Anyone have an elevation profile of the Poto?

[JeffOYB]

Anyone know of a link to an image of the elevation profile of the Poto trail? Googling comes up empty but I swear I've seen one... (I want to know what we went thru skiing that last weekend.) Thanks! JP

[cmkovick]

Here is a link to my Garmin upload of the full loop and a paste of the gain/loss

Elevation Gain: 1,191 ft
Elevation Loss: 1,180 ft
Min Elevation: 875 ft
Max Elevation: 1,006 ft

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/56548836

[®andyA]

Here is a link to my Garmin upload of the full loop and a paste of the gain/loss

Elevation Gain: 1,191 ft
Elevation Loss: 1,180 ft
Min Elevation: 875 ft
Max Elevation: 1,006 ft

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/56548836

The elevation profile on my Garmin was the same. But curiously, the elev. gain/loss is different.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/58114710

Elevation Gain: 771 ft
Elevation Loss: 777 ft
Min Elevation: 876 ft
Max Elevation: 1,006 ft

[mmba7614]

Randy - you have Elevation correction enabled, while cmkovick doesn't.

I am never sure if enabling this on off-road conditions is a good thing, or not.

[®andyA]

Randy - you have Elevation correction enabled, while cmkovick doesn't.

I am never sure if enabling this on off-road conditions is a good thing, or not.

Yeah, I wondered about that too. When I changed it to "disabled", I got:

Elevation Gain: 1,539 ft
Elevation Loss: 1,512 ft
Min Elevation: 835 ft
Max Elevation: 1,033 ft

Still different, but more curiously, so is the Min/Max Elev.

I looked back at a Poto ride from Jul 2010 and turns out even that info was different. Apparently, I had Elevation Corrections "disabled" on that ride. I guess it goes to show that elevation calculations on these devices are not the best.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/40095929

Elevation Gain: 857 ft
Elevation Loss: 862 ft
Min Elevation: 875 ft
Max Elevation: 1,005 ft

[ibike]

I had always heard it was more like 2000 feet.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=100512&hilit=poto+elevation

(in the above post is this link: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/39896946 )

and

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=96916

[risnewski]

Here's the Garmin from a triple I did out there last summer. Includes some pavement, but if you look at the individual laps, you see the elevation for the trail. Funny thing is that the elevation increased each lap (according to Garmin). Sure felt like it anyway.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/35257370

[georgemra]

I think google puts that elevation around 1700 to 1800 feet. If you overlay the route on google earth you can select the route and click on the elevation profile. They use topological maps to determine elevation gain and loss. Just another way to try and verify numbers.

[rosander]

Were these elevation gain / losses for the 14 or 18 mile loop?

[scat silvurz]

Here's something you can use while discussing lap times in the Silver Lake Parking lot!