vertical feet
Altitude gain measurement
Vertical feet measures elevation change rather than distance traveled.
A skier who descends a 2,000-foot mountain has covered 2,000 vertical feet regardless of how many horizontal miles the trail wound.
Ski resorts advertise their vertical feet to indicate how much downhill skiing is available.
Hikers track vertical feet of elevation gain: We climbed 3,500 vertical feet to reach the summit.
- elevationHeight above reference point
- elevation gainTotal altitude increase traveled
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
- sea levelElevation reference point
- ascentUpward movement
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