Useful Mobile Applications
Wikiloc - Trails
Wikiloc is one of the most popular GPS applications to discover and share routes, with outdoor activities including of course splitboarding and mountaineering skiing.
Download the application on your smartphone. Go to the activity filters and select Splitboard, Snowboard and Backcountry Ski, Alpine Ski, and Freeride Ski, and follow the routes saved by other users.
Avenza - Olympus SKIMO routes
6 free SKIMO routes on the mountain of Gods by routes. gr
The specific routes have also been categorized according to the level of difficulty.
Those in red color are more demanding slopes, and require more experience, while those in blue color are considered more accessible to all riders.
Clinometer - Inclinometer
We use the inclinometer on the slopes as it is necessary to know exactly the inclination on the slope we move on and make the decision whether we will continue on that slope or not.
The activation of an avalanche depends on the slope, and inclination and an avalanche can potentially be activated on slopes with an inclination of 30 - 60 degrees and especially on the slopes with 30 - 45 degrees.
Compass Maps - Directional Compass
This one shows the compass on a Google map and that makes our planning easier!
You can move around the map and the compass updates automatically.
From this application, you can update and send your spot on google maps with messenger, Viber, what's app, email, etc with the push of a button.
First Aid - Red Cross
This application is an initiative of the Greek Red Cross and contains instructions for first aid in various situations such as unconscious victim, drowning, asthma attack, bleeding fractures, hypothermia, shock, and other emergencies that may occur in an isolated place.
Emergencies need a lot of experience in dealing with them and especially in the mountain where temperatures are low.
Meteo Blue - Weather Forecast
Studying weather forecast before you hit the slopes is absolutely necessary and it is recommended to advise more than one trusted forecasting websites, so you will have a complete and without missing any important information opinion about the weather. It is advised to check the weather for the surrounding area too and how the weather is going to be after you leave the mountain. With this last tip, in case it is required to stay longer at the mountain you will know exactly what is coming in he following hours.
Mountain-Forecast.com - Snowfall forecast
Mountain-forecast.com has not a mobile app yet, like snow-forecast.com which refers to Ski resorts.
Still, you can get the forecast easily if you save the webpage on your mobile.
It is quite reliable with snowfalls and weather for the Greek mountains.