Vail is leading the way for skiers & boarders to use their phones on the slope

New Epic App allows you to add photos to your ski information.

Vail Resorts’ EpicMix tracks your vertical feet skied as well as the number of days you ski. This is all done through your Vail season pass, not your phone. The app is used to upload photos and track your stats.
You can also track your skiing with a new reusable lift ticket. Vail resorts are eliminating paper lift tickets. Instead, you purchase a reusable card that you can add ski days. The card will also track through the Epic system if you sign up.

The system uses scanners at the entrance or base of the lifts.

For the paranoid about you, you don’t have to sign up for the EpicMix. However, I suspect that if necessary Vail can still track you. Most resorts track lift tickets as much as they can. I’ve never seen the information used to do anything other than search for lost people or find someone. So although this is a little higher tech, it is not doing anything that is not already being done.

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