Ski routing
This article was last updated in June 2024
Overview
The ski routing and skiing profile are only availible when Ski map view plugin is activated.
Ski routing can be particularly useful for backcountry skiers, ski mountaineers, and other winter sports enthusiasts who want to explore new areas and plan their trips in advance. With ski routing OsmAnd users can plan routes and navigate safely while enjoying the beauty of winter landscapes.
Ski routing can be configured according to your needs in the Route parameters section of the Navigation settings.
Route parameters - Ski
By default, Skiing profile is deactivated. In order to use this profile for routing, you need to switch it on in Menu → Settings → App profiles.
Ski routing settings allows users to plan their routes by selecting the desired difficulty level and the type of terrain they want to explore. There are various options for safe, comfortable, and enjoyable movement on pistes or during a freeride.
- Android
- iOS
| Parameter | Allows to use for routing | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Allow skating only routes | Routes groomed for freestyle or skating only without classic tracks. | https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Piste_Maps#Type |
| Ski touring | Routes for ski touring. | A recommended ski tour way or area that is generally used by many skiers during a season for the purpose of a Nordic ascent and a downhill descent in the backcountry. |
| Allow advanced routes | Difficult routes, with dangerous obstacles and steep sections. | More difficult routes will be allowed for routing. |
| Off-piste | Choose one of the options for freeride skiing. | |
| Alpine and downhill skiing | Slopes for alpine or downhill skiing and access to ski lifts. | Using ski lifts will be switched on |
| Cross country and nordic skiing (Android) Piste type (iOS) | Trails for nordic or cross-country skiing. | |
| Allow classic only routes | Routes groomed for classic style only without skating trails. This includes routes groomed by a smaller snowmobile with looser piste and tracks made manually by skiers. | |
| Allow expert routes | Extremely difficult routes, with dangerous obstacles and surroundings. | |
| Sled | Slopes for sled usage. | Sleds are smaller vehicles that are pulled by a human or propelled only by gravity. When enabled, sledding pistes will be used for ski routing |
| Allow intermediate routes | More difficult routes with steeper sections. Generally some obstacles that should be avoided. | |
| Preferred difficulty | Prefer routes of this difficulty, although routing over harder or easier pistes is still possible if shorter. |
Other routing settings
The routing algorithm can also take into account temporary limitations specified in OpenStreetMap. This can be done by using Consider temporary limitations option. Note that in some cases, information from OSM can be outdated.
In the Recalculate route section of the Route parameters, you can enable and adjust route recalculation options.
In the Development section of the Route parameters, you can try new routing features that are currently in the testing phase. Note, that these settings are only available when the OsmAnd development plugin is enabled.
Road speeds setting in the iOS version of OsmAnd is located in Navigation settings → Route parameters (for Android, in Vehicle parameters → Default speed). This setting is used on unknown roads without speed limits. This is most often the case when navigating a track or online route. It must be set according to the parameters of your vehicle.
Vehicle parameters. Properly configuring the settings will help you avoid problems when creating a route. You can select the most appropriate route depending on the type of vehicle and road restrictions, as well as calculate the travel time.