Cheatsheet to Make the Most Out of Slopes

Smart Reminders are unique to Slopes, an extra safety net helping ensure you never forget to start & stop Slopes when you need to. Because they rely on the region-based user notifications provided by Apple, this feature is currently supported only on iOS and watchOS. Still, we're looking forward to when it can be made possible on Android devices.

Once you record at a resort for the first time, welcome reminders are enabled for that resort the next time you come back. Slopes will automatically manage which resorts get reminders, but if you want, you can also go in and add resorts yourself before even visiting. Great if you have a few you call home and you just wanna set things up ahead of time.

Find out here ➤ How to enable and set up the Smart Reminders.

Too Many Layers: Be careful with where on your person you place your phone because putting it under too many layers can mess with the reception.
Airplane Mode: While you might feel the urge to put your phone on Airplane mode or low power mode to extend the battery life, doing so can damage the accuracy. Instead, turn off just your cell data.

Here’s a list of Do’s and Don’t for best GPS performance: GPS Tips Android & GPS Tips iOS.

Social Slopes: No one will keep you off the internet, but you can reduce the time from social media channels & music streaming apps, as they can be a serious drain on the battery.
Warm Enough: Be careful not to place your phone beneath too many layers, as that can mess with GPS, but also stow it in a warm enough place that the cold doesn't zap it.
Lock it Up: Make sure to lock your phone when you begin recording. This way, Slopes can run all it needs to behind the scenes without needing to use up the battery power of your screen.
Tone it Down: Reduce your screen brightness and turn off keyboard sounds and vibrations.

Apple Watch Advice: The most important thing you can do is keep your phone on your person even while recording through the Watch. When the two are paired like this, the Watch knows to leave the heavy lifting (like GPS tracking) to your phone, while the Watch does what it does best and monitors that heart rate. That'll almost double the battery life of the Watch!

ℹ️ The Series 8, second generation SE and Ultra do not piggyback off the iPhone's GPS. They will use the built-in Apple Watch GPS even when your iPhone is nearby. For all other models, we recommend taking your iPhone with you.

The feature is free, and it is built with privacy in mind. No one can see your location unless they are your friend in Slopes and also recording at the same resort (or backcountry within 2 miles). And you can turn it off at any time to go incognito.

Troubleshooting: This does rely on the cell data to work, so poor reception can lead to an outdated location for you and your friends. Just so you know, it’s not us; it’s 👉📶.

If you need to remove a friend on Slopes for any reason, you can do so by going to the Account tab, tapping your profile at the top, and picking the Manage Friends option.

To create this link, on the mobile device, go to the Location Sharing option while recording (in the expandable Recording menu at the bottom); on watchOS go to the bottom of the nearby screen, and you'll see the share option.

The link is only valid for as long as you keep recording, so once you hit end, they won't be able to see you anymore.

The Timeline Editor puts the power into your hands to add, edit or delete activities within the app. Running on the highway? Trim that time off. Forgot to start recording at the start and want to go add in the time you missed? Easy! Simply tap on Edit, and everything else stems from there.

Here are some more specific examples of the capabilities you can play with: Slopes Pro Tip: Edit Your Day.

The Timeline is a full replay of your day with an interactive map at the top and a time scrubber at the bottom. Tap on the play button (or manually swipe the band at the bottom), and you will see the scrubber rolling through lifts and runs in sync with live stats and replays at the top.

This part of the app allows you to fully replay your runs on the map, swipe and zoom your way through the day you just had, and compare runs.

On the other hand, it does give a more realistic view of your performance and your progress over time.

Hit the "calendar+" button at the top right of the Logbook to make a trip.
Each Trip will have its own summary view that contains all your stats and ways you can share those with your friends beyond the app.

Tap the lifetime stats summary at the top of the Logbook to dig into all the juicy details.
You can see your Season stats or your Trip stats in a similar way too. Tap on the Season Summary or the Trip Summary, and you'll get to the overview.

Bonus: Record 1 million vertical feet with Slopes, share it on IG story, and we'll get you into the Slopes Million Vertical Club. The club is quite exclusive and not an easy feat - it takes an average of 100 days on the hill to reach the goal.

