{"id":2451612,"date":"2019-11-26T21:12:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T04:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/on-the-mountain-skicos-app-is-addictive-as-is-it-curious\/"},"modified":"2019-11-26T21:12:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T04:12:00","slug":"on-the-mountain-skicos-app-is-addictive-as-is-it-curious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/on-the-mountain-skicos-app-is-addictive-as-is-it-curious\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Mountain: Skico\u2019s app is addictive as is it curious"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In case you’re wondering, a top-to-bottom lap off the Meadows beginner lift has a 131-foot vertical drop, acccording to one run down the green trail.<\/strong>
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Here\u2019s the thing when you get a new phone: while you try to put aside the crazy cost (sometimes more than a laptop) you start to realize all the cool stuff you\u2019ve been missing out on because you didn\u2019t have enough space.<\/p>\n

After more than four years of the same Android (which I loved mostly because it was paid off), I went back to the iPhone. Yes, Tim Cook, iAm back.<\/p>\n

But besides adding my bank\u2019s apps to see how quickly our paychecks are spent in real time, I also ventured into the world of Skico\u2019s app, which was updated last season and has a lot of cool features.<\/p>\n

Of course, in the excitement of Saturday\u2019s opening day I forgot to turn on the mountain tracking (despite my tracking reminder push notification turned on), so already I\u2019m behind. OK, shake it off.<\/p>\n

The second day, I took to Snowmass\u2019 Elk Meadows area to give our youngest son his first snowboard lesson (after his 10-plus years of skiing). If you\u2019re wondering, the vertical drop from top-to-bottom off the Meadows lift is 131 feet. Better pack a snack.<\/p>\n

Day 3 and I was determined to use it during a few late-afternoon lunch laps on Ajax and get this baby dialed in. My friend (and also our publisher) and I were ready to put the app to the test.<\/p>\n

Soon after we loaded the Silver Queen Gondola, we turned on the tracking at about the same time.<\/p>\n

We did three runs off Ajax Express and then a top-to-bottom and back to work. The two of us basically went line for line. My vertical feet total was 6,226; Sam registered 5,461.<\/p>\n

Hmm. Curious.<\/p>\n

OK, we\u2019re gonna get this figured out.<\/p>\n

For Tuesday\u2019s powday, we were in line before 8:30 a.m. and determined to see what-the-what with this app. Sitting in the gondola, we did the \u201cthree, two, one and mark\u201d to sync our tracking at the exact same time.<\/p>\n

After five side-by-side laps off Express and then a top-to-bottom, my total was 8,747 feet; Sam came in at 9,419 feet. Well, she is about 3 inches taller than me.<\/p>\n

I may be a journalist, but I still like math. Silver Queen has a 3,267-foot rise and Ajax Express goes up 1,102 feet, Skico says. I\u2019ll let you do the math based on the equation put forth (cue Final Jeopardy theme music).<\/p>\n

OK. What\u2019d you come up with? Yeah, me too.<\/p>\n

Curious, right?<\/p>\n

The tracking challenges aside, the weather report, GPS locator and maps, skier days (which before this season I never wanted to know until the last day) and $15 dining credit for signing up are worth it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m just four days into this app and I\u2019m already addicted.<\/p>\n

Curious, indeed.<\/p>\n

dkrause@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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