Powder Howler roadmap: what's live and what's coming in 1.0

Last updated 18 October 2026

Powder Howler is a free-first snow forecast and storm tracking app for powder chasers: live radar, forecasts, observed snow and avalanche danger for 160+ ski resorts in the western US, British Columbia and Alberta. It is built as a free alternative to subscription snow apps, and free stays free. This page lists what works today and what 1.0 adds.

Live today (free, in your browser)

• Storm tracking: live radar with rain and snow told apart, plus snow coming, snow that fell, temperature, wind and cloud layers on the map.
• Resort cards: yesterday, today and tomorrow snow, the last 14 days at the nearest snow station, a 7-day forecast, webcams and avalanche danger for each resort.
• Multi-resort powder trip planner: compare the next days of snow across every resort within 100, 250 or 500 miles, pick days, then add the trip to your calendar with links to each resort's own tickets.
• Powder alerts: a push when your favourite resort passes the snowfall you set.
• Avalanche danger: ratings from avalanche.org and Avalanche Canada, shown as published. See Powder Howler for backcountry guides.
• 3D terrain and trail maps for the resorts we cover.

Coming in version 1.0

• Powder Howler apps for iPhone and Android, on the same live data as the website.
• Native powder alerts on your phone, an app-icon shortcut to your home mountain and the phone's share sheet.
• An optional premium plan for the full forecast week on every map layer, season history against the median, trip alerts and a Snow score. Prices will be published here at launch. Everything that is free today stays free.

Later

• Offline favourites and a home-screen snow widget.
• Resort-to-resort compare, a lock-screen storm countdown and a watch app.
• Storm trip alerts and a powder stash finder.

Where the data comes from

Forecasts from the US National Weather Service and Open-Meteo; radar from Environment and Climate Change Canada's North American composite; observed snow from SNOTEL, NOAA and provincial networks; avalanche danger from avalanche.org and Avalanche Canada. Every source is credited in the app.

Questions or ideas: hello@powderhowler.com. See also our promise, privacy policy and terms of use.