EDITOR'S BLOG - Mountainwatch and Oakley Snow App

5th of August 2012

Editor's Blog | Alex Horvath

I don't know about you guys but I literally live with my iPhone in my hand 24/7!

Now, the most important thing that I check as part of my 'still in bed but not quite awake' iPhone routine is exactly how much did it snow last night? On a recent trip of mine to New Zealand, this process became even more important then ever before. I carefully set up the app to make the process as streamlined as possible, woke up with snow alerts already programmed, and had the weather at all the resorts dialed before I had even finished my corn flakes.

Luckily, thanks to a partnership between Oakley and us here at Mountainwatch.com the app is available for FREE! Here is the lowdown...

A FREE version of the iPhone app is available in 2012 thanks to Oakley.

The apps Exclusive Feature:

• Snow Fall & Snow forecast alerts. You can programme the app to alert you when the snow is forecast for your favourite resorts, alerts can be programmed for up to six days ahead

Highlight Features of the App

• Video snow cams from the 20 major resorts in Australian and New Zealand and a few International favourites.
• Each cam pans 270 degrees and can zoom up to 2 kilometres. The cameras are on a pre-set tour that takes in the best of that area.

• Daily independent snow reports for all major resorts in Australia and NZ by locals.
• Detailed snow accumulations: 24 hour, 3 day and 7 days.
• Live weather conditions including temperature, wind and pressure.
• Radar and Synoptic weather charts for Australia and New Zealand.
• Status of resort lifts, trails, snow conditions and roads.

• This is Australia and New Zealand's most accurate snow and mountain forecast and includes...
• 3 and 6-day detailed forecasts including: Snow / rain, daily temp min/max, wind, wind speed, wind chill and freezing level.
• 7-day detailed forecast written by a qualified alpine meteorologist.

• Program the app to tell you when it snows at your favourite resorts so you never miss out on the best powder days.

• Trail maps, Google maps, mountain stats and essential resort info for over 50 resorts.
• Includes all major Australian and New Zealand snow resorts.
• Selected North American, Canadian and Japanese resorts.
• Create your 'favourites' page for easy navigation to your main resorts.

• Latest news and features from Mountainwatch.com.
• Interviews, travel, events and more.

Go to m.mountainwatch.com to access the mobi site