: true })
   @IsOptional()
   votedDifficulty: number;
 
-  @Field(type => Int, { nullable: true })
+  @Field((type) => Int, { nullable: true })
   @IsOptional()
   votedStarRating: number;
+
+  @Field(() => [CreateActivityRoutePitchInput], { nullable: true })
+  @IsOptional()
+  pitches: CreateActivityRoutePitchInput[];
 }
diff --git a/src/activities/entities/activity-route.entity.ts b/src/activities/entities/activity-route.entity.ts
index 335e0f27..303c7c94 100644
--- a/src/activities/entities/activity-route.entity.ts
+++ b/src/activities/entities/activity-route.entity.ts
@@ -89,11 +89,7 @@ export class ActivityRoute extends BaseEntity {
   legacy: string;
 
   // TODO: if we decided that every activity route belongs to an activity, this can become non nullable
-  @ManyToOne(
-    () => Activity,
-    activity => activity.routes,
-    { nullable: true },
-  )
+  @ManyToOne(() => Activity, (activity) => activity.routes, { nullable: true })
   @Field(() => Activity, { nullable: true })
   activity: Promise<Activity>;
   @Column({ nullable: true })
@@ -107,8 +103,11 @@ export class ActivityRoute extends BaseEntity {
   routeId: string;
 
   @ManyToOne(() => Pitch, { nullable: true })
-  @Field(type => Pitch, { nullable: true })
+  @Field((type) => Pitch, { nullable: true })
   pitch: Promise<Route>;
+  @Column({ nullable: true })
+  @Field({ nullable: true })
+  pitchId: string;
 
   @Column({
     type: 'enum',
diff --git a/src/activities/services/activity-routes.service.ts b/src/activities/services/activity-routes.service.ts
index 5f155300..0feda0d7 100644
--- a/src/activities/services/activity-routes.service.ts
+++ b/src/activities/services/activity-routes.service.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import { RoutesTouches } from '../utils/routes-touches.class';
 import { FindRoutesTouchesInput } from '../dtos/find-routes-touches.input';
 import { SideEffect } from '../utils/side-effect.class';
 import { setBuilderCache } from '../../core/utils/entity-cache/entity-cache-helpers';
+import { CreateActivityRoutePitchInput } from '../dtos/create-activity-route-pitch.input';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class ActivityRoutesService {
@@ -197,9 +198,28 @@ export class ActivityRoutesService {
       activityRoute.activity = Promise.resolve(activity);
     }
 
+    for (const pitch of routeIn.pitches ?? []) {
+      await this.savePitch(queryRunner, activityRoute, pitch);
+    }
+
     return queryRunner.manager.save(activityRoute);
   }
 
+  private async savePitch(
+    queryRunner: QueryRunner,
+    activityRoute: ActivityRoute,
+    pitch: CreateActivityRoutePitchInput,
+  ) {
+    const activityRoutePitch = new ActivityRoute();
+    queryRunner.manager.merge(ActivityRoute, activityRoutePitch, activityRoute);
+
+    activityRoutePitch.pitchId = pitch.pitchId;
+    activityRoutePitch.ascentType = pitch.ascentType;
+    activityRoutePitch.publish = pitch.publish;
+
+    return queryRunner.manager.save(activityRoutePitch);
+  }
+
   private isTick(ascentType: AscentType) {
     return tickAscentTypes.has(ascentType);
   }