First Chair: Mountain Safety

First Chair: Mountain Safety

Avalanche Risk & 3D Terrain

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Released
August 28, 2026
Updated
October 27, 2026

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Find better snow. And stay safe. First Chair brings the official avