Strava heatmap

[Vaughn]

Pretty cool - if you look at the Strava global heat map, you can clearly see all the ski areas right down to the trail outlines. You can also see which trails are the most popular by intensity of the map. You can also see some open secrets if you look carefully.

https://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#15.65/-71.55456/43.96112/hot/all

 

[skiMEbike]

This is WILD !!

I thought you had to be a premium member to view it, but apparently anyone can view it....I can see bike rides on there which literally I have only done.

 

[LookinForTreeS]

I could spend hours looking at that map!

* Just spent 20 min looking for hidden glade runs

 

[tnt1234]

Wow - very cool.

 

[bdfreetuna]

This is nuts. How far back does this heat map track? For example, I'm looking at Cannon Mountain. Seems like a few trails are unused; I assume they are currently closed runs.

But wow, great find!

 

[BenedictGomez]

* Just spent 20 min looking for hidden glade runs

If they're truly "hidden" I don't think there'd be enough GPS data to help.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

this isn't loading on work computer, but am I right to assume that this is a gps map with an overlay of where people using a particular tracking device/app are going? so that it will highlight sidecountry routes and things like that?

 

[cdskier]

this isn't loading on work computer, but am I right to assume that this is a gps map with an overlay of where people using a particular tracking device/app are going? so that it will highlight sidecountry routes and things like that?

Yes...

 

[benski]

This is awesome. I can find all your stashes

 

[djd66]

This is awesome. I can find all your stashes

Yeah, I am going to hit all of those stashes this weekend.:razz:

 

[NYDB]

This is WILD !!

I thought you had to be a premium member to view it, but apparently anyone can view it....I can see bike rides on there which literally I have only done.

Do you mean the only stravasshole to do the ride or are you suggesting you are the only person that has ever done a specific route?

 

[Vaughn]

If they're truly "hidden" I don't think there'd be enough GPS data to help.

Some 'trails' definitely had way more traffic than I would have thought having never gone to them.

 

[benski]

this isn't loading on work computer, but am I right to assume that this is a gps map with an overlay of where people using a particular tracking device/app are going? so that it will highlight sidecountry routes and things like that?

Good thing. This would be the end of your productive day.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

lol. im gonna look at it from home. then i'll break out my favorite grass skis and candide all over these sidecountry lines with no snow on them.

 

[VTKilarney]

Keep in mind that the most you can narrow it down is for "winter activities" - not just downhill skiing. There seem to be some fat bikers, hikers, etc. that show up. That being said, this is a really cool map.

 

[benski]

Keep in mind that the most you can narrow it down is for "winter activities" - not just downhill skiing. There seem to be some fat bikers, hikers, etc. that show up. That being said, this is a really cool map.

True, though I assume fat biking is biking and Hikers falls under the foot. Also just found a significant web of bike trails near my parents house. I friend thinks thats where the BMX jumps and dirt-bikes, but it could make good mountain bike trails.

 

[TheArchitect]

That is an awesome map.

 

[Rowsdower]

No south bowls at Cannon? No Bear Guy?

This map is trash.

/s

 

[tnt1234]

Keep in mind that the most you can narrow it down is for "winter activities" - not just downhill skiing. There seem to be some fat bikers, hikers, etc. that show up. That being said, this is a really cool map.

Yeah, great point.

 

[Vaughn]

No south bowls at Cannon? No Bear Guy?

This map is trash.

/s

The map is dependent on users who have their fitness trackers on during use so it may just be that Bear Guy and South bowls are being skied by people without trackers. It is interesting though because there are clearly people with trackers skiing glades between Wicked Hahd and Mittersill so I'd think they'd also be over on Bear Gut.