bushpig 0 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 My mate in Sweden wrote about this on his blog a while back, and I just thought of mentioning it here. After spending a week snowboarding in Italy he was able to login to the resort website and check things like number of lifts taken, estimated vertical drop during time there, etc. His blog shows the report. Have a look here http://very-nice-things.blogspot.com/2007/03/ski-data.html I reckon it would be a pretty cool thing to be able to see after spending a lot of time on a mountain, useless, but cool. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 how does that work? is it a sat tag? does it work for avie rescue or body retrieval too? Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 I don't know, but I think it might be that they keep track of your chip/lift ticket while you are there. I didn't actually look too deeply at the page he referred to... Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 at a guess i would say it would be your chip/lift ticket being scanned yes, cool, but entirely useless. although it would be interesting to see how much vert you'd done Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 my thoughts exactly spook. Interesting to look at and simple enough to implement I would guess. Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 i wonder how accurate those things are? when they scan your chip i'd say they'd be pretty spot on, but i dunno bout those handheld scanners (like they have in north america). i rode about 80 days in a season in canda a few years ago, and in my last week i asked the lifty how many days i'd registered as she scanned my pass. it only came up with 20. my mate (who i rode with for all 80 dys) was coming up with 40. i kept a diary of days on the hill, and i was definitely at about 80. there i was, trying to act all cool in front of a cute liftie, and i just looked like a bloke who rode the odd day here and there Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 Yeah well it is only an estimate, and that sounds like a bad bit of something in the system setup, but it wouldn't have to be that way I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 yeah, i would think if you have a chip pass and beep into each lift, it would be pretty easy for them to keep track of amount of lifts, where you ride etc. i'm sure they already track this info for resort management purposes, so giving it to you as a souvenier is a nice bonus. on top of trying to hit X number of days in a season, you could go for a certain amount of distance coevered based on the lifts that you rode. it would make for a few fun cmps with mates if you could all register for a 'team' and view each others results... Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 that would be a bit of a laugh with your mates Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 so how does it draw horizontals on the graph? Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 well that depends if the graph is of Niseko or not... Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 duh!! got me. Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 yeah, it would be interesting to know how much vert you get. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 it would be close to zero if you were at Niseko... Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 yeah yeah.... But the snow would be really light, right??!! Hey, your friend didn't get much vert in six days of skiing. --30 000 meters? --I reckon you could get that much in a day if you push it. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 My altimeter tracks that and logs total vert,max altitude, min altitude, time, min/max temp, etc...you can do it yourself no probs. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 Shut up CB! Ger he went with his chick, so no real surprises there. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 f'off and get back to yer footie porn and beers, tossa boy!! Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 so CB, how much vert would you clock up in an average day of riding (in bounds or BC)? Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 not much spook, he just likes to fall into and then wallow around in creek holes. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Originally Posted By: Bushpig not much spook, he just likes to fall into and then wallow around in wet holes. thats more like it Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 I just had to reread my post to make sure I didn't actually write that! Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 unlike cb, i didn't actually get wet, but i almost fell into a creek once. luckily it was only narrow and i somehow managed to slam into the bed on the other side and somehow scramble out unscathed. on the plus side it would have given me an extra 1m of vert on my altimeter Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 look at the friggin graph, it's got horizontals, which means there are horizontal lifts. DUH!!! Link to post Share on other sites
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