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1. [R4] Hiking and Skiing 1/5 · US Peak visor: The app was great but the pro limits were super lame
2. [R15] Hiking and Skiing 3/5 · US (Free version) “One location per day”?: The app seems to work beautifully, but I would not have expected the “one location” limitation to lock me out during an hour’s loop walk around the Viewpoint neighborhood in Prescott Valley Az. I downloaded the “area data” before starting out. What’s a ”location”?
3. [R16] Hiking and Skiing 1/5 · US Cost Outrageous: Too much money for as little as one uses
4. [R24] Hiking and Skiing 3/5 · US I DETEST SUBSCRIPTIONS!: Please just figure out what a fair price is for the app (high or low) and I’ll pay it. I am overwhelmed with monthly subscriptions and will not buy anymore. I would gladly pay whatever you consider a fair price to own it. It’s getting out of control. Too bad because it appears that the full version is amazing. :( 9/4/21 Any consideration given to a one time fee? If you th
5. [R9] Hiking and Skiing 3/5 · US Far from perfect: For $30/year, you would think it could identify Ben Nevis when you’re looking right at it. After all, it is the tallest munro in the British isles.
6. [R18] Hiking and Skiing 3/5 · US Cool app. Not for navigation.: Edit: there are now parts of the app using an indigenous name and other parts that use the government name, which makes navigation in the cascades impossible. DO NOT USE THIS APP FOR NAVIGATION. If an app claims to be designed for navigation, it is vital that it uses consistent and accurate names for trails, glaciers, peaks, etc. Peak Visor does not do that. This m
7. [R22] Hiking and Skiing 1/5 · US Can’t find/identify Denai: Disappointed
8. [R28] Hiking and Skiing 2/5 · US barely works: would be way cooler if it was accurate. it can barely properly outline and label the mountains, it’s completely off. it’ll outline a “mountain” in the completely wrong spot and it’ll just be an outline in the sky. i paid $30 for this just for it to never work. I’d look for other apps that work properly
9. [R1] Hiking and Skiing 1/5 · US Too complicated: Very hard to just do the simplest thing like going from point A to Point B and following it. Can not figure it out yet
10. [R3] Hiking and Skiing 3/5 · US Won’t work on an Apple Watch: I’ve tried installing it and reinstalling it and still am unable to pull up the app on my Apple Watch Ultra. Can you offer any suggestions?
11. [R6] Hiking and Skiing 3/5 · US Searching could use work: Navigating and searching in general is somewhat difficult. It only has peak names, and not all of them and doesn’t list county, or even state. So for common named peaks, there are many results and it’s not obvious which one is being referred to. And then navigating around in the immersive map, you can’t zoom or move very quickly, so it’s hard to orient yourself. For exam
12. [R7] Hiking and Skiing 2/5 · US Doesn’t work for me: After downloading the app, I kept getting a request to make setting changes that don’t exist on my iPhone. Was not able to get it to work at all so I’m deleting it.
13. [R13] Hiking and Skiing 1/5 · US Shady: Shady forced permissions, those should not all be necessary just to load up the app. To use certain features sure
14. [R19] Hiking and Skiing 1/5 · US Use to be great!: Loved this app but now when you try to use it it tries to track your path and blocks the peaks identified with a bunch of stuff on the screen. Good-by.
15. [R33] Hiking and Skiing 1/5 · US Need optional camera access: This app should not require camera access to open. If I just want to know moon or sun location for my general area this app should have no problem drawing those lines without the camera if it can already provide that data inside the house with camera enabled.
16. [R52] My Epic 5/5 · US Helpful: This app shows me the best time for when I should go to the mountain. By saying the snow fall and what’s open. 🥹
17. [R55] My Epic 5/5 · US Epic has been one of the only joys to my life: Epic makes my life so easier to go skiing and that’s my favorite thing. The app helps me know what trails to go on before I go on the mountains and shows me cool ideas to go for ski checks.
18. [R58] My Epic 5/5 · US What can I say, it’s Epic: Loved the shred in 25/26
19. [R59] My Epic 3/5 · US GPS Tracking: The app is easy to use. The GPS tracking is limited. It does not report your max or average speed. The distance appears to include the lift ride. It also doesn’t track the total time on the hills.
20. [R66] Slopes 5/5 · US Good app: For anyone who lives for the winter, the Slopes app isn’t just a piece of tech on your phone; it is the ultimate catalyst that completely alters how you experience the mountains. Before downloading it, a day of riding was just a blur of cold air and adrenaline, but the moment you start tracking, your entire relationship with the sport undergoes a massive shift. It injects a sense of purp
21. [R69] Slopes 5/5 · US Very good, easy to use: Slopes is very good at doing what it’s made to do which is tracking runs speed and vertical. Its support is very good and responded to my email in 15 minutes.
22. [R71] Slopes 5/5 · US Such a good app with so much potential: So I’m a ski racer, and I have used this app this year after some recommendations from friends, and wow! It has everything I need, like speed, and I can see where my friends are on the hill. Some things that could be added to help make it a better experience, would be to add photos for when your on a trip, so that everybody can share photos, make it so there
23. [R72] Slopes 2/5 · US Flawed calorie counting: I found the calorie calculations to be too low by an order of magnitude. A whole day of skiing was giving me a calorie count of 15 calories. Ridiculous!
