The Best Ski Apps You Need For Winter
Eat, ski, sleep, repeat! If you’re anything like us, you live for the slopes. All season we’ve got our eyes glued to our smartphones checking the snow, watching out for fresh peaks to visit and planning our next journey. Thankfully, there are some awesome ski apps out there for those with a slope obsession and some handy options for beginners too. From snow forecasts to safety guides, tutorials, games and trackers, if you’ve got snow on your mind (and your phone), here are the best ski apps you really ought to download this winter.
Ski Tracks – Track & Analyse Your Performance
Category: Tracking
Rating: 4.5/5
Created for lovers of winter sports, Ski Tracks allows you to record your entire day on the slopes. You can analyse time, distance and altitude of every track you take. Even add a little healthy competition with your friends by comparing top speeds. This is clearly an app made by lovers of the sport.
Price: £0.79
Availability: Android/iOS
Trace Snow – Ski & Snowboard Tracker
Category: Tracking
Rating: 4.5/5
Labelled by Men’s Health as the #1 winter sports app, this is a smartphone essential for any snow lover. Track your day on the slopes by measuring speed, distance, vertical, calories and more. This app tracks everything and separates your runs. It keeps note of what chair lifts you’ve taken, your time on each chairlift and more.
Price: Free
Availability: Android/iOS
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Mammut Safety – Slope Safety Companion
Category: Safety
Rating: 4.5/5
From international avalanche bulletins to risk level guides base on your location and reported conditions, this app is the ultimate slope safety companion. This app also offers a compass, clinometer, altimeter and SOS button.
Price: Free
Availability: Android/iOS
Powder – Ski Game
Category: Game
Rating: 4.5/5
A calming, addictive, minimalist game that’s an absolute must-have. Described as the skiing version of snake, it’s so simple but so much fun!
Price: Free
Availability: Android/iOS
Cairn – Journey Planning & Safety
Category: Safety/Useful
Rating: 4.5/5
Using crowdsourced data, Cairn maps out where you can receive a mobile signal when on the slopes. It also allows you to create a journey plan with your friends – if you’re overdue, your friends will get an alert and a map of your location. This is an ideal tool for adding a level of safety to your adventures.
Price: Free
Availability: iOS
Snowboard Tips – Snowboard Lessons
Category: Education
Rating: 4.5/5
Mathieu Bozzetto, Olympic medallist, runs a course on how to snowboard on this app. Above all, it’s easy to follow and pretty comprehensive. Well worth a look!
Price: $4.99
Availability: iOS
Red Bull TV – Entertainment & News
Category: TV/Entertainment
Rating: 4.5/5
This app gives you live streaming of Red Bull high octane sports events – including skiing and snowboarding of course. You can browse the site’s different channels, keep up to date with news and watch from a wide range of streams.
Price: Free
Availability: Android/iOS
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OpenSnow – Forecasts & Conditions
Category: Weather
Rating: 4.5/5
From analysis by local forecasters to resort comparison, this is a great app for keeping up to date with conditions. The app’s Powder Finder is ideal for helping users find the places with the most snow.
Price: Free
Availability: Android/iOS
Liftopia – Discount Lift Tickets
Category: Lift Tickets/Weather
Rating: 4.5/5
This handy app allows you to book discount lift tickets at hundreds of ski spots around the world. It’ll also offer some insight into local resorts and snow conditions too.
Price: Free
Availability: iOS
Waze – Road Route Finder
Category: Travel
Rating: 4.5/5
If you’re visiting a popular spot in the middle of the ski season, it can be pretty tough just getting there. Waze is a handy app that will show you the best route with real-time help from other drivers.
Price: Free
Availability: Android/iOS
SkiFit – Ski Fitness Training Programme
Category: Fitness
Rating: 4/5
Forget about getting beach body ready, SkiFit will put you on an 8 week training programme to get you fit for skiing. The app caters for all levels of experience. All exercises are simple to do at home or in the gym and need very little specialist equipment.
Price: Free
Availability: Android/iOS
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GoPro Capture – Video/Image Capturing
Category: Photography/Video
Rating: 4/5
This app is essential to any ski fanatic who wants to shoot their activities. The app allows you to control your GoPro, view photos and videos and share your favourites. This basically makes your phone the remote control for your GoPro. It also lets you clip your vids into short clips for sharing on social media – perfect for making everyone back at home jealous!
Price: Free
Availability: Android/iOS
Ski & Snow Report – Condition Reports
Category: Weather
Rating: 4/5
Proudly labelling itself as the world’s most downloaded ski and snowboarding app, this is a vital addition to your smartphone. The snow app lets your find latest conditions and reports from more than 2,000 top ski destinations around the world. It also has first-hand weather reports.
Price: Free
Availability: Android/iOS
Ullr’s Mobile Avalanche Safety Tools – Avalanche Forecasts
Category: Safety
Rating: 4/5
If you love exploring off-piste, you need this app in your life. This app shows the most recent avalanche forecasts for ski areas. It also lets you review conditions and collect vital snow, weather and terrain conditions.
Price: $9.99
Availability: Android/iOS
Action Snap – Image Capturing
Category: Photography
Rating: 4/5
Although not exclusively a ski app, it’s great for showing off your winter sports activities. Action Snap lets you take multiple pictures and combines them for an awesome action-packed montage.
