The winter equivalent of the inconvenience called road congestion when we drive to the sea is a line in front of a chairlift or cable car on a ski slope. But the future promises us smart ski resorts that will improve the user experience of skiers and enable us to meander for a longer time and wait in line less time. At least that's according to a project launched at Vail Ski Resort, which has a dedicated EpicMix mobile app (soon to be available for Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone) that provides real-time information on the condition of the ski lifts.
While we have just recovered from the new heat wave, they are already seriously warming up across the pond new ski season. Ski complex Vail Resort has become an even friendlier place for skiers, as they can with the help of a dedicated EpicMix mobile apps received data on possible crowding and waiting times on individual chairlifts, cable cars and also cable cars (similar to those that exist for road congestion). The application will collect information via radio frequency identification (RFID), otherwise ski pass recognition technology.
According to Vail, which hosted this year world championship in alpine skiing, will smart ski resort also became his "partner in crime" Beaver Creek, and they will join him this season Breckenridge and Keystone.
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The EpicMix mobile app - which sounds like a top music compilation - will calculate and display waiting times to the minute for 55 cable cars and gondolas, and in addition to the mentioned ski areas, in the future (in the 2016-17 season) it will also be useful at ski resorts in Utah and near the lake Lake Tahoe in California. The technology is also being tested in Australia in the ski center Perisher, which has been owned by the company since recently Vail Resorts.
More information:
epicmix.com
