The Countdown – 5 must-have apps for winter
Mountainwatch | Caitlin Reid
Amp up your fun on the snow with easy to use snow apps. Whether you’re trying to find your mates, nail a new trick, or need some backcountry info, your smart phone can help. Keep it simple, and use the best apps available to elevate your riding.
1. Mountainwatch Snow Report & Forecast
The Mountainwatch Snow Report & Forecast App is all you need to stay on point for all snow conditions, snow forecasts and snow news.
The app features include:
• 7-day snow & weather forecasts
• Live Snow cams
• Daily Snow Reports
• Live on-mountain weather
• Resort conditions including roads and lift status
• Snow Alerts
• Resort Information
• Snow News
Set up Snow Alerts to receive handy notifications when local fresh snow depth reaches a certain point. You’ll never miss a powder day on your local hill again, now you can carry it in your pocket.
Get the Mountainwatch Snow Report & Forecast app
2. Alpine Replay
Alpine Replay keeps track of:
• Vertical distance skied
• Max speed
• Max altitude
• Max air time
• Calories used
• Time spent on the chairlift
Perfect for monitoring improved fitness and skill over a season, the app is a favourite for measuring all aspects of snowsports. If you’re chasing bragging rights, wow your contacts via the app’s convenient link to social media. The entire app is is built by skiers and snowboarders, ensuring it’s easy to use even with numb fingers.
3. Trickbag
Learn how to land your dream tricks with real video coaching. Designed by pro snowboarder Nick Hyne and created by park rider/developer Dan Medina, this app uses super clear video to help you nail grabs, jibs and spins. The videos are user friendly, helpfully divided into both goofy and regular to help you clearly visualise your trick. Access to 18 free videos explodes to 96 trick videos for the paid version, definitely worth the $1.99.
• 96 videos in Goofy or Regular
• Rail tricks
• Jump tricks
• My Wishlist
• My Landed list
• Report Card
• Trick Scrabble
• Trick Battle
• Video Downloads
• Grab Challenge
4. ULLr Labs Mobile Avalanche Safety Tools
You’re having a great day riding the groomers, but you think it’s time to head into the backcountry for some laps. Check out weather conditions, avalanche information and up to the minute snowpack reports with this app. It helps you track your location with GPS, compass and clinometer (to measure slope angle) Remember, an app can’t replace real Avalanche training, and make sure you have existing avalanche safety knowledge before heading into the backcountry.
• Location & GPS tracker
• Receive up to the minute weather warnings
• Download avalanche info in your area
• Record location, elevation and slope angle
Get the Ullr Labs Mobile Avalanche Safety app
5. Find My Friends
Everyone loses track of friends between getting off the chairlift, and getting to the bottom of the run. How does this happen? Forget scrambling to answer your phone on the lift, this app lets you see exactly where your friends are. Get your mates to download the app and agree to share location data, and you’re good to go! If you want to know when someone’s heading to the bar, turn on handy location alerts.
• Tracks your friends movements on the hill (not in a creepy way)
• Stop fumbling with phone calls & texts while riding
• Location Alerts
