AW3 - Elevation Gain = Flights climbed?

[mck88]

Noticed something interesting. I had 3 outdoor walks on a hillside trail the other day totalling 1049ft of elevation gain according to the Activity app. It also shows I climbed 68 Flights of stairs in this same day where as in reality I climbed no stairs at all.

So it seems to me that the AW and Activity app count any elevation gain achieved towards flight of stairs climbed. Does this make sense?

 

[nicho]

Any non-trivial gain in elevation while simultaneously moving forward (ie, walking up a hill) will be enough to fool the barometer into thinking you're walking a flight of steps. This is because it has no way of knowing you're not climbing a flight of stairs.

 

[mck88]

Got it. Seems that way.

 

[zhenya]

'Flights climbed' is merely a unit for quantifying elevation gain.

 

[1Zach1]

The Health App describes "Flights Climbed" as "A flight of stairs is counted as approximately 10 feet (3 Meters) of elevation gain (approximately 16 steps)".