NomadTracks for skiing & winter sports

Every descent, drawn in the snow

Skiing, snowboarding, ski touring, snowshoeing — winter days are elevation stories, and NomadTracks tells them precisely: ascent and descent meters, speed charts that separate the climb from the run, and a recorded line through terrain where summer trails don't exist.

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Ascent vs. descent, untangled

The elevation and speed charts make every lap readable: skin track up, run down, repeat. Gain and loss are tracked separately and honestly.

Gloves-friendly recording

Start and stop from the Apple Watch, glance at live stats on the Lock Screen — the phone stays warm in the inner pocket all day.

Terrain without trails

Off-piste there's no path network to follow — but your recorded line and the georeferenced ski-touring map overlay keep the route home unambiguous, fully offline.

Free, no account: recording, your own offline maps, GPX export and the Apple Watch app are all part of the free core. Download on the App Store

From the field

Real recordings, real places

Tap a photo or map to open the full track story — route, elevation profile and GPX download included.

Snow-covered rim view into Yosemite Valley from the Dewey Point snowshoe track
Snow-covered rim view into Yosemite Valley from the Dewey Point snowshoe track →
The recorded Dewey Point snowshoe route on the map
The recorded Dewey Point snowshoe route on the map →
TRACK STORY

Dewey Point in winter: 12 km on snowshoes to Yosemite's quiet rim

A real recorded track — map and elevation rendered from the raw GPS data.

HOW-TO

Track with Apple Watch

The step-by-step guide for getting this workflow set up.

Questions

FAQ

Does cold weather affect recording?

GPS itself is unaffected; cold mainly costs battery. Keeping the phone in an inner pocket and recording from the Watch is the proven winter setup.

Can I see how many vertical meters I skied?

Yes — elevation gain and loss are recorded separately, with full charts per recording. A lift-served day shows its laps clearly.

Can I use a ski-touring paper map?

Yes — photograph or import it and georeference it like any custom map; alpine-club ski-route sheets work beautifully as live overlays.

What is a good snowshoe GPS app?

A snowshoe GPS app has one special job: navigation where summer trails don't exist under the snow. NomadTracks records your line (so the way back is simply your own track), shows honest elevation gain, works fully offline, and records from the Apple Watch so the phone stays warm — free, with no account. The Dewey Point story below is a real 12 km snowshoe recording.

Free on the App Store

Record, map and keep every adventure — privately, on your own devices.

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🤖 Also on Android — free on Google Play.