Avalanche and weather forecasts for the United States built and maintained by the Northwest Avalanche Center
Your local avalanche forecast, mountain weather, and field observations in one place, still on your phone even if you lose service. Avy displays all US avalanche forecast centers. Built by the Northwest Avalanche Center for anyone traveling in the mountains this winter.
For backcountry skiing, ski touring, splitboarding, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, ice climbing, and anyone else heading into avalanche terrain.
Offline access when the bars disappear
Load the forecast at home. Access it when you lose service.
Plan the day on one screen
Danger by elevation band, the day's avalanche problems, mountain weather forecast, and recent observations from users in your zone all in one place.
See what fell, and where the wind put it
New snow totals, wind speed and direction, and temperature trends from the stations that matter for your zone.
Report from the field, service or not
Tomorrow's forecast is built from what people saw today. Add photos, write what you saw, send. With no signal it queues and uploads the moment you get service, so your report reaches the forecasters while it still counts.
Avy is made by the Northwest Avalanche Center, a nonprofit forecast center, and supported by donations and members.
The layout fits well with the workflow for planning a backcountry outing. The av forecast -> weather forecast -> weather data and telemetry -> zone observations. The collapsible menus on the forecast page allow for easier navigation and top/bottom banners enable easy switching between content areas. The recently added page share feature will work great for collaborative tour planning. Thanks y’all!! 🙌🏻
So stoked!
DAdadDc
This is the first app review I’ve written, but I’m so pleased with how this has turned out that I have to say as much. For me, it’s been a skis-on-easy transition from my old routine of keeping various tabs open (key stations, weather and avy forecasts, etc.). The interface puts the top line info front and center while still letting me reach the details as needed. Great work!
Exactly what I expected for a mobile app
Undermine28
The app provides a great mobile experience for checking the avy forecast. The tables and problems are much easier to read in the app then online. The caching of the forecast of is a great bonus feature for checking there conditions when you are out of service.
So nice!
GartRuzza
Huge upgrade over saving links. New app seems seamless, super easy to navigate (much better than website for viewing on mobile). The access to weather station data in 2 clicks is personally my favorite. Thanks devs!!
We've changed the navigation experience so that you can look at multiple centers at once on the map and added almost of the centers for North America with the final few coming soon. Thanks to Nokian Tyres for supporting the app for this season!
Version 1.0.18
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Information
Seller
Friends of the Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center
Size
97 MB
Category
Weather
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
