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The 9 best ski apps for iPhone and Android

9 ski apps to track your alpine exploits With a few taps on your iPhone or Android device, ski apps allow you to track a wealth of data on your alpine adventures. I've become fond of using Trace Snow and Ski Tracks to record virtually every run. Another popular option for tracking skiing and snowboarding [...]

By |2018-01-22T18:02:40-07:00September 8th, 2016|Skiing, Snowboarding, Technology|Comments Off on The 9 best ski apps for iPhone and Android

Ski trail ratings: green circles, blue squares, and black diamonds

Ski trail ratings: history and overview Signs and maps bearing green circles, blue squares, and black diamonds are the main way that U.S. resorts communicate their ski trail ratings. In an ideal, harmonious world, all ski resorts would use the same classification scheme and trail difficulties would be comparable. In reality, other countries use their own systems [...]

By |2016-07-26T19:58:32-06:00July 26th, 2016|Skiing, Snow, Terrain|Comments Off on Ski trail ratings: green circles, blue squares, and black diamonds