AspectAvy?

[Jeb McHardman]

Anyone else getting pushed ads for this? https://www.aspectavy.com/ As far as I can tell, it's simply a standard zonal forecast overlaid on a topo map with some buzzwords and commonsense prompts thrown in (e.g., "Scary moderate", "Verify the forecast", etc.) Seems like overkill for any one who knows how to read an avy report and a topo map, but what do I know.

[Bunion 2020]

More info isn't a bad thing as long as it is good info. The jury is out and will be for some time as they go through Beta testing.

I do wonder if they are relying on Avalanche Center forecasts and charging for the application how the Center Directors feel about that?

[Jeb McHardman]

I do wonder if they are relying on Avalanche Center forecasts and charging for the application how the Center Directors feel about that?

Same. The website and articles I've seen are somewhat opaque about where the forecasts/danger ratings come from, but I can't imagine they are original to the app given the scale it operates at.

They do make a big deal about using LiDAR data and differentiating between dry and snow-covered slope angles, which has been a long time coming, especially given some of the incidents in Colorado and Utah over the past couple years.

[homemadesalsa]

Same. The website and articles I've seen are somewhat opaque about where the forecasts/danger ratings come from, but I can't imagine they are original to the app given the scale it operates at.

They do make a big deal about using LiDAR data and differentiating between dry and snow-covered slope angles, which has been a long time coming, especially given some of the incidents in Colorado and Utah over the past couple years.

Some of that is Zach Miller's MS thesis work that I just saw him present at WYSAW. I'll dig in a bit deeper and ask him, report back.

[Jeb McHardman]

Some of that is Zach Miller's MS thesis work that I just saw him present at WYSAW. I'll dig in a bit deeper and ask him, report back.

That would be rad! I'm definitely interested in knowing more about what kind of data they're using for this project and where it's coming from. Avy research and info exchange is still pretty insular in the US compared to Canada and Europe, especially in the guiding world...