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Slopes App Update Provides 2,000+ Interactive 3D Ski Maps in the Palm of Your Hand

Slopes phone app

Researching trails, topography, and other aspects of resorts can be a valuable strategy for planning days on the mountain, and a new app called Slopes offers a way to map out the best possible day at the resort. Slopes provides users with a globe that includes ski resorts from North America, Europe, Australia, Japan, and others and spans across IKON, […]

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Quinn Brophy | December 2, 2024
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5 of the Best Apps for Skiing and Snowboarding

Thanks to constant upgrades in technology, many different apps for skiing and snowboarding have been developed and exist specifically to help skiers and snowboarders. User-friendly apps are regularly being designed for the millions of snow enthusiasts around the world who also always have a mini computer in their pocket with them. From tracking your friends or family’s locations on the […]

John Cunningham | September 26, 2023
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DO NOT Use a Smart Phone App as an Avalanche Beacon!

The Canadian Avalanche Center has just released a press release denouncing the use of “smart phone apps” as avalanche beacon. 3 European smart phone apps are offering service as avalanche beacons now and they have been found to NOT WORK. When you are running out of air underneath an avalanche, you won’t feel that great about having saved $300 bucks by using a smart phone app instead of a real, certified avalanche beacon. A smart phone app will never replace your avalanche beacon. There are so many reasons that an app cannot replace an avalanche beacon: they don’t work properly, battery life, robustness, […]

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