Garmin question

Donie75

Hi, I am off skiing to Mayrhofen in 3 weeks time. I got a Garmin Forerunner 15 with Heart Rate Minotor for Christmas to use when running. I was wondfering if this would be any use for skiing? I'd like to record the daily distances covered, my speed and see what sort of calories I burn.
Has anyone here done something similar?

Rew

Donie75 wrote: »

Hi, I am off skiing to Mayrhofen in 3 weeks time. I got a Garmin Forerunner 15 with Heart Rate Minotor for Christmas to use when running. I was wondfering if this would be any use for skiing? I'd like to record the daily distances covered, my speed and see what sort of calories I burn.
Has anyone here done something similar?

Yes, didn't find it useful personally, forgot about it after a few days. Garmin doesn't take the lifts into account so calories aren't tracked very well. starting and stopping for lifts you end up forgetting.

Im considering doing it again, starting it in the morn and leaving it for day (try to remember to turn off and on for lunch) and making nice maps of my days and ignoring pretty much everything else. If Garmin added a mode that interpreted the uphill sections as lifts it would be much more useful. See other thread here about GPS's for the speed thing. Wouldn't trust it and you just come across as a dick if you start quoting it in the pub (IMHO).

if you just want to keep track of lifts etc you could create an account at skiline.cc and enter the lift pass number when you get it.
Nothing fancy, and tbh, i say the distances covered can vary wildly depending on routes taken, but at end of week can be nice to look back on

you might be better off with an app like this if you have a smartphone. 99c. doesn't use data. won't have HR but that's hardly a big loss.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.corecoders.skitracks&hl=en

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Donie75 wrote: »

Hi, I am off skiing to Mayrhofen in 3 weeks time. I got a Garmin Forerunner 15 with Heart Rate Minotor for Christmas to use when running. I was wondfering if this would be any use for skiing? I'd like to record the daily distances covered, my speed and see what sort of calories I burn.
Has anyone here done something similar?

I'd say my heart rate is off the chart. I could record, show it to the doc and get time off work.

stevire

I have the Garmin 310XT, used it a couple of times for snowboarding. Found it much more accurate than the phone. Has auto-pause features and vibrates when you stop so constant reminder to stop it if getting the lift etc. I stopped using it after a day or two though, novelty wore off a bit and just use skiline now to track number of lifts/estimated mileage

Rew

I stuck on my Garmin this week and left it on all day (stopping at lunch time) you can see the activities here:

http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/679448090
http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/679448069
http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/678756254
http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/678756241
http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/678756216
http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/678756187
http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/678756176

Didnt bother with HR after first day