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Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

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Started by Richievee in Ski Chatter - 25 Replies

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TowerBridge Andy
reply to 'Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?'
posted Dec-2012

Ski tracks is the best i have used. The only issue i found was that all the guys in our group had it meaning a competition started to see who could break 50mph, then once that broke it was who could go fastest. Every 0.1mph counts.
Wishes Essex had a mountain range Im all about the CamRock

Numpty1
reply to 'Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?'
posted Dec-2012

I agree about SkiTracks. It provides more stats & graphs than I reckon anyone could need or want. I didn't find it a drain on my battery at all, but with three of us running the app (mind you, I believe I am the only one with the paid version), we all got varying results from our end-of-day summaries.

Like Andy, there is much competition amongst us to produce the max speed on our selected schusses. I currently hold the record of 123.1kph set in Val Thorens this year, but I believe this is a little suspect as my colleagues were a full 15kph behind and I reckon there couldn't have been that much variation. Also, distance covered differed, tho' only by a small amount and runs/lifts didn't always match either. Even comparing app readings at mountain top departure points recorded different altitudes.

Still, for 69p it's a bit of fun and although interesting in examining (and arguing) over a beer or two, I'm not sure that it could, or should, be relied on for any great degree of accuracy.
Dave - with a 59yr maturity deficit

Richievee
reply to 'Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?'
posted Dec-2012

I did buy both. skitracks - liked the preview of a run on 3D.
navionics - gotta love the resort maps, ski and snow reports, and driving directions to those resorts. Hopefully i will get to use them next week.

Richievee
reply to 'Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?'
posted Dec-2012

weather still too warm here. hope mother nature changes her mind and drops the temperature a bit.

Skidmarks
reply to 'Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?'
posted Dec-2012

Dave, i too am fortunate to have a pair but i hav'nt had chance too use them yet. I will be off too la plagne soon and i will be pleased if they do automatically download the piste map as Oakley say they will.Has anyone had any success with them?

Richievee
reply to 'Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?'
posted Jan-2013

With so little snow last week, I used the Navionics app on my daughter snowtubing instead. It was nice to see her speed and elevation, plus i took photos and videos that are linked into the archives section of each run she made.
Now i see the app is on sale for only 99 cents on the app store.

Richievee
reply to 'Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?'
posted Feb-2013

also heard of snocru and coachseye. but just using navionics and ski tracks for now. way too many out there.

Dan55
reply to 'Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?'
posted Feb-2013

Not sure if anyone else uses it but I use Runkeeper on the iphone. It's a free app and gives a pretty good map and breakdown of speeds etc.

Topic last updated on 04-February-2013 at 11:55