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Ski mode - no auto pause setting

Hi,

Looks like a recent update changed the behavior of alpine ski mode: the watch auto-pauses when on the lift. I have a few questions/ notes:

1) I cannot find a setting to *disable* this functionality - Activity& Apps > Ski does not have a choice for auto pause. Shouldn't this option be there?

2) Data sync with strava is now messed up - strava seems to be confused by the elevation teleportation (since I am jumping from bottom of lift to top). Elevation numbers are entirely incorrect for descent. Can you guys check on how the data is being ported to strava?

3) The watch does not capture ascent by boot packing (i.e. when I move uphill in my own power, not using a ski lift). I would guess this is because ski mode discards all uphill movement. Maybe this is the trade off if you want ski lift time to be discarded. But just wanted to point out that sometimes one *is* going uphill without a lift while on skis

Thanks,
Josh

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ethcz 11 months ago +3

Actually, 29850336, it would be good to unmark your previous reply as resolved, because this issue (Ski mode - no auto pause setting) is far from being resolved.
As described earlier in this thread, there…
1667358 11 months ago +1

Thanks for the suggestions. I updated my watch and got some new options.

The backcountry skiing activity profile with the automatic ascent and descent detection that Martin suggested seems the way to…
ethcz 11 months ago in reply to 1667358 +1

It is nice that the option for Auto pause is there, but it is unusable. I can set 'When Stopped' (both if the activity is still off or is already running) and it seems to be registered. But when I exit…

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0 martinleroux 11 months ago in reply to Martin Serafín

I've had the same problem as you with backcountry skiing and automatic mode detection. I've started a new thread for this.
https://forums.garmin.com/sports-fitness/running-multisport/f/forerunner-955-series/354218/backcountry-skiing---problems-with-automatic-mode-tracking-in-ver-17-26

0 ethcz 11 months ago

Actually, 29850336, it would be good to unmark your previous reply as resolved, because this issue (Ski mode - no auto pause setting) is far from being resolved.
As described earlier in this thread, there is the setting to set the Ski mode, but it does not retain and sets itself to Off at certain moments.

Note: This thread is about Ski activity, please anybody do not post here anything about other activities, like Backcountry skiing. Thank you :)

0 2985033 11 months ago

I am observing that with auto-pause off, elevation data synced to strava is very wrong.Total descent is off by almost a factor of 2 sometimes (2x what it should be)

0 Daniel_Ilg 11 months ago in reply to ethcz

Same here, but I found out how to keep "when stopped".

Select a new ski activity on your watch
Go to skiing activity settings
Auto Pause and select "when stopped"
Start the new skiing activity
You can stop the activity after a few seconds, either save it or discard it

It should be permanent now.

Cheers

0 1803006 10 months ago in reply to ethcz

do you still have this issue? I have it for a few weeks.

0 pgrey 8 months ago in reply to Daniel_Ilg

Hmm, I've tried this several times now, along with setting a specific speed (3.0, 3.05), and I can't get it to "stick".

I raised this with Garmin Support some time ago now and they were able to easily repro while I was chatting w/them and said they were filing a bug/issue.

In the interim though I'm trying to use this workaround, since I don't always remember to go into settings when starting a Ski Activity (because for years on other watches Auto Pause would "stick" as expected), I wonder what the heck I'm missing here? I've tried starting a few Ski activities, setting Auto Pause to the above, stopping and discarding, to no avail.

Maybe there's another step in here, I'm hoping? Thanks for any feedback here!