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Whether you're a skier, snowboarder, or hockey player, the Apple Watch has some excellent apps that make it easy to track your exercise. watchOS 4.2 even has custom workout APIs built-in that support specific skiing and snowboarding metrics, including: Vertical descent and horizontal distance

Number of runs

Average and maximum speed All that is in addition to the basic workout metrics you'll get (heart rate, calories burned, time taken) and basic workout APIs (automatic pause, Siri, Health app recording, and the like). Unfortunately, hockey doesn't yet have specific APIs built in yet, but we've found apps that do a great job of simulating the stats necessary to help you better track your play. Here are our favorite apps for winter sports! Slopes

Snoww

SNOCRU

Hockey Tracker Slopes

A powerhouse ski tracker on iPhone, Slopes on Apple Watch provides an equally powerful experience for monitoring your runs on your wrist. Get an iPhone SE with Mint Mobile service for $30/mo You can start a run right from the app (or use Siri), and pause, resume, or end it at any time with a spoken or tap command. While on a run, you can glance at your watch to get vertical descent information, distance skied, speed, calories, and your heart rate. If you purchase Slopes' $19.99 yearly Slopes Pass, you can also view interactive 3D replays and terrain maps to get an at-a-glance view of where you've been, view a daily timeline of your runs, and estimated live statistics during your day. (You can also buy day and weekend versions of the Slopes Pass for $1.99 and $4.99, respectively.) Free - Download now Snoww: Ski & Snowboarding

Like Slopes, Snoww can record your distance, vertical drops, speed, calories, and time on the mountain. But the app isn't only interested in tracking your personal metrics — it's designed to let you share those stats with your friends and other members in-app. You can compete against friends, other skiers on the same courses, or skiers across the world during your run times. You can even create in-person groups for ski trips that let you check your stats and monitor where your friends are in real time. Free - Download now SNOCRU Skiing & Snow Tracking