Add Skiing/skating to Activities

Why is there no skiing activity to the activity list on device??? With GPS its a great platform to track runs. Please add soon.

 

 

643 Comments
MattWeiss
First Steps

Please add cross country skiing to the  "exercise type" and activity auto recognition

 

thanks

TomH.
First Steps

Please add ski/snowboard activity to the activity tracker for the charge 2 Please! This would be an amazing little add on th an already amazing product! 

 

Manny thanks on advance. 

 

Regards,

Tom

Adriel
First Steps

I agree.  I would like to see downhill and cross-country ski options.  Snowboarding and snowshoeing would be good as well.  

 

 

Leannec
First Steps

Please add a short cut for cross country to sync with Gps with charge 2. I did not realize GPS tracking was very specific ..I log it with running but that's not right?  I can't even edit the work out after

Siyfion
Jogger

This would be an awesome addition to the exersize lineup. 🙂

Jude4999
First Steps

We need to be able to track downhill skiing in Fitbit Charge HR. It does not seem to accurately show my skiing activity.

Grimace94
Jogger

Please. 

Jakub.CZ
First Steps

Hello,

great idea! Please add downhill and Cross-country skiing, both with GPS tracking. 

Regards Jakub 

wheeltapper
Jogger

+1 for skiing!

josebertal
Jogger

+1 for skiing. Love to have it in cgarge2

Traveler42
Jogger

I skiied strenuously at Snowbird all Thursday (and several other days) and it did not recognize nearly the activity level I expected.  It looked like an ordinary day around town.

 

I would love it to detect the activity.

 

Take a look at the lift framework from cakesolutions: http://www.cakesolutions.net/teamblogs/lifts-real-time-exercising-classification-an-overview

Kimarne
First Steps

One more for cross country skiing.

Ktir
First Steps

Yes please!

OldPup
Recovery Runner

Another vote for downhill and cross-country skiing to all possible FB's.    

Haven't had an issue really with HR counting lifts as stairs, but looking to upgrade to something at some point and that would be a major selling point.

Elkinsecon
Jogger

I spent 6 hours on my cross country skiis, this weekend, and my Fitbit didn't recognize any of it! Please add this! I bike in Minnesota in the Summer and ski in the winter. I want a 12 month app, not a six month app!

Pmquist
Jogger

Workaround, but not a solution for cross country skiing.

 

To get my cross country and downhill skiing recorded in Fitbit I use the Endomondo app. It is free and it syncs very well with Fitbit. 

The app: https://www.endomondo.com/home

 

How to sync: https://support.endomondo.com/hc/en-us/articles/202228488-Fitbit 

 

Regards

Bill.B
Stepping Up

Please add downhill skiing as an exercise choice in Blaze.

 

Moderator Edit: Edited suggestion title.

joaomarcelino
Jogger

Yeah ski would be very,very nice

ellenesse
Premium User
Jogger

Hello,it would be great if you add a skiing and snowboarding option to the blaze please.

Macwood49
Jogger

I have not read every post, so hopefully this is not too redundant.  I think Ski Tracks is a great app.  Fitbit may want to contact them to get them connected to Fitbit app to track skiing. This will help to use an excellent app already on the market and allow Fitbit to use the information to track exercise where you excell. You may need to do some conversion with Vertical Feet skiied and maybe MPH (or KM) to obtain the energy used.  I believe this is doable.  Ski Tracks also will be supported by this community.

Xtaski
Stepping Up

I was the original poster and sold my Surge. I waited for a Surge2 to come out but got impatient and just bought a Garmin Fenix Chronos which does exactly what I was looking for and looks nicer. It also excludes chairlift rides. I would copy the Garmin for a skiing app 😉 This really can't be hard to program.

mitchellkp
Jogger

Looks like Apple Watch has the Ski Tracks app. My Surge band is falling apart and I need a new fitness watch. While I like to app dashboard, I've seen little improvements to the watch software, including the lack of auto-pause. I am leaning Apple for next watch.

LarsBEriksson
First Steps
Thanks for the tip!
Xtaski
Stepping Up

I suspect someone in FitBit is watching the threads even if no one is responding. Having said that it is a bit frustrating this forum is like talking to a wall... I get if they are adding it, they probably want to make news/noise about it, but at this point FitBit is the only one not to have it so I'm not sure just a simple nod that "we're working on it" would be that impactful on any new product release... just a thought - you should know you're losing customers who have already waited for a while to see this. Obviously the US ski season will be over in a few months, but I didn't want to wait for another season.

jaytoaste
First Steps

Please send one of your programmer in Canada or any nordic country to develop this feature. You cannot develop this feature in China BTW!!

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