
First Chair: Mountain Safety
Avalanche Risk & 3D Terrain
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What's New in First Chair
1.1
October 27, 2026
New: Powder Radar. When a storm heads for a Powder Radar resort, it lands on your Lock Screen as a Live Activity: the countdown to the first flakes, snowfall per hour while it dumps, then the fresh snow. Near a measuring station, the numbers are verified against real snow heights. A resort gets Powder Radar once 10 people favorite it, or pick one yourself with Pro. Each resort page shows how close it is, with ready-made Instagram stories to bring your friends along. Favorites • A new guide explains what a favorite switches on: powder alerts, Powder Radar, offline maps, widgets and Protect Mode. • Every favorite card shows whether the resort is downloaded, and whether it's snowing now, has fresh snow or snow on the way. • Favorites in the menu show the avalanche danger first. Swipe one to see it on the map. • "Add resort" opens search with the biggest resorts nearby. • Before you remove a favorite, you see what goes with it. Offline • Offline maps are now part of your favorites. • Resort downloads finish faster and show their real speed. Map • A new layer drawer with live previews and legends. Switch between Satellite and Winter map in one tap. • Avalanche danger regions in the Risk tab. • Tap the compass rose to turn north, and the aiming box turns with the map. Tap your location dot to jump back. • When you pan away, a marker on the screen edge shows where you are. • Long-press the aiming box to scan a slope. 3D • The terrain rises out of the map as a clay model under sweeping light, then the satellite image and your lens fade in. • 3D opens on the lens that matches your map layer. • The scene lighting follows the sun slider live. Resorts and weather • Resort pages open with an at-a-glance summary, including the real snowfall of the last 24 hours, and scroll more smoothly. • Snowfall in cm, forecast for the summit, with high-resolution GeoSphere forecasts in Austria. • Pick a day in the mountain weather and it opens at noon, in 3D too. • Webcams open full screen in landscape. Protect Mode • A new Protect switch and a clearer checklist. • Protect Mode offers your favorite resorts and checks before you start whether you're inside the downloaded area. • The Live Activity warns you when you leave all of your downloaded areas. Also • Settings: send us a message by email, bug report or Instagram, and tell us if you like First Chair. Overview card options, with a new fresh snow line, now live here. • A new welcome screen with hands-on demos and a compass dial that turns with your phone. • Better VoiceOver labels and layouts for larger text sizes. • Fixes for map freezes, a black map after network loss and several crashes.
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