Skiing App for calculating vertical feet

[Nick]

Any good apps that do a good job with vertical feet? I know GPS is notoriously poor with vertical elevation, but if you know the spot you are (long / lat) and you have the contour map you can pretty accurately calculate vertical feet.

I'm thinking of a few "awards" for this year's AZ Summit, with one being potentially "most vertical feet skied".

We'd have to all be on the same page though with how we are recording it.

 

[jimmywilson69]

phresheez does a pretty good job of it.

http://phresheez.com/site/index.php

 

[Nick]

Never tried it, will give it a whirl this winter

 

[Nick]

OK. I joined up. Add me as a "friend" on it... username is "Parafly"

 

[Nick]

Wait, does it cost $$ to actually track you? It says it limits you to 2 hrs of tracking. That kinda sucks.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Doesnt leaving the GPS on all day really drain the smartphone's battery?

That's the only thing that has prevented me from using one of these "run tracking apps". Well, that and the fact I've heard from some folks the mph and vert are wildly inaccurate.

My guess is, it probably has more to do with how solid the smartphone's GPS is, rather than the app?

 

[jimmywilson69]

Wait, does it cost $$ to actually track you? It says it limits you to 2 hrs of tracking. That kinda sucks.

There was no charge to track last year. I see they changed it. It gives you stats like what types of runs you were on, how long you were standing still, riding lifts, Max speed, etc.

I'll probably pay the bucks as I use it alot. $10 for a year isn't that bad.

I use run tracker to plot my course when I run outside. i tried it skiing and there was elevation issues, so that's why i went with phresheez.

 

[jimmywilson69]

Doesnt leaving the GPS on all day really drain the smartphone's battery?

That's the only thing that has prevented me from using one of these "run tracking apps". Well, that and the fact I've heard from some folks the mph and vert are wildly inaccurate.

My guess is, it probably has more to do with how solid the smartphone's GPS is, rather than the app?

The battery does get wrecked by the gps, because it's commuicating with a satelite while you move.

I found that phreesheez was pretty accurate on the vertical and location. Many ski resorts are actually built into the program (even the small ones here in south central pa) and it knows what runs you are on and to what degree of difficulty they are rated.

 

[Glenn]

My wife and I have phresheez on our BlackBerry's. It's not as slick as the other platforms, but it works well. It does a great job tracking runs, speed, vertical, time waiting in line ect ect. We've also used it on some hikes and it works well for that. I've head some people have used it successfully for tracking ATV/dirtbike rides.

 

[subdude]

There's an app called "ski tracks" my buddy out in Breckinridge sent me a snapshot of it last week. Said it recorded him doing 73mph. Not sure how accurate that is but it looks like a cool app.

 

[AdironRider]

Ski tracks is the best one out there. Real GPS maps, Ive found the track lines and speed measurements to be pretty accurate. Vertical is usually within 100 vert accuracy for a given run you take.

Free, and no limits on how long itll work for you. Has a slick Ipod integration feature.

 

[subdude]

Ski tracks is the best one out there. Real GPS maps, Ive found the track lines and speed measurements to be pretty accurate. Vertical is usually within 100 vert accuracy for a given run you take.

Free, and no limits on how long itll work for you. Has a slick Ipod integration feature.

Nice, i'm going to DL it. I believe there a ski tracks app for the Droid as well.

 

[Abubob]

There's an app called "ski tracks" my buddy out in Breckinridge sent me a snapshot of it last week. Said it recorded him doing 73mph. Not sure how accurate that is but it looks like a cool app.

Is there no way to verify that or find if that's an error?

 

[bigbob]

You beat me. I used ski tracks yesterday at Loon. On a Verizon i phone 4S. Did seem to eat the battery, but made it for about 5 hours. Charge the phone while driving to the mnt. And it was $0.99

 

[Nick]

Thansk for the suggestion.. start tracking those vertical feet

We'll see who has teh most at the end of season and maybe give away something.... AZ schwag

 

[vdk03]

The Epic pass for Vail resorts tracks all your info for you, vertical feet, number of runs, resorts visited...pretty cool IMHO, only thing it doesnt record is your mph.
http://www.snow.com/epic-pass/pass-benefits/epicmix.aspx

 

[Morwax]

Looks like Ski Tracks is only for Iphone.

 

[planb420]

NO SKI TRACKS for DROID...BOO

 

[Skimaine]

Tried AlpineReplay today and it worked well. There is a DROID version.

 

[Nick]

Looks like Ski Tracks is only for Iphone.

Lame