Price: Free
Availability: Android
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FIS App – Ski Racing Times & News
Category: News/Entertainment
Rating: 4/5
A must-have for anyone interested in ski racing. The official International Ski Federation app lets you find race times, athlete bios and news.
Price: Free
Availability: Android/iOS
Ski on Neon – Ski Game
Category: Game
Rating: 4/5
Commuting to work is boring, but this is one of the best ski apps to break the monotony. Spice it up with this fun and addictive ski themed game.
Price: Free
Availability: iOS
Fatmap – 3D Ski Mapping
Category: Navigation
Rating: 3.5/5
Using high-res satellite imagery, Fatmap is a 3D ski mapping app which helps users navigate popular ski areas. The app lets you view all angles of the slopes and even features a GPS enables navigation tool.
Price: Free (£4.99 for premium version)
Availability: Android/iOS
Warren Smith Ski Academy App – Ski Tutorials
Category: Education
Rating: 3/5
If you love skiing, you’ve probably heard of Warren Smith before. He’s the Telegraph Ski and Snowboard editor and also the founder of Warren Smith Ski Academy – a renowned ski school. This app offers pocket tutorials on numerous skiing techniques. All lessons are between 3 and 4 minutes long and seriously helpful to those looking to boost their skills on the slopes. For those who want to ski without lessons, it’s the ideal substitute!
Price: Free
Availability: iOS
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OFFGRID – Call/Text Blocker
Category: Misc
Rating: 3.5/5
If you live a busy life, this is one of the best ski apps for you. This stops any calls or messages getting through to your phone (you can set exceptions), to let you spend time doing what you love best. It also has the option to send out-of-office style messages to those who contact you.
Price: Free
Availability: Android
Snocru – Tracking & Condition Forecasts
Category: Tracking
Rating: 3.5/5
Snocru is an award winning tracking app that connects you to the mountains. Set up a day track, chat to your friends and keep up to date on conditions and forecasts.
Price: Free
Availability: Android/iOS
EpicMix – Performance Tracking
Category: Tracking
Rating: 3.5/5
From lift line times to vertical feet, race times, progress and leader boards – this app is a vital addition to your ski holiday getaway!
Price: Free
Availability: Android/iOS
Peak.ar – Mountain Navigation
Category: Navigation
Rating: 3/5
Don’t know the names of mountains around you? Whip out this app and check it out. It allows users to use the camera for augmented reality view or has a map option too.
Price: Free
Availability: Android
SkiLynx – Track & Socialise with Friends
Category: Tracking
Rating: 3/5
This really is one of the best ski apps for keeping track of your friends on the slopes. This app lets you create your own private group for your friends. You can stay keep track of and chat to your friends in real time. It also acts as a ski log keeping track of your activities.
Price: £2.99
Availability: Android/iOS
Snoww – Social Ski Tracking
Category: Tracking
Rating: 4.7/5
Want to follow your friends, compete with other skiers and record your statistics? Snoww allows you to do all of this and more! This app not only allows you to meet your own personal goals, but also climb to the top of the leader board. It’s the perfect choice for anyone with a competitive streak.
Price: Free
Availability: iOS
Crystal Ski Explorer – Get More from the Mountain
Category: Misc
Rating: 2.7/5
All the mountain information you need at your fingertips! This app contains guides, useful tips and a tool to track your friends on the slopes. It also suggests piste routes for every level of skier.
Price: Free
Availability: Android and iOS
Eurosport Player – Watch your Favourite Sports
Category: Live Sports
Rating: 4/5
Eurosport Player allows you to watch sports coverage on your phone in real-time. This includes the upcoming Winter Olympics! There’s also access to some special bonuses such as highlights and news.
Price: Free (with in-app purchases)
Availability: Android/ iOS
Navionics Ski – All-in-one Guide
Category: Misc
Navionics Ski is the handy guide you need on the slopes! With navigation, interactive maps and details of your progress, this app has a little bit of everything you need in one place!
Price: £0.99
Availability: iOS
Ski Club – Snow & Weather
Category: Weather
With this app, skiers have access to all the latest snow and weather reports, as well as live webcams and piste conditions. All this non-biased, useful information is updated daily. It’s the ultimate guide to snow conditions on the slopes!
Price: Free
Availability: Android/ iOS
SkiPhone – Stay Connected
Category: Communication
Rating: 3.5/5
Love using your phone on the slopes, but hate having to take your gloves off? Now there’s no need! With SkiPhone, you can take photos by shaking your phone, or answer calls with voice activation.
Price: Free
Availability: Android
SNOCRU – Skiing and Snow Tracking
Category: Tracking
Rating: 3/5
Looking for the ultimate ski and snowboard tracking app? Look no further! This app keeps you and friends connected wherever you are on the mountain, while providing you with updates on weather conditions and monitoring your progress.
Price: Free (with in-app purchases)
Availability: Android/ iOS
Ski Pursuit – Challenge Yourself
Category: Tracking
Rating: 4/5
Looking to push yourself even further on the slopes? This app allows you to set yourself challenges and share your progress with friends on social media. Want to know your average speed? Number of runs? All this information is at your fingertips!
Price: Free
Availability: Android/ iOS
Edge Ski – Competitive Tracking
Category: Tracking
Every skier has a competitive side! With Edge Ski, you can check your current performance, access real-time lift information and challenge your friends. It has everything you need to push yourself!
Price:£0.99
Availability: iOS
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