Anyone who drives in the winter holiday, it needs more than just warm clothes and sports equipment in the Luggage. The little Extras make the days in the snow much more comfortable.
These Gadgets and Apps are definitely a smart helper on the slopes. Are you equipped already perfect?
This is the ideal check list for the winter season.
1. Ski day schedule
How are the conditions on the mountain, which lifts to? The App "Ski info Ski and Schneehöhen" is free of charge, and a Ski and Snowboard provides drivers with information on more than 2000 ski areas, such as the local weather conditions and whether new snow has fallen.
"This is the ideal App to planen" his day of skiing;, Lisa Brack from the Portal &apos says;Chip Online'. "Especially if one is already in place in the ski area and would like to have a look at where the snow is good."
To do this, Piste maps and Webcams in the area to view.
As an App developer, Sebastian explains, Linde Meyer, from users of your favorite Resorts and set in the settings, what data you want displayed on the start screen, such as snow height or wind direction.
"User can directly from the slopes, reports, posts and photos hochladen", explains Linde Meyer.
2. Runway condition check
Important for an App that doesn’t just give you information about " was;whether the sun is shining or if it snows, but also about the condition of the slopes informiert", Rainer Schuldt of the &apos says;Computerbild'.
Here are the experts recommend "Bergfex/Ski" for the Alpine space, as well as Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Croatia.
3. Tours plan
Via the App or Website 'Alpine club is active.com', behind the among other things, the German Alpine Association (DAV) is, there are more than 3000 tour descriptions available for Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing or winter Hiking.
The page describes how to arrive and history, and provides a GPS Track, maps, photos, level of difficulty and altitude, explained Jochen Brune from the DAV. The steepness of the slopes is illustrated to the users by colored gradations. The basic version of the App is free of charge.
To give each Tour the avalanche situation report, the official avalanche warning services, explains Brune more.
Winter sports enthusiasts planning around the Desktop your own Tour and then transfer them to the App.
In the paid Pro Version of the tours on the Smartphone are even without mobile network available. The App can be Brune according to such as a digital diary use; you signed up to the Tour, and altitude or photos files to the respective places.
4. Smartphone protect
On the slopes, protects his Smartphone rather with a shock-resistant case. Lisa Brack recommends a neoprene bag to keep moisture out.
Also important: The Smartphone is always close to the body, for example in the breast pocket of the jacket to keep it warm. Because the battery capacity decreases with decreasing temperature rapidly.
5. Power save and reload
In order to keep the state of charge of the battery at the highest level possible, you can put the Smartphone in airplane mode if you just need no Internet and no call expected.
In addition, Brack recommends to, an additional power source to take with you: "The best is to have a small Powerbank. 5000 mAh range."
Space problems should not have it to give: Current Powerbank models, according to Rainer Schuldt is no larger than a pack of cigarettes, weigh a lot and charge the Smartphone repeatedly.
6. Warming E-Clothes
But how is the Smartphone to use fingers with thick gloved? Here, gloves are recommended with a special coating on the fingertips. So the phone is easy to operate and the hands remain warm. Heated ski boots, socks or insoles make winter sports even more enjoyable.
Also the West are heating battery available, and can be via Bluetooth, via the Smartphone rules, explains Beate Hitzler from the magazine 'Ski & Berge' the German ski Federation (DSV).
A Powerbank to prevent that the battery power on the go limp.
For less recommended Rainer Schuldt, heated winter jackets, in which, for example, heating wires are woven. "The technology is not Mature, therefore, you should resort to the tried-and-tested ski suit."
Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)
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