What is the difference between Time and "Moving Time" for Activity=Skiing?

The first three times i went skiing, "Moving time" was about double of "Time" and so i thought maybe "Moving Time" included time on the lift, since i would expect that about half of time was on the lift (and only time in descent actually counts as activity time). However, the last 4 times i went skiing, "Time" and "Moving Time" were almost identical, just a few minutes different.

Can somebody tell me the difference between "Time" and "Moving Time"? What is each supposed to measure?

And, does anybody have any idea why on some skiing days they would be identical and on others they would be quite different (double/half).

Thanks!

0 alphasportstv over 6 years ago

Can't really address your question, but which skiing app do you use? I use Skiing App Professional and it works great...
https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/47e87496-459b-46a0-8b9d-c344cb0d1df9

0 TomCon over 6 years ago

Thanks much! I'll check it out. The one i was using is just the built-in one that came with the watch when i bought it. I do have one question i guess i'll have to investigate as to that app. Does it report vertical descent...I didn't see that on the image that is displayed. That is one statistic that i like to track. But, thanks for the suggestion!

0 FlowState over 6 years ago

Can somebody tell me the difference between "Time" and "Moving Time"? What is each supposed to measure?

I can only answer your question for running (sorry). For running, Garmin Connect post-processes your activity, looks at all the points in your activity when the timer was running but you were standing still (speed below a certain threshold) and calculates: Activity Time - "Standing Still" Time. Pretty much what you'd expect. Strava does the same thing, but probably with a slightly different threshold.

Does it report vertical descent...I didn't see that on the image that is displayed. That is one statistic that i like to track.

Isn't this already tracked? In 935 (which has similar software to Fenix 5), you can add the "Total Descent" field (under the elevation fields) to your activity. In the activity summary, it shows up as elevation loss. Or you can see max/avg descent, if that's what you're looking for.

0 TomCon over 6 years ago

I posted more detailed information about the difference between the times at this post.
https://forums.garmin.com/forum/on-the-trail/wrist-worn/fenix-5-5s/1452344-4-different-times-confusion-time-elapsed-moving-chart-max

Thanks everybody for the comments so far.Appreciate the pointer to the professional ski app. I installed it on my watch and shall test it tomorrow!