This winter season, Snow-Camp is seeking the support of thousands of passionate skiers and snowboarders to create history by being part of the biggest snowsports event ever launched – the Ski 2 The Moon challenge.
Download the app
The event is unique because skiers and snowboarders all over the world can join in – they just download the Ski 2 The Moon app, set a personal goal and get skiing or snowboarding.
Whether skiing in Breckenridge, Borovets or Bromley, the Ski 2 The Moon App enables everyone with access to a smart phone to participate in the Challenge. Every mile skied is tracked by the app and contributes to a grand total of everyone’s efforts in pursuit of the target distance – The Moon – 238,855 miles away.
Developed by the Ski Tracks team
Snow-Camp was able to develop the Ski 2 The Moon idea after approaching Core Coders, the developers of the popular Ski Tracks app, now used by over 1.4 million skiers and snowboarders.
Funding by Gompels Healthcare
Seed funding for the new idea was generously provided by Gompels HealthCare Ltd, and after 6 months of development, is now available to download at App Store and Google Play.
Free to download and use
It’s free to download and available to everyone with a smart phone – Android or IOS.
Importantly, it’s also free to use when on the slopes, as it does not require data roaming to operate.
Track your miles and raise funds
The concept is simple. Wherever skiers and snowboarders choose to spend time on the slopes, they can download the app before they go and set a personal distance target and timeframe to achieve that goal.
To start the challenge, skiers and snowboarders hit ‘go’ on the App to start tracking their miles and start helping towards the collective goal of the reaching the Moon.
Being powered by Ski Tracks, the Ski 2 the Moon app will provide participants with the very best Ski Tracks features in terms of measuring speed, total distance, vertical drop and GPS tracking which maps the route on Google maps.
Jenny Jones and James Woods support the app
It will also be fun! Cartoon characters named after Olympians Jenny Jones (a snowboarding lady hare) and James Woods (a cool skiing tortoise) pop up during the challenge, encouraging skiers and snowboarders to keep going, congratulating them on reaching milestones towards their target and awarding various other achievements.
Users are encouraged to create a simple Just Giving page detailing their personal Ski 2 The Moon challenge to share with friends and family.
Dan Charlish – founder of SnowCamp – said ‘This event could make a massive difference and we are excited about it’s potential. If we can get thousands of people involved, Ski 2 The Moon could play a significant role in helping us achieve our vision of expanding Snow-Camp’s work to support many more young people in cities across the UK.’
The App is available on the App Store and Google Play and can be downloaded from the 20th December 2014.
The event will continue until the end of the season – or until we reach the Moon!
Visit: www.ski2themoon.com for more information and to download the app
