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Vertical gain and grade for trail runs, no looking down at a watch
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A trail-running HUD that surfaces live grade, elevation gained, and distance to the next switchback marker you've dropped. Built it for fell races where I kept missing my watch on technical descents. Dark layout so it floats over the trail on the 600x600 display.
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Would love if the dropped switchback markers persisted between runs so I could reuse a route I scouted. Right now they reset when I close it. Otherwise the floating-over-trail layout is lovely in low light.
Good catch, it's raw barometric delta right now so it twitches on broken ground. Adding a 5-second rolling smooth on grade in the next build; elevation-gained already uses it.
Grade reads great on a steady climb but on the Andes scrambles mine flickered between 11% and 16% over a few seconds. Are you smoothing the grade at all, or is it raw GPS elevation deltas?
The next-marker distance is the part I didn't know I needed. On the Garmin I'd be scrolling data screens at exactly the moment I shouldn't. Having +412 gained and 0.6 km to the next drop sit there at once is right.