topo^alpin

Is there an avalanche report at all right now, and in which regions? Lists every warning region in the Alps with a current report, grouped by warning service, with validity. Off season most regions have none. Contains no danger levels: use avalanche_bulletin for those.

Does a summit, destination or point lie in an avalanche warning region of the Alps, in which one, and does it have a current report? Takes the name of a place or of a region, or up to 20 points such as start and summit of a tour. Also names other regions within 2 km.

How is the avalanche situation in a wider area of the Alps, such as Tyrol or the Valais? Give the name of a place or warning region, or lat and lon, with an optional radius, or a warning service. Returns every report for the area with its danger levels per elevation, avalanche problems and main message. For one destination use avalanche_bulletin.

The danger level where someone is going in the Alps, from the official avalanche bulletin: give a place name or the name of a warning region, or lat and lon, or a region id. The elevation of a named place or point is looked up unless you give elevationM. atPlace holds the level for that elevation and time of day and the avalanche problems there; reports hold who issued the bulletin, when, until when and when the next is due, all its ratings and problems, and its texts: main message, danger description, snowpack, weather and tendency. Set when=next for the following bulletin once it is out.

The weather forecast at a place in the Alps, for its elevation: weather, precipitation, fresh snow, freezing level, temperature, wind and gusts, sunshine and thunderstorm risk, in six-hour periods of local time for up to ten days. Computed from several weather models like the forecast in the topo^alpin app.

What the weather stations near a place in the Alps measure now: temperature, snow depth, fresh snow, wind and gusts, each with the time of the measurement, and optionally the last days. Measured, not forecast, at the place and elevation of the station. Stations are chosen by distance and elevation difference, like in the topo^alpin app.

The mountain huts nearest to a place in the Alps, or to where the user stands: name, distance and direction in a straight line, elevation and the difference to the place, mountain hut or self-catering, operator, beds and contact, as far as OpenStreetMap has them. Not opening times, free places or prices.

Ski and snowshoe tours in the Alps at a place: the routes up to a summit, hut or pass, and the routes that start in a valley or at a hut. Each with title, grade in the scale of the language, elevation gain, length, and the start seen from the place. From the guidebook and portal data shown in the topo^alpin app; not current conditions.