New app updates for the Apple Watch Series 3 will now let users track a number of detailed ski and snowboard metrics, including total vertical descent traveled and number of runs, while keeping track of their friends’ live locations on the mountain.
Updates to the snoww, Slopes, Squaw Alpine, Snocru and Ski Tracks apps have incorporated data from the watch’s built-in GPS and altimeter to add new features.
By glancing at their wrists, users can access information about total vertical and horizontal distance, number of runs, average and maximum speeds, total time spent in activity and calories burned.
Previously, users wanting access to such information might’ve had to remove their gloves and reach for the phone in their pockets. Now, they can launch Slopes and snoww with voice commands to Siri, and the apps can auto pause and resume workouts based on the user’s movement.
“We designed snoww thinking about quick interactions and glances while out on the mountain, so these updates have helped us make it easy to record accurate, relevant metrics as well as create a fun and social experience for our users,” Eddy Healey, developer of snoww, said in a statement.
Snoww also lets users find their friends on the mountain with live locations.
The updated Slopes app tracks speed, vertical, distance, and lift vs. trail time. Ski Tracks features 17 different snow workouts. Squaw Alpine, resort-specific app in Tahoe that tracks trails and lifts ridden that day, offers performance comparisons to friends and live locations.
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The activity from each of these apps will be automatically incorporated into the Apple Watch activity app, allowing skiers and snowboarders to use mountain activity as part of their broader fitness goals.
“Having the ability to track the details of runs with Apple Watch is an incredible asset for everyone from training athletes to skiers and riders just looking to have fun and stay active,” said Jonny Moseley, an Olympic Moguls gold medalist and ambassador for Squaw Alpine Mountain.