App Review: Avalanche Lab

Avy Labs app

A solid app for avalanche professionals, avalanche forecasters and observers. You can snap a photo, measure the slope angle and aspect, then record a crown profile, all on your phone. As you ski or ride down the path, you use your phone as GPS to map the slide. When you get to the toe of the slide you send a diagram of the crown and a map of the slide to your colleagues back at the office, then you post it to the Avalanche Lab network to alert everyone else. With Avalanche Lab you can do all that and more.

Avalanche Lab was developed out of a desire to easily enter snow and avalanche data in the field, and then electronically share that data. Avalanche Lab uses all those fancy features on your iPhone to make it as easy as possible. It has all the features an avalanche professional would want, and is simple enough to be used by backcountry skiers and even snowboarders.

Avalanche Lab includes clinometer, GPS, and compass support so you can accurately measure and mark your field sites. Avalanche Lab is designed to be used in the field, there is no need for a wifi or cell signal. Most inputs are multiple choice to eliminate the need for typing, and the buttons are big for use with cold fingers.

Avalanche Lab produces professional quality snow pit diagrams in the standard format, and in a compact format for display on mobile devices, and saves diagrams as an image or PDF file. Other export formats include KML maps of avalanches, CAAML xml, and SnowPilot format. Avalanche Lab can also import CAAML v5 snow profiles so you can load data from other software for viewing in the field.

A very powerful tool for avalanche professionals and those in the field of snow study. I have used the app since spring 2014 to get a jump on profiles while at the trailhead. So far, I love the power of the app and the seemingly endless features.

Observation entry is an easy to use format
Observation entry is an easy to use format
Another observation screen that pulls all data together
Another observation screen that pulls all data together
Compass entry data to record aspect
Compass entry data to record aspect
Built in inclinometer ads slope data
Built in inclinometer ads slope data
Profile allows for standard SWAG top down or bottom up profiles depending if profile goes to ground
Profile allows for standard SWAG top down or bottom up profiles depending if profile goes to ground
Observation entry for snow profile
Observation entry for snow profile
Stability tests from easy entry (Extended Column) with sheer quality
Stability tests from easy entry (Extended Column) with sheer quality
App tracks all profiles, and avalanche incidents
App tracks all profiles, and avalanche incidents
Avalanche observation for that can be transmitted to local avalanche forecasting center
Avalanche observation for that can be transmitted to local avalanche forecasting center
Map location marker
Map location marker
Displays full snow profile
Displays full snow profile
Multiple features for recording layers in snow profile
Multiple features for recording layers in snow profile

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Cost: FREE (Avalanche Lab Pro $14.99)

AVYLABMore information can be found on the publisher’s website: avalanchelab.com

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