- The tab bar now automatically minimizes when you record as we noticed it was confusing a lot of new users, not realizing everything you need is on the recording screen (nearby friends, resort map, live status, etc). Don't worry, you can tap the arrow at the bottom to bring it back if you need to get to other parts of the app. - If you're on the manage friends screen and you accept a friend invite, it'll refresh to show the new friend right away. - Fixed a bug where you could use light-mode maps in dark-mode as a free user. - Fixed a case where photos might not load in the logbook until you scroll. - Fixed sharing from the timeline screen. - Fixed a crash that could occur after you close Slopes for the day. You never would see it, but it bothered me it was crashing.

- Big overhaul of our GPS filter, which will do a much better job removing bigger temporary spikes in bad data, especially around when you start recording, when you pause/resume, or when you've been inside a building for a while. This should also help with altitude spikes we've seen with Apple Watch Ultra 2 and newer (like when your Watch thinks you are 2,000ft in the air!). - This update will go back and look for obviously-bad altitude data and try to fix it retroactively with the new filter. - Improved the logic around lift-line detection and "waiting for your snowboarder friend to strap in" pauses at the top, improving how we trim lifts & runs to include only active time. - Switched from KM -> Meters for displaying season and lifetime vertical when in metric. - Added additional messaging to help make it clear that offline maps aren't available with day passes, only subscriptions. - Improvements to the Highlights UX, like hiding the buttons / chrome when you tap and hold to pause on a card. - Added new import/export options under Account -> Integrations & Tools. You've always been able to get to your data via the Files app or iTunes File Sharing, but this new UI is a bit more obvious. Additionally, the import option allows for easier bulk importing without mucking around in the Files app. - Fixed the map not zooming in on the compare screen if you got like 6 or 7 runs deep. - Fixed a case where going to share a photo wouldn't auto-apply the photo as the background in the share cards. - Fixed photos not loading when scrolling through the day's slideshow super fast. - Fixed a case where larger logbooks might hang loading if you had photo integration turned on. - Fixed imports failing when the locations were not pre-sorted by time (...like they should be). - Fixed imports failing when all locations have a speed of 0 or -1. - Fixed a timezone issue that caused some recordings on Jan 1 to show in the 2025 Highlights. - Fixed trip cells in the logbook formatting your recorded vertical for the trip as time instead of distance.

- Improved the login flow when you previously made an account using Sign in with Google on another platform. - Fixed a case where messages / errors wouldn't show while trying to log in or sign up. - Fixed a crash that could happen when opening / closing cards quickly. - Fixed a background crash that could happen after you finish using Slopes for the day.

- Redesigned the start recording screen - made it clearer for new users how to start recording, and exposes a new quick-settings screen. - Fixed an alert showing up if you tried to enable Find My Friends without an account that just said "Help". - Fixed a possible crash when saving an activity. - Fixed a crash when trying to hit the share button when viewing photos from a day's recording. - Fixed the battery warning for Watch popping up when it shouldn't. - Fixed the prompt for setting up Find my Friends while recording not doing anything when you tap it. - Fixed the downhill distance saved to HealthKit being slightly less than what you see in Slopes (not retroactive).

- You can now Double Tap (tap index finger + thumb together) twice to start a workout on Watch on watchOS 26. - Changed the ski / snowboard / etc icons to buttons on the start recording screen for Watch, giving bigger tap targets than just the start button. - Fixed error in Instagram when sharing to your feed or a DM. - Fixed importing when the GPS data has duplicate locations back-to-back. - Fixed the map of your recording not updating if you made an edit in the timeline editor. - Resort forecasts will now match your imperial vs metric preference inside Slopes, instead of always using device settings.

- Big improvements to GPX imports & filtering out of bad GPS data that caused bogus speeds. - The 2025.14 fix for the 0 duration 0 calories workout saves to Apple Health worked in our testing, but turns out we didn't totally squash it. Once more, with feeling! - Fixed a case where the logbook might get stuck in a half-loaded state while recording. - Various UI & animation fixes for iOS 26.1.