24. [R80] Gaia GPS 5/5 · US The Navigation Tool I Trust Outdoors: The one app I consistently rely on for trail navigation whenever I’m out exploring the outdoors.
25. [R81] Gaia GPS 3/5 · US Great Maps, So-So App: Gaia has some of the best maps for off roading, overlanding and in general enjoying the outdoors. However, the app is only ok. Map downloads are comically slow and difficult to setup. In the era of TB phones, why can’t I just download whole states like in other apps? Why does a download of 100MB take minutes on gigabit connection? Relatedly, sharing of plans and routes is
26. [R82] Gaia GPS 1/5 · US Constant crashing trying to download offline maps: Offline maps show up as negative amount of storage space, then then app crashes while trying to download offline maps.
27. [R83] Gaia GPS 5/5 · US Super useful: I would be confused which way to go during hikes with lots of intersections and turns. Gaia has saved me more times than I can count.
28. [R93] Ikon Pass 1/5 · US No trail maps???: The app seems to have removed the ability to view trail maps at Palisades, at least in the offseason, replacing it with only their awful “3D” map that you could get a better version of in any other all-purpose mapping app. The only thing I used this app for was trail maps. Is this someone’s idea of a joke?
29. [R94] Ikon Pass 5/5 · US Open runs filter: I decided to try Ikon Pass instead of Epic Pass this year, and overall I really like the app. The interface is clean, easy to use, and everything feels well designed. The only major downside for me is that I can’t filter or clearly see open runs and lifts directly on the map. In the Epic app, this feature is very convenient and makes a big difference. With Ikon, I often have to
30. [R95] Ikon Pass 3/5 · US Meh: It’s a shame. I get why they combined all the resort apps into one. But there was so much more local flavor to the apps when they were independent. Now I just stick to Slopes for tracking my skiing and let it connect back to IKON to record my stats for the local stuff and home bragging rights.
31. [R96] Ikon Pass 1/5 · US Snow report is trash: They ruined the weather forecasting on the squaw app, these people in charge are absolute clowns
32. [R107] OnTheSnow Ski & Snow Report 1/5 · US Wildly innacurate: Will say 11+ inches when the resort itself is predicting 3 inches. ?? Unreliable, better off with other sources
33. [R108] OnTheSnow Ski & Snow Report 4/5 · US Love the app!: Love the app use it religiously in the winter season! Easy to use. The only reason I’m giving 4/5 stars is because frequently I wake up at 4am to go ski and the report for the day is sometimes updated for the day and sometimes not. For example this morning 1/6/26 at 4:15am I checked to see if my favorite Colorado resorts got any snow. Nothing. Then rechecked the app after seeing a F
34. [R109] OnTheSnow Ski & Snow Report 3/5 · US VT: Overall good source, watch out for fake reviews and overstated conditions. My negative review on Sierra Nevada was ignored .
35. [R110] OnTheSnow Ski & Snow Report 1/5 · US Very unstable and buggy app.: Pages appear blank or freeze randomly.
36. [R21] Hiking and Skiing 3/5 · US Ok: It is an ok app, it’s difficult to find peaks or id peaks cause you usually in a remote area with little cell tower coverage.
37. [R39] Hiking and Skiing 2/5 · US Waste of money: You have to download maps before you loose cell phone signal, then if you hike more than 20 miles you dont have maps for your new area. I often had problems of the app not finding the Largest Peak in a range or in a further range behind closer hills. Not worth the money and i was more frustrated with it always not having maps. Only useful if you are in cell phone range with a singl
38. [R41] Hiking and Skiing 1/5 · US Doesn’t work: Maybe this works if you buy the pro version but it does t work without cell service. Which is pointless if you’re in the mountains.
39. [R57] My Epic 1/5 · US Poor functionality: Add a mileage tracker and a GPS speedometer, add a stay logged in option, I’m sick of having to log back in constantly. Make the facial recognition option actually work. This app is useless. I use a separate ski app because this one is no good.
40. [R85] Gaia GPS 1/5 · US Snap to trail inconsistent: Snap to trail doesn’t work offline consistently.
41. [R86] Gaia GPS 5/5 · US HIGHLY RECOMMEND!: I use GAIA for my overlanding. I find the app very accurate and user friendly. I find it better than onX for what I use gps mapping for. You won’t be disappointed!
42. [R113] OnTheSnow Ski & Snow Report 1/5 · US What is going on with the accuracy: The info provided in the app is inaccurate. Doesn’t make it very useful if I have to double check everything using other weather tools and cross check on individual resort websites.
43. [R116] OnTheSnow Ski & Snow Report 2/5 · US Inaccurate trail reports: Interface is easy to use which is great, but the reports of how many trials / lifts are open do not match the mountains websites. It should be updating in real-time in order to ensure correct info.
44. [R118] OnTheSnow Ski & Snow Report 3/5 · US Temps aren’t accurate: …Nor are the snowfall amounts. I like that readers can submit photos. Celsius sponsorship means nothing when it’s not broadly available at most of these resorts. And, where some flavor Dan he found, it’s an after thought in the way it’s merchandised.