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Indoor Climbing does not measure gained height

I usually track indoor climbing activities and was really happy with the recorded height gain and the auto detect feature. Unfortunately, with current software version 12.35 installed on now on my watch the climbed height is not measured anymore. Currently, the height of the climbs (about 18 m wall height) is not anymore recorded.

Did someone of you experience the same issues regarding indoor climbing. Somehow currently there is no heigth gain recorded anymore. Also there was an update between the 5th and the 10th of January.  

On the 5th of January it looked like that:

The elevation gain was measured and all routes where started automatically. So the start of the climb was detected. 

On the 10th and 13th of January then i had to manually start and end every climb with button presses: 

No elevation gain was measured and i assume, that this is the reason that also the auto start and end of the climb is not working anymore.

So it seemed that between the 5th and the 13th something changed and the watch is not recording anymore the height gain in the indoor climbing activity. 

  • I have this exact same problem. I used the indoor climbing setting for the first time on Saturday, and it worked well. Went climbing today, Jan 15, 2025, and the elevation no longer tracks.

    Disappointed to say the least.

  • Same problem here!

  • Same problem on Fenix 7 after last update!

  • I got the same problem with my Epix SW version 19.41.

    It had worked beginning of January!

  • Hi, 

    I have exactly the same problem with my Fenix 7.  It has worked well for indoor climbing for the last couple of years and then from January 13th it simply stopped recording height changes. Previously it used to reliably recognise each lower off as the end of a climb.

    I thought it may be a sensor problem, but reading this thread I suspect it’s related to an update.

    thanks everyone for sharing.

    Rick

  • I got the same (Enduro 3), last Friday (2025-01-10) it correctly measured the climbed elevation. Yesterday (2025-01-17) I was indoor climbing and it didn't show me the climbed meters, so disappointed evening with this new watch.

    The good/strage thing is that the watch itself was measuring the correct absolute hight. I could see the normal sawtooth's graphs. So it seems something changed in the activity after the update..

  • I got the same (Enduro 3), last Friday (2025-01-10) it correctly measured the climbed elevation. Yesterday (2025-01-17) I was indoor climbing and it didn't show me the climbed meters, so disappointed evening with this new watch.

    The good/strange thing is that the watch itself was measuring the correct absolute height. I could see the normal sawtooth's graphs. So it seems something changed in the activity after the update..

  • I also have the same problem on my Fenix 7.  It stopped working somewhere between Thurs 9th and Thurs 16th Jan.

  • I also have the same problem on my Fenix 7.  It stopped working somewhere between Thurs 9th and Thurs 16th Jan.

  • I also have the same issue on my Fenix 7. It stopped working between the 9th and 16th Jan.