Track you ascents and descents

[volklyokel]

For the last couple of seasons, I've been wearing a Suunto X-Lander "wrist top computer" (i.e., AKA a "watch"). It features a digital altimeter with a capability to record the number of ascents and descents you make as well as cumulative elevation changes (up and down). For you snow geeks that have almost every other imaginable piece of gear, this one is worth having. Last year, I tracked all 21 mountain visits and accumulated over 300,000 feet of vertical descents. My max single day was 22,600 feet at Blue Knob on 29 descents.

 

Check one of these out. Click on the word "Suunto" in the paragraph above. These watches have come down in price since I bought one, and there are several models to suit your style. Available at REIs and various other outdoor outfitters.

 

Also, these watches will report a 10 sec averaged descent rate in feet per minute. I've reached 650 FPM from time to time, but then the hill runs out! Going to try to hit 700 this year.

 

If you've been good, ask Santa to bring you one.

 

VolklYokel

[AtomicSkier]

yea, a few members of the board have them. Sibhusky skied 1.5 million verticle feet last year, but shes out west. Skimom had over 1 million mostly skiing here in PA. I was going to buy one, but decided against it. But I would like to see how many verticle feet i ski.

[sibhusky]

yea, a few members of the board have them.  Sibhusky skied 1.5 million verticle feet last year, but shes out west.  Skimom had over 1 million mostly skiing here in PA.  I was going to buy one, but decided against it.  But I would like to see how many verticle feet i ski.

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Hey, a few years back I also got within a few feet of 1 million skiing mostly in PA. The trick is to be among the "less employed".