Wasatch Backcountry Skiing Map5.0.0 - App Store

The Wasatch Backcountry Skiing Map is the iOS version of the popular paper map and website (visit WBSkiing.com). As with the other platforms, the iOS map includes an index to more than 1,000 backcountry locations in Utah's Central Wasatch mountains (i.e., the two Cottonwood Canyons and some surrounding areas). Visit https://wbskiing.com/coverage to see the terrain covered by this map. This is the must-have app for Utah hikers and backcountry travelers. You do not need cell service to use the map and its navigation features.

Completely redesigned for modern iOS, the app now features a faster, cleaner interface that's easier to use on both iPhone and iPad. Using your device's GPS, the map displays your current location on a high-resolution topo map with contour lines and slope shading built from high-resolution LIDAR data, dramatically increasing the detail of the terrain and improving the accuracy of the 30-degree slope shading.

With a single tap, you can access information on more than 200 of the backcountry locations on the Wasatch Backcountry Skiing Guide website including photographs, skiing difficulty, skinning distance, vertical climb, parking considerations, and more. (This information can be accessed without the app by visiting https://wbsguide.com. It's a free website I publish.)

IMPORTANT: When navigating, the "destination arrow" points directly to the destination without regard to hazards such as avalanche paths, cliffs, and rock fall. It is your responsibility to travel in the backcountry safely.

Version History Everything you love about Wasatch Backcountry Skiing Map, now dramatically better. Version 5.0.0 is a ground-up redesign built for modern iOS: a sharper, more detailed map, faster and more reliable navigation, smarter search, and a cleaner waypoint experience that makes marking and finding spots effortless. Every screen has been rebuilt to be more responsive and intuitive, with enhanced iPad support that takes full advantage of the bigger display.

The contour lines and slope shading in version 5.0.0 are based on high-resolution LIDAR data, increasing the detail of the contour lines and relief shading dramatically. Improved accuracy of the "30-degree slope shading" makes understanding terrain easier than ever.

Version 5.0.0 also added more than 50 waypoint names and improves the location data on hundreds of waypoints. 5.0.0 Jul 10 Version 3.5.0 is now linked to the Wasatch Backcountry Skiing Guide. After selecting any of the hundreds of linked-locations in the app and tapping on the "Tap here for more ..." box, photographs and detailed information about the location such as skiing difficulty, skinning distance, vertical climb, altitude, aspect, and slope angle will be displayed in Safari (see screenshot). You can tap on the "WBSkiing" text in the top-left corner of Safari to return to the app. Version 3.5.0 also has a new base-map with dozens of additions and improvements. As always, it's a free upgrade. 3.5.0 12/11/2017 Improved ~25 items in the list of names. 3.0.2 10/25/2017 Improved app stability (aka fixed a few bugs). 3.0.1 01/10/2017 New shading was added to show ski area boundaries, the red slope-shading (that shows where the slope is steeper than 30 degrees) is now darker, the accuracy of the GPS was improved, dozens of minor changes were made to improve the location names, several usability improvements were made (e.g., the small compass is now always displayed on the map), and a bug on iPads was fixed (where swiping left-to-right could display a blank window). 3.0.0 11/17/2016 Version 2.0.0 adds "slope-shading" which displays a red overlay where the calculated slope-angle is 30-degrees or greater. It also adds and improved several dozen named locations. 2.0.0 01/05/2016 Version 1.2.0 contains more than 50 updates to the names on the map. These changes were based on suggestions from experienced backcountry travelers.

This version also fixes a problem that could cause the app to crash when the iOS device was configured for a non-English language and fixed a few bugs in the "Email Current Location" feature (which is located on the Navigation page). 1.2.0 09/02/2015 Fixed a problem in version 1.1.0 that could cause a crash on some iOS versions. (Version 1.1.0 was released for less than 48 hours.) 1.1.1 02/07/2014 Allow emailing of your current location * Tweaked hundreds of backcountry locations (and added a few dozen new locations) * Allow app rotation for docked iPads * Blink the destination arrow when you arrive at your destination * Improved the accuracy of dropped pins * Added a setting to prevent map rotation when you "twist" your fingers on the map * Added a prompt to encourage you to submit a review (please do) * Etc. 1.1.0 02/05/2014 Fixed cosmetic bugs when running on iOS 7. 1.0.1 10/11/2013 1.0.0 08/31/2013