Fatmap.com ski maps

[wtcobb]

Navigating back/side country for the first time with an app or even GPS is just dumb and asking for trouble. Conditions and situations can change daily.

Yup. See the kids who got lost at Rumney using a phone app to navigate the trails.

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20151019/NEWS07/151029999

 

[dlague]

FatMap wll find you secret stashes and back country moves!

fatmap-ski-app-virtually-puts-slopes

 

[deadheadskier]

Uggh

Not thrilled with Liftopia for this partnership. I'm not someone who believes in hoarding secret stashes, but really don't like the fatmap concept

 

[Not Sure]

Yup. See the kids who got lost at Rumney using a phone app to navigate the trails.

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20151019/NEWS07/151029999

Cell Phones suck for navigation , need to add one of these !
http://www.amazon.com/Garmin-Portab...F8&qid=1446743314&sr=8-5&keywords=bad+elf+gps

 

[from_the_NEK]

Uggh

Not thrilled with Liftopia for this partnership. I'm not someone who believes in hoarding secret stashes, but really don't like the fatmap concept

I can see the point of this for large above treeline alpine areas where there are few landmarks and many options from which to choose a path of decent. Their primary rational seems to be to help users plan better in avalanche and/or hazardous (e.g. cliffs) terrain.
This "usefulness" is VERY minor at best for east coast mountains since very little of this terrain exists outside a few well know locations (Mt Washington, Mt Mansfield Chin, etc). As many are thinking pretty much the only usefulness around here will end up being the wider disclosure of hidden lines that people used to have to earn (by asking a local, or keeping a sharp eye out for entrances).

Will this kind of technology lead to more or less people getting swamped in the wilderness off the backside of Killington?

 

[yeggous]

Will this kind of technology lead to more or less people getting swamped in the wilderness off the backside of Killington?

Who cares? Natural selection at its finest.

 

[from_the_NEK]

Who cares? Natural selection at its finest.

Maybe the rescue personnel that have to bushwhack around the woods at night in cold temps and deep snow when they would rather be snug in their beds?

 

[skiur]

So when somebody loses some fingers and toes after trying to ski the backside of Killington because fatmap showed them the way, will fatmap be liable in civil court? I'm sure the idiot that follows fatmaps would quickly try and sue when it goes bad.

 

[dlague]

So when somebody loses some fingers and toes after trying to ski the backside of Killington because fatmap showed them the way, will fatmap be liable in civil court? I'm sure the idiot that follows fatmaps would quickly try and sue when it goes bad.

Fatmaps will only be showing other peoples ventures! If people are foolish enough to follow those trails so be it!

 

[dlague]

So I downloaded the app. Basically it is a pay as you go solution. Effectively, you are buying details trail info tours etc for a ski area and it is not free. Currently there are about 6 resorts available the rest are coming soon. I do not like it. Reminds me of Slope tours where they charge you for information. If I want that type of info I will ask when I get there. I also would not trust an app with Avy dangers.




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[wtcobb]

Here's a different option:

http://www.skinet.com/skiing/articl...ow-we-travel-backcountry?lnk=rss&loc=homepage

A topo-based route planning tool plus "crowdsourced" data on avalanche dangers and conditions. Highly dependent on folks actually using the app for more than just planning to reap the benefits of the data, but this seems akin to TrailsNH.com with recent trail reports and trail info.