Trace / Alpine Replay used to let you export GPX via their web interface http://snow.traceup.com/settings/gpx. Unfortunately, it was discontinued the last time we checked. If it happens that you have your data backed up, you can import those files into Slopes.
Ski Tracks lets you export files in the .skiz format that can be imported to Slopes.
Snoww lets you export to GPX, which Slopes can import.
Sadly Snocru does not provide a way to export your recorded data.

Here is a step-by-step guide on how to import activities into Slopes: Pro Tip - Import Activities.

At the top of the screen you'll see Timeline | Compare | Share and three dots for more actions - tap on the dots -> Export As, then choose from one of the below file types, and save.

• Slopes File
• KMZ File
• GPX File
  • Active Time (Lifts & Runs)
  • All Day, Single Track
  • Raw GPS Data

Over the years, we've had a number of users get in touch to say that the data they see in Strava doesn't match what they see in Slopes.

You may find that the total distance you see in Strava can be significantly more than what you see in Slopes. This is because Slopes filters out time spent on lifts and only counts time spent on runs in your total distance for the day. The data we send over to Strava identifies what are runs and what are lifts, but Strava often will just combine them.

When it comes to speed, Slopes sends over a lot of data to Strava, including average speed and max speed. It is on them to use the data we send over, and for speed, they aren't. For speed specifically, they are currently only displaying those if they come from Strava's own calculations based on GPS data. This is causing things like average speed to look incorrect (they simply recalculate it as distance/time) and for no max speed to register.

We have raised these issues with our Strava partnership contact, but to date (as of the 2022/2023 season), we haven't been able to resolve them. We continue to remind them that it is causing frustration for our mutual users, and if you haven't yet already, we'd appreciate you shooting them a message with your feedback too.

We don't send your heart rate data to Strava because it doesn't get sent to our server. We don't collect and store it, so it doesn't leave your device or Apple Health - we just display the data the Apple Watch sends us.

We are aware that there is increasing demand for this, though, so we are keeping it in mind as we work on further development.

Slopes will send your recordings to Strava automatically, but if, for some reason, you need to send a recording manually, follow these steps:

Tap on the Logbook tab in Slopes Open the recording that you want to send to Strava. At the top of the screen, tap on the three dots next to the Share button > Tap on Send to Strava.

After completing the one-time authorization in your Slopes account, the last 5 years of your Garmin snow history will be imported (ignoring any duplicates of data already in Slopes).

• Head to Account Settings -> Online Integrations to get started.
• Tap on Import from Garmin -> Connect.
• You'll then be taken to a web page to sign into your Garmin account.

Good to Know: Missing Lifts & Heart Rate Data
Garmin records the details of each downhill run using the autorun feature, which automatically records new runs based on your movement. On the ride up, your device will pause the timer during chairlift rides. As soon as you start moving downhill, the timer will restart.
As lift data is not recorded in Garmin Connect, it will not be visible in the Slopes app either, and stats will be based on active run time only. Slopes will not be able to detect lifts because we don't have GPS data for them, and we'll be missing the heart rate data for while you were riding lifts, or doing anything else other than skiing or snowboarding.
This will result in more "Resting" time, even if your heart rate is still up when you come off a run or walk between lifts.

Here's how to get going:

• Go to the Account tab in Slopes
• Tap Integrations
• Choose Google Fit as the Health Source and follow the prompts

There's an awesome fitness section on the daily summary screen, including heart rate analytics for Slopes Premium users. See how hard you really pushed yourself at a glance with fitness insights if data is available through Google Fit, Samsung Health, and more.

From all the Merch you can unlock in the Slopes mini-store, there’s one item that’s always out of reach: the Free Stealth Pin. Because this exclusive pin is dedicated only to those who’ve met Curtis in person. And with Curtis moving to Colorado and traveling quite often internationally, there’s a reasonable chance you can track him down.

His live location is always ON while he records, so you can find him and track him down here: Live Location for Curtis.

He's also pretty open about his plans and presence at different resorts on IG stories and posts, so if you’re in for the quest, follow @slopesapp and find out where Curtis is or will be next.