Miche bought me a Suunto S6 "watch" for my birthday. This has all manner of ski related functionality and tells the time too. It has an altimeter, barometer, compass, inclometer (to measure slope angle) and logging functions that allow it to record the number of ascents/descents and the distance covered, and much more... You can link it up to a PC to transfer the data and do "other stuff" with it. Should be fun to play with once we get back to Megève