Fitbit and Map My Ride connection

[TimVT]

I have used Map My Ride for several years, mostly for bike rides.  The app and the website both say they are connected to my Fitbit.  I went XC skiing and logged it as a hike.  At the end, my Fitbit told me how long I had been out, how far I'd gone, etc.  But there's no connection to Map My Ride.  It doesn't show up.  I went to the Map My Ride website and synced the device.  Nothing.  Will my watch send info to the app or not? 

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[Rich_Laue]

When you did cross country skiing, did you have GPS enabled? 

[TimVT]

Yes.  When I look in the settings it says Connected GPS is on.

[AlanJOQ]

Interesting.  I've been using MapMyRide for skiing for quite a while.  Today I was on the mountain and Fitbit shows no exercise.  I would have thought that, since there as are connected, some sort of activity would show up.  Your idea of logging it as a jog might work, though the fact that there are few "steps" registered will still probably confuse my Fitbit versa 2.  

To bad there is no support for snow/ice sports or for importing data properly from connected apps.

[Rich_Laue]

@AlanJOQ connected apps are responsible for their connection with Fitbit, of the third party app decides not to send your data to Fitbit, that is their decision, not fitbits.