Track your day on the ski slopes

This is a new way of using GPS technology for ski resorts. Some of the US ski resorts have started to use a GPS ski tracking system from SlopeTracker. 

Finally you can measure how much you been skiing during a day, week or season.  This is a new and another fun use of GPS Technology. Skiiers rent a GPS device in the morning and then in the end of the day you get a printed proof of your achievements.

Now you may also earn! something from your skiing as SlopeTracker has partnered with Continental Airlines and Telluride ski resort in a program to receive one air mile for every 100 vertical feet skied using GPS technology.

Good for local business and skiiers health - we like it :-)

This should be an interesting add-on business for ski resorts all around the world.

Comments

[Bill Langlais]

If you find this interesting I have just created a software product that will work with most Garmin and Magellan GPSs. It creates a log of your skiing with maps of your tracking (it can display satellite images of the Ski Area in the US). The log records your Average and maximum speeds, distances traveled (both vertical and run) as well as many other statistics. For more info check my website!