What is a hill?

What parameters does Garmin use to decide what constitutes a "hill" and activates ClimbPro? Grade, distance, or some combination? I recently did a multi-day ride with a friend who was using a Wahoo Roam and while we both downloaded the same GPS file there was a substantial difference in the number of "hills" each device recognized. I believe one day he had 23 and I had 8. Somewhere in the middle would be nice. Are the parameters user adjustable?

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L.Rouge 3 months ago in reply to steveh5863 +1

Menu > Activity Profiles > [Select Profile] > Climbs > [Ensure ClimbPro is Enabled] > Climb Detection > [Select Minimum Climb] (all levels above the minimum are also enabled)

Note, this…

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0 Medomish 3 months ago

It is explained here>
forums.garmin.com/.../Understanding-ClimbPro-on-the-Edge-V1.7.pdf

0 steveh5863 3 months ago in reply to Medomish

That is a great article that answers all of my questions (and a few that I wouldn't think to ask.) My only problem is that my Edge Explore 2 has the latest software update but doesn't have the screen to select all climbs, medium, or hard climbs. Perhaps it will be in a future upgrade.

0 aweatherall 3 months ago in reply to steveh5863

That was changed in a later software release to use uncategorized, cat 4, 3, 2, 1, and HC instead.

0 Medomish 3 months ago in reply to steveh5863

I don't have the device with me, but I'm pretty sure mine had this setting from the beginning.

0 aweatherall 3 months ago in reply to Medomish

It depends when you got it. The software change came in earlier this year.

0 steveh5863 3 months ago

Thanks, all, for the information. The attachment from Medomish answered most of my questions, especially about how Garmin catagorizes hills and decides which will activate ClimbPro. I see that the attachment does not specifically mention the Explore2, however, only the 530 and 830. So the feature I wish I had, the ability to select which hills display ("all", "medium" or "large") does not appear on my device. That makes me think it either was not available on the Explore2 or was removed from the most recent software (I am running the latest version, 21.18.

0 Medomish 3 months ago in reply to steveh5863

Give it another look, there has to be a ClimPro setting somewhere in each activity profile. You should be able to enable/disable ClimbPro for each profile, and once you enable it you will be able to choose what climbs should it detect, pop-up setiings and maybe few more.

0 aweatherall 3 months ago in reply to Medomish

I have not updated that document in a while. It was written before the Explore was released as a product.

0 L.Rouge 3 months ago in reply to steveh5863

Menu > Activity Profiles > [Select Profile] > Climbs > [Ensure ClimbPro is Enabled] > Climb Detection > [Select Minimum Climb] (all levels above the minimum are also enabled)

Note, this replaces previous All / Medium / Large, has to be done for each Profile

0 steveh5863 3 months ago in reply to L.Rouge

Got it, thanks. I was hung up looking for the all-medium-large categories.