On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 12:50:50 +0000, Steve Haigh
wrote:

Crosbie Fitch wrote:
"helloblondie" wrote in message
...

I have a very accurate map! The distance is exactly 62.5 miles well done
guys!


But, is that taking into account the ups and downs?

If not, one should add 10-40% to the distance depending upon the gradients
of the slopes traversed.

Nothing like. Add at most 5 or 6%. If you are skiing on normal pistes
with a mix of blue/red/black you are unlikely to exceed a 20 degree
gradient on average over the day. 30 degrees would be an extremely steep
black. It doesn't sound like a lot, but I can't think of a marked piste
in the 3V that exceeds that (including the couloirs in Courchevel).

30deg would give a ration of 1:1.15, i.e. a 15% difference. 20deg
gives just less than 10% diff. And yes, this would be a steep average
for a day.


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