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by asdff 1557 days ago
I'm an occasional strava user because I wanted just something to log these data and strava seemed like the popular choice, but what a clunky app. First off there are so many features and I have no clue how to use any of them, half of them ask for a subscription. Feels like my junky cut rate wyzecam app always asking to upcharge me, or maybe Spirit Airlines. The auto pause feature rarely works correctly (maybe not at all?) on my cellphone. I'm sitting there still as a statue and I'm watching average speed tick down...

I used it snowboarding and there's some way to track runs and push out the whole day of skiing as one post, but I couldn't figure it out, so I just polluted my own feed with these single run posts. Then for some of them I forget to start recording halfway down the run because once again thanks to the broken auto pause feature, so now I need to remember to start it up at the top of the hill in addition to already having to put on a snowboard binding. Then thanks to the auto pause and me forgetting about pausing the run, it records me shuffling about in the lift line and then riding 25mph on the nose on the gondola.

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For snowboarding, try Slopes.

Or, if you happen to have an Ikon pass, the official Ikon Pass app (May work at ikon pass resorts without the pass — not sure?)

Both know the difference between a run and a lift. Slopes doesn’t quite get pauses. Not sure about how ikon handles it. (I don’t get too obsessive about it). Nice thing about ikon app is that it tells you which runs you took. (Slopes is seemingly adding this but it’s not prime time yet)

I'm a strava user and use it for biking and running...I am also a snowboarder and I have to ask...why would you ever record snowboarding runs?