Backcountry Skiing Activity Profile

Hello,

Can I request Backcountry Skiing to be added to activity lists? Instinct is a very outdoor oriented watch and there are only two options: skiing (downhill) and XC ski (which is totally different than backcountry). Garmin Connect App lets me either of those activities to backcountry skiing and then I also edit my Strava activity, but it would be great to be able to select Backcountry skiing as the activity. I know the same issue has been going around on Fenix 5 forum since Fenix 6 just got this functionality.

Overall, it would be great to be able to edit/import all activities that are available in Garmin Connect App (there's more than on the watch). I know it's a lot to ask but I'll be happy even just with Backcountry skiing!

Thanks
Pawel

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trux over 3 years ago in reply to trux +7 verified

You could copy the file //GARMIN/Sports/XC_Ski.fit, convert it to CSV with the FIT SDK, rename it to Backcountry_Ski.csv, replace the name in it, change the sport ID from 12 to 13, and set the sub_sport value…
jbm95 over 2 years ago in reply to RDIFRA +2
I'm seeing the same issue as well. Here are the steps I followed:
1. Connect Instinct to computer
2. Copy XC_Ski.fit from the GARMIN/Sports folder and paste on to my computer, same directory as FIT SDK…
trux over 2 years ago in reply to 6993164 +2

Try the file in the attachment. Unzip it, and place the fit file to the folder /GARMIN/Sports/. It may not work on all devices, but you may be lucky

.Backcountry_Ski.zip

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0 trux over 3 years ago

As for the Backcountry Skiing, you can record the activity for example as Run or Cycling, or creating a Custom Activity profile for it, and change the type of the recorded activity later in Garmin Connect to the Backcountry Skiing. Though, you probably know that already.

zadrozny91 said:
Overall, it would be great to be able to edit/import all activities that are available in Garmin Connect App

Not sure what exactly you mean. You already can edit all activities, an you can also import and export any activity, using Garmin Connect Web. Editing is possible in the app too.

0 zadrozny91 over 3 years ago in reply to trux

Yes, I know I can record backcountry skiing as another activity and then change, but I need to change in garmin connect and strava as well, which adds a lot of manual work.

trux said:
Not sure what exactly you mean. You already can edit all activities, an you can also import and export any activity, using Garmin Connect Web. Editing is possible in the app too.

Sorry maybe I wasn't clear, what I meant is if the watch could include all those activities that are available in garmin connect app. So for example, I can record my backcountry skiing as running, then in Connect app I can change it to backcountry skiing. I mean, it would be great if all those were available in the watch from the very beginning. Or give user the ability to choose which activities are available in the watch (from those in the app). Hope it makes sense.

Thanks a lot!

0 trux over 3 years ago in reply to zadrozny91

I have just checked my Instinct, and see there is the XC Ski activity profile available. It stands for Cross-Country Skiing, so it could work for you.

0 tess over 3 years ago in reply to trux

zadrozny91 said:
there are only two options: skiing (downhill) and XC ski (which is totally different than backcountry).

Somebody's not read the post before commenting. :)

0 trux over 3 years ago in reply to tess

OK, sorry, it was too long for me

0 tess over 3 years ago in reply to trux

I do it all the time too :)

+1 trux over 3 years ago in reply to trux

You could copy the file //GARMIN/Sports/XC_Ski.fit, convert it to CSV with the FIT SDK, rename it to Backcountry_Ski.csv, replace the name in it, change the sport ID from 12 to 13, and set the sub_sport value from 0 to 37. Then convert it back to the FIT file format and place on the device to //GARMIN/Sports/. That should do the trick.

0 zadrozny91 over 3 years ago in reply to trux

wow that's very helpful, thank you indeed! Do you know if it'll stick around or would need to be done with every update?

+1 trux over 3 years ago in reply to zadrozny91

The fit files with sport definitions stay in place after an update

0 tc_ski over 3 years ago in reply to trux

Were you able to convert the CSV back to FIT without problems? My conversion fails because of "unknown" fields:

FIT CSV Tool - Protocol 2.0 Profile 21.40 Release
CSVReader.read(): Error on line 2 - Unknown field "unknown" in message "file_creator".
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: FIT encoding error.
	at com.garmin.fit.csv.CSVTool.run(CSVTool.java:258)
	at com.garmin.fit.csv.CSVTool.main(CSVTool.java:332)