- Share card saves to IG Stories now scale to fill the story by default, and provide a background color incase you resize them. - Fixed workouts on Watch being saved with 0 calories and 0 duration. - Fixed the Watch app sometimes not showing your current heart rate. - Fixed the resume timer not working on iPhone when recording via Watch. - Fixed a case where the 3D mountain share card might not render. - Fixed a random crash that could occur on your iPhone after opening the Watch app. - Fixed a crash on macOS when trying to use a Slopes widget. - Fixed a crash when viewing details about a resort. - Fixed a crash when trying to re-import .Slopes files. - Fixed a crash when launching the app with an unfinished recording.

- Rebuilt our share cards, in a new vertical format (finally, eh?) with new modern designs, including a new transparent card is perfect for using in a third-party app to overlay on top of your videos. Try sharing your day / trip / season / and lifetime stats to see the new looks. - Reworked how the "Always Record with Watch" preference works (which starts recordings on your Watch when you hit start on your iPhone). We used to have it on by default, but lots of people don't use their Watch for fitness tracking (like older Watches with aging batteries). So now it's off by default. However, if you recorded a lot with your Watch last season we'll set it to on for you when you update so it keeps working as expected. - If you enable Find my Friends on iPhone, that preference will sync over to your Watch so you don't have to turn it on there. - Fixed the paper map button not getting disabled even we don't have a paper map for the resort. - Fixed some missing placeholder text when the season reset and no one on your leaderboard has recorded yet. - Fixed the look of the "no results" placeholder when exploring a resort and we don't have any lifts / runs for it.

- Fixed a crash when trying to save off manual calorie estimates when you record on iOS.

- iOS 26 / watchOS 26 refresh for Liquid Glass: - Slopes uses Apple's Liquid Glass throughout the app, from map overlays to content cards, letting the map's content shine through. - Many cards have more robust actions available, either via the top toolbar or the more button ("...") at the top of the card. - The replay screen got a lot of polish, simplifying the display and adding a new speed heatmap legend. - On Watch, the start screen has a new more modern look. - On iOS 26, Slopes uses the new Apple Health Workout API: - Allows iOS to finally support Auto-Resume from pause like Watch has. - Supports AirPods 3's heart rate sensors. - At supported ski resorts, Slopes can show up in your Smart Stack, prompting you to start recording. - The resort widgets on Watch support direct configuration now, allowing you to track multiple resorts. Note: if you had a resort widget on Watch in the past, you'll need to reconfigure it using this new setup. - Refreshed the "How'd you stack up?" block on the daily summary card to match the more modern look from trip cards. - During the pre-season, at resorts Slopes supports lift/run status for, Slopes will no longer dim all the closed runs at a resort that's closed. - Added Chinese (traditional) translations, thanks to those that helped! Chinese simplified is 71% done, if you'd like to help head to Account -> Translate. - Fixed the "also accepts" for passes at a resort not always showing when it should. - Fixed the pause / resume controls not always showing on iOS when recording on Watch. - Fixed the compare screen not showing speed gradients.

- Fixed a case where purchases might look like they finished, but behind the scenes they didn't.

- New onboarding experience with a bit more hand-holding to make sure people are set up and less confused on "what do I do next?" - Streamlined the Sign Up / Log In dialog to make it even faster to log in via Sign in with Apple. - Fixed a case where the "Add Friends" button might be missing on the friends tab. Slopes now requires iOS 17 and watchOS 10. As always, if you can't update, you can always access older versions of Slopes via your purchase history in the App Store.

- Moved the recording tab to the center of the bar and made Logbook the first tab, since that's the one the app launches into. - Fixed a case where the pause button might not show up while recording. - Fixed a few issues with Watch-to-iPhone communication when Slopes on the iPhone hadn't been launched for a long time. Issues such as Live Activities not showing up when you start recording on Watch, or Day Passes not activating when recording on Watch. - Fixed cases where launching the app directly into a recording or resort details (via Shortcuts, for example) would leave the map in an invalid state.

- A new alternate app icon inspired by the traditional look of resort maps, complete with hundreds of happy little trees covered in hand-painted snow. - Reorganized resort search: the "find bathrooms / food / medical help" options are now shown at the top of search results before you begin search, vs being buried in the filters bar. Also added more options: services (tickets / info), lockers, and more. - When using resort search, the results card shrinks down so you can see results highlighted on the map, too. Makes searches like "show me the bathrooms" or "show me groomed runs" much more useful! - The Offline Maps screen now suggests resorts you might want to save based on upcoming trips and other factors, so you don't have to search by name for each one. - The alternate app icon picker screen now supports previewing dark-mode version of the icons. - If you run your phone in dark mode and use the option to force light-mode maps, selecting a trail / lift / etc to view details will now use the right colors on the map to show it's selected state.

