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Distance of the 3 Vallees Route
If only someone could invent a device to track how far you have been
skiing I wouldn't need to ask this question! Two of us have just returned from Meribel and on our last day we decided to try and complete the following route on red & blue runs only, which we just managed in 6 1/2 hours:- Meribel Mottaret Courchevel 1650 Mont de la Bray Courchevel 1850 Courchevel 1550 Courchevel Le Praz Courchevel La Tania Meribel Village Meribel 1450 St. Martin de Belleville Les Menuires Val Thorens Meribel Mottaret. We would like to know if anyone can approximate the distance we skiied that day - It's quite difficult to judge from the piste map and we have a little bet going as to who's nearer our guesses - I say around 50 miles and he says nearer 75. Any ideas? Cheers all and Happy Skiing Colin |
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"CMH" wrote in message m... Meribel Mottaret Courchevel 1650 Mont de la Bray Courchevel 1850 Courchevel 1550 Courchevel Le Praz Courchevel La Tania Meribel Village Meribel 1450 St. Martin de Belleville Les Menuires Val Thorens Meribel Mottaret. We would like to know if anyone can approximate the distance we skiied that day - It's quite difficult to judge from the piste map and we have a little bet going as to who's nearer our guesses - I say around 50 miles and he says nearer 75. Any ideas? Cheers all and Happy Skiing Colin I have a very accurate map! The distance is exactly 62.5 miles well done guys! Eamonn |
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CMH wrote:
If only someone could invent a device to track how far you have been skiing I wouldn't need to ask this question! A GPS device will do this for you. And it can tell you other things like max speed during the day. Very amusing stuff. |
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Steve Haigh wrote:
CMH wrote: If only someone could invent a device to track how far you have been skiing I wouldn't need to ask this question! A GPS device will do this for you. And it can tell you other things like max speed during the day. Very amusing stuff. Any reccomendations on a particular make for this? I'm a bit of a gadget freak and fancy a crack at logging the day's fun. -- James... www.jameshart.co.uk |
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A GPS device will do this for you. And it can tell you other things like
max speed during the day. Very amusing stuff. A bit sad though... ;-) |
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"James Hart" wrote in news:bvoci4$ulkeu$1@ID-
76251.news.uni-berlin.de: Any reccomendations on a particular make for this? I'm a bit of a gadget freak and fancy a crack at logging the day's fun. Try suunto watches http://www.suunto.com/pls/suunto/suu...npage.frameset SUUNTO S6 Measure and store your maximum speed and avarage speed of a run. With altimeter, barometer, compass, watch, skichrono and PC interface. Suunto S6 is a new wristop computer especially designed for alpine skiing and snowboarding. It offers a unique combination of three functional dimensions: it gives the user essential information instantly when riding on and off pistes. A level of deeper understanding comes with the PC interface. It also opens a door to an Internet community where skiers and snowboarders worldwide can share and acquire information with and from other users of Suunto´s latest wristop computer generation. INFORMATION IN ACTION Know your sports - The combination of altimeter and clinometer enables alpine skiers and snowboarders to measure their speed. - Recording of altitude profile at 2-, 10-, or 60-second intervals gives information on the daily performance. - The chronograph records the maximum and average speed and the altitude profile of individual runs at 2-second intervals and offers advanced timing functions and an interval reminder. - Real-time accumulated descent values and total number of skiing runs. Know your environment - Information on the surrounding terrain, such as altitude, ascent/descent rate, compass bearing, weather trends, barometric pressure, and degree of slope offer new ways to get more out of the experience. |
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James Hart wrote:
Steve Haigh wrote: CMH wrote: If only someone could invent a device to track how far you have been skiing I wouldn't need to ask this question! A GPS device will do this for you. And it can tell you other things like max speed during the day. Very amusing stuff. Any reccomendations on a particular make for this? I'm a bit of a gadget freak and fancy a crack at logging the day's fun. My mate had a Garmin eTrex (or something like that). Not sure how much it cost, but it's pretty small and fairly robust (he dropped it in the car park and it dodn't seem to mind). They sell them at most large camping and outdoor shops, I'm not sure you'll find them in ski shops though. |
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Roger wrote:
A GPS device will do this for you. And it can tell you other things like max speed during the day. Very amusing stuff. A bit sad though... ;-) On a skiing holiday, on-piste in a ski resort, yes I'd say it was pretty sad... I'd be glad of one if I got lost in the back of beyond somewhere, but it's hardly essential kit in a ski resort. Even more sad is when your mate uses it to calibrate the speedo in the hire car... for what it's worth the Golf we had was reading 5kmh too high @ 130kmh... |
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Steve Haigh wrote:
Roger wrote: =20 A GPS device will do this for you. And it can tell you other things like max speed during the day. Very amusing stuff. =20 =20 A bit sad though... ;-) On a skiing holiday, on-piste in a ski resort, yes I'd say it was pretty sad... I'd be glad of one if I got lost in the back of beyond somewhere, but it's hardly essential kit in a ski resort. I'm going to use my etrex (which I use for mountain bike trail = navigation) to measure my top speed on the piste - I've always = wondered...... Even more sad is when your mate uses it to calibrate the speedo in the hire car... for what it's worth the Golf we had was reading 5kmh too high @ 130kmh...=20 My focus is 70mph true with 76mph indicated..... --=20 cupra (remove nospam please to mail) |
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