Hi,
I am not able to use GPS to track route/distance on my Apple watch when selecting cross-country skiing. I found a post from 2017 stating that this was not possbile then, but surely this should have been fixed by now!?! Cross-country skiing, like hiking, is an outdoor activity and it only makes sense to have GPS activated. On my previous Polar watch this was not an issue.
Thanks in advance.
You can use Strava for Apple Watch and that records nordic skiing, but I do get slightly inaccurate gps readings, not sure why the gos strays now and then…
How is this not possible to track when apple watch has a built in GPS ?
I love my Apple watch, i dont want any other watch, but not being able to track skiing is a bit strange. Now i just use the Outdoor run mode on the Workout app to get a detailed route.
Cross country skiing only measures time and calories burnt,that's the way it was designed,you could always use another workout type that does measure distance.
Because that's the way apple designed it;
I have the same issue. My Apple Watch 7 series is listed as containing a GPS but yet it doesn’t track the distance on the Apple Fitness. Xc skiing is very different from recording a walk. I do not understand why the GPS doesn’t kick in and record the data
I use Strava for Nordic ski on Apple Watch an on a 14km trip, I got 15,50km and my girlfriend got it right with 14km and she uses an Garmin Fenix 5Plus. This is really annoying and because of this and the battery life, I am considering going back to Garmin.
Well, that seems like a very poor decision indeed. But, at least I know.
I used to have a Polar watch and there this was no problem either. It seems like Garmin and Polar are both better here. Thanks for your input!
GPS on cross-country skiing on Apple Watch
