About Snow Doctor

Smarter snow reports for safer mountain travel.

The Mission

If you spend your week working a 9-to-5 or only head into the mountains every now and then, you aren't staring at avalanche and weather data all day. By the time Friday night rolls around, you're rushing to piece together the week's history, observations, and forecast.

It’s a lot. When the data is scattered, it’s easy to miss the details that define a trip, like that brief rain crust at 2000m, how those burried facets from a few weeks ago are doing, or when the visibility will be at its best. When the data doesn't click, your confidence doesn't either; you're left either being overly cautious or dangerously overconfident.

Snow Doctor fixes that. We consolidate the noise into a single, clear picture so you don’t have to play detective. Whether you’re hunting for the best stash of protected powder, planning a high-alpine objective, or just trying to stay safe, Doctor’s Orders helps you read between the lines.

How "Doctor's Orders" Works

We use Large Language Models (LLMs) to do the heavy reading, not to write poetry.

No Hallucinations, No Fake Data.We aren't using AI to generate fake content or hallucinations. We use it strictly for pattern recognition. It scans the messy data and extracts what you need to know. We have implemented means for it to audit itself, as well as specific sections that describe how representative the data is.

Think of it like a partner who read every single report while you were at work, and gave you the highlights in the car on the way up.

Where we get the info

We don't make up the data. We pull it straight from the sources you already trust:

  • Avalanche Canada: The gold standard. We sync with their regional forecasts and danger ratings.
  • MIN Reports: Field observations from other skiers and sledders, parsed to find what's relevant to your zone.
  • Weather Models (HRDPS): We use the high-res Canadian models for the next 48 hours to get the precision you need, then switch to the regional model for the long-range outlook.

Work in Progress

Snow Doctor is currently in Beta. That means the wax is fresh, but we might have missed a spot. This is a passion project built to help the community, not a big tech product.

I want to hear from you. Whether you want a specific zone added, found a bug, or just have some honest feedback on how to make this better, reach out.

Safety First

Snow Doctor is a tool to help you make decisions, not a replacement for your brain. Computers make mistakes. Mountains change fast. This app can't dig a pit for you, and it can't pull your partner out of a slide.

Get your AST 1, carry your gear (transceiver, shovel, probe), and always verify snow reports with your own eyes on the ground.