SnowvyPress
Snowvy for the press.
Facts, a short description, images and data credits for anyone writing about Snowvy. Please keep the line “Modelled, not an avalanche forecast.” with any description of the app.
Modelled, not an avalanche forecast. Snowvy explains the snowpack; it never says a slope is safe. Read your regional avalanche bulletin and make your own decisions.
In one paragraph
Snowvy is a mountain app for backcountry skiers and splitboarders. It shows the modelled snow on a slope and explains in plain, dated sentences how it formed: which storm buried which layer, where the wind loaded it, when it melted and refroze. Slope detail exists for a growing list of places; elsewhere Snowvy shows a regional estimate, labelled as one. It runs on its own 3D globe with 12,384 ski areas and shows where the sun and shade fall at a chosen hour. Snowvy is modelled context for planning. It is not an avalanche forecast, and it never says a slope is safe.
Fact sheet
| What | Modelled snow and mountain conditions, with the reasons behind them |
|---|---|
| For | Ski tourers, splitboarders and freeriders who plan their own days |
| Platforms | Being built for iPhone, Android and the web; launch date not announced yet |
| Map | Snowvy's own 3D globe, built for snow |
| Ski areas | 12,384 in the catalogue, with elevation, runs and lifts |
| Model | Terrain split into virtual slopes from 30 m cells; layered snowpack physics hour by hour; dated explanations from recorded weather |
| Coverage | Slope detail for a growing list of places, built one at a time; elsewhere a regional estimate in cells about 25 km across. Each place is labelled resort area, backcountry zone, regional estimate or not built yet |
| Price | Not set yet. Group and safety features will stay free |
| Languages | English, French, German, Italian and Spanish |
What Snowvy is not
It is not an avalanche bulletin, a danger rating or a navigation service, and it shows no lift status or resort snow reports. It sends people to their regional avalanche service: find your avalanche bulletin. The model, its limits and its references are on How it works.
Images
App screenshots are available on request. Please don't change the mark's colours or crop the trust line off the social image.
Data credits
Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30. Ski areas, runs and lifts: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0), processed by OpenSkiMap. Weather: ECMWF open data (IFS), © 2026 European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), source www.ecmwf.int, licence CC BY 4.0, adapted to the terrain by Snowvy; ECMWF accepts no liability for the data or its use. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com. Avalanche bulletins are shown as each official service publishes them, with its name.
Contact
Press questions: [email protected]