Use sport modes (see Sport modes) to record activities and view various information during your outing.
Out of the box, Suunto Traverse has has one sport mode, Hiking. Start a recording by pressing and then press to enter RECORD.
So long as there is only one sport mode in the watch, the recording starts immediately. If you add other sport modes, you need to select the sport mode you want to use and then press to start the recording.
You can also quickly start the recording by keeping pressed.