Downhill Skiing - GPS accuracy, ski lift vs downhill

Hi,

New watches Instinct 2x Solar, five days.

This tracking (picture) is far from what I expected from tracking skiing. 18 times on one slope. GPS accuracy is 50 % or less tracking me in one slope without even leaving the slope for a minute. Is that "normal"? Friend using apple watches is 2 times more accurate, precisely speaking, every run he has, is in the slope on the map. That way even app Strava can't connect the data in the segments.

And can app or watches distinguish between taking a lift and skiing?

Thank you

Daniel

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0 9820003 5 months ago

i did 4 days of snowboarding tracking last year and it was roughly good. a bit of choppy those tracks, but spot on lift vs run, check your settings for skiing (when in ski mode, long press mid left for ski settings) if it's gps etc. i have also 3d speed and 3d distance enabled there, you can turn on lap button too to track manually all runs if you feel watch gets lost. definitely haven't jad it as bad as yours

0 9820003 5 months ago in reply to 9820003

0 8122679 5 months ago in reply to 9820003

Thanks a lot. This was all on: GPS - all systems. 3D speed - on. 3D distance - on. lap button - next time. but still... 50 % makes me think about returning the wtahes and trying another one. Makes me wonder if this inaccuracy is of particularly my watch, Instinct 2X Solar in general, even on better Garmin watch. Thinking about another brand - Apple Watch was, as I wrote, accurate for all runs on the slope.

0 9820003 5 months ago in reply to 8122679

i would give it a shot again and if no luck go to support. also worth checking how your gps track is during other activities like walk or run?

i cannot vouch for everyone, but for me snowboarding works, i can test and report ski activity in few weeks time if you want.

0 valerhs 5 months ago

I haven't such an issue in ski. The track is very detailed and records even the small slaloms. I use all systems in gps mode because there is no need for all+multi band.. If it persists, maybe you should DOA return it.
The photo is from www.connect and it doesn't show different color the ski and the lift. In mobile app there is different.

0 valerhs 5 months ago

Another ski session today. Total 11 runs.