- Added a heading indicator on the icon for your current location, making it a lot easier to figure out which direction you want to head to get to that run / lift / friend. - Improved scrolling in the logbook when you have lots of data / photos / friends. - If you denied camera access and try to launch AR view, you'll now get prompted to fix camera permissions instead of seeing a black screen. - Fixed some cases where the map would bounce back to a previous state when you don't expect it (ex: zooming in a lot on the logbook). - Fixed the live run-by-run breakdown screen on iPhone showing "0s" for super short runs while recording with Watch. - Fixed a case where you couldn't dismiss the AR view for an activity. - Fixed a crash in the background related to displaying photos in the logbook. - Fixed the list of nearby friends card not always updating unless you closed/reopened it.

- Did you set up or join a trip in Slopes? Well, now while you're on the trip with friends, their location will show up even when you aren't recording. Great for finding those stragglers after you end recording, or figuring out where to meet everyone if you're getting a late start. To see their locations head to the recording screen (no need to start recording), or to the upcoming trip screen from the logbook (works on iPad, too!). - Added support for "bases" on resort maps, making it easier to look up what kind of facilities exist at each base without having to dig into the buildings there. In Europe, bases will help us list what is available without having to map *every* building (since those bases can be more like full ski villages). Only a handful of resorts already support bases, but we'll be adding more! - Improved background fetches of friends' locations while recording to better keep them up-to-date if you keep the app on-screen. - When using your Watch to record, your iPhone will fetch friends' locations when you open the iOS app if it hadn't auto-updated recently. - When displaying photos from your Photo library, photos that you marked as favorites in the Photos app now get shown before all the other ones. - Fixed the photo viewer in-app showing low resolution versions of Live Photos. - Fixed some UI hitches that could happen right after updating an activity. - Fixed the logbook loading all data, instead of lazy-loading, when it shouldn't. This could lead to some slowdowns on launch. - Fixed the logbook's activity sync progress bar always showing as blue, even after sync completes.

- Added most vertical in a day, and most distance in a day, to the lifetime / season / trip summary screens. - Added average speed to the lifetime / season / trip summery header list of stats. - Added back your friend's name to the VS popup.

- New merch! Ride in Japan to unlock the "JPow" shirt. - When you tap the "new merch unlocked!" banner, the merch screen will highlight what just unlocked. - Added a progress indicator to offline map downloads. - Speed improvements for downloading offline maps for European resorts. - Fixed lifts not automatically being tagged with their names as you record, making their labels not show on the replay screen. Note: this update will go through and fix recordings that had this problem the first time you launch this update. For most people this will take 2 seconds. If your name is Taylor and you have 338 hours recorded in 2024/25, yeah, it'll take 15 seconds. - Fixed a case where some resorts didn't report the country they were in leading to incorrect country counts in the lifetime / season summaries. - Fixed spacing of a resort's condition history calendar on smaller devices or when you use larger font sizes. - Fixed "rode with" being stuck in a shimmering state if you backgrounded the app and re-opened it with a trip open. - Fixed trip stats screen in logbook. If you had an in-progress trip, before it'd always open the "upcoming" view of the trip until that trip was finally over. Now it'll open the right screen depending on which section you tap the trip in. - Fixed the friends leaderboard not automatically refreshing after sending the app to the background for 1 min or more. - Fixed average speed showing as 0 on iPhone while recording using your Watch. - Fixed a case where the friends leaderboard wasn't automatically refreshing if your backgrounded the app for a while. - Fixed a crash that could occur as Slopes tried to activate a Day pass after importing a recording from Watch. - Fixed a few other seemingly random crashers.

- Design refresh for the "vs" screen that pops up when you tap an avatar in leaderboards. - Made the avatars for people you rode with in past trips tappable to bring up this VS card. - Fade out the area labels at a resort during replay (ex: "Peak 8", "Peak 7" / etc at Breck) - Fixed a case where you couldn't scroll up/down when viewing a trip with multiple destinations. - Fixed not being able to tap on bowls / glades and other runs that aren't strictly lines on the map. - Fixed some text truncation that could happen to the conditions report when viewing a trip. - Fixed the forecast widget showing snow icons for days it wasn't actually going to snow. - Fixed a possible crash when trying to pause or resume your recording on your Watch via your iPhone. - Fixed a case where if your phone died from the cold, and you had a Live Activity going, Slopes might not automatically recover your recording for you when you turn your phone back on.

- Offline trail maps are back and better then ever! - The new system not only saves the paper trail maps for offline use, but also Slopes's interactive trail maps and all their searchable trail data. - Slopes now periodically checks for updates to maps in the background, so you're up-to-date throughout the season. - One note: offline maps are limited to Slopes Premium *subscribers*. The UX the old offline system had with Day Passes was ... messy ... and we wanted to keep this simple. - Fun fact: this is Kirby's first major feature shipped since joining Slopes in November. Everyone say "Thanks, Kirby!" - If you record via iPhone and use a heart rate monitor that supports the Bluetooth Heart Rate Profile which is set to stream live to Apple Health, Slopes will now show HR data while you record. This includes your min/max HR for the last 10 minutes & zone breakdowns live per run. - In addition to changes in ranks, leaderboards will now highlight increases in stats too, letting you can keep up with who is getting out there even if their rank doesn't change. - Ties on leaderboards are now much easier to spot. - We keep trying to fix a bug where the leaderboards don't redraw to show a change in day count, and think we got it this time. Third time is a charm? - Fixed a case where a Day Pass would auto-activate but not activate Slopes Premium unless you force-quit and re-opened Slopes (only happened if you had used a Day Pass the day before, too). - Fixed a case where the Live Activity wouldn't show if you hadn't launched Slopes on your phone recently before starting a workout on your watch. - Fixed two crashes caused by data race conditions (they just appeared "random" to y'all). - Fixed (we hope) a case where the pause button might not show on the recording screen. - Fixed some smaller resorts not showing details like known base / summit altitude. - Fixed the logbook not removing your path & photos from the map after closing a past recording day. - It wouldn't be a new year without catching and fixing at least one typo made by Curtis.

- Improved handling of Slopes Premium status while your iPhone is processing a renewal so it won't flash the map from premium -> free -> back to premium as that happens. - Improved transfers from Watch -> iPhone at the end of the day, specifically when you end your recording on Watch via iPhone. - Changed the forecast widget to only highlight snow days > 1cm (same as in-app), vs showing snow for even super trivial amounts. - Fixed a bug where old paper trail maps would stick around on-device even if they had been replaced on the server. - Fixed avatars not appearing on the Compare screen while comparing runs. - Fixed a case where if you record and activate a day pass, then accidentally record again later that day and cancel right away, the day pass would be deactivated. - Fixed the trip countdown sometimes being off by 1 day. - Fixed some spacing issues on the new recording stats screen in languages other than English. - Fixed a crash that could happen when trying to share your location using the web link. - Fixed runs being harder to see in free mode at resorts that have live status. - Fixed a few other random background / race condition crashes.

- Quick fix for another crash I wanted to squish before the weekend that could happen while recording.

- The recording screen got the TLC it was supposed to get during the September redesign, but I just didn't have the time to get to. The new screen is very familiar, but much more streamlined. - Improved the contrast of buttons in dark mode. - Improved the "set your avatar" step of account registration to make the process clearer. - Improved search at resorts to allow for better fuzzy-matching with text search (ex: "restroom", "bathroom", "toilets", etc all now bring back bathrooms). - Removed the option to use your weight to adjust calorie estimates when using your iPhone (not your Watch!) to record. This estimate was great in iOS 8 when it launched, before Apple Watch, but now we recommend using your Watch if you want the best calorie estimates since it can account for age, weight, heart rate, and other fitness metrics. Phone-based recordings will still save a calorie estimate to Apple Health but it'll be based on a fixed weight. - Fixed a case where avatars of your friends that end their day might not be removed from the map during recording. - Fixed a case where the pause/resume/end buttons might disappear on your iPhone while recording via Watch.

- Fixed free trials not always showing up for new users. - Fixed the compare screen being light on top and in dark mode on the bottom half.

- Fixed showing the wrong name in non-english languages on home screens. - Fixed a case where a "start your trial" popup might show during recording when you're riding on premium via a day pass or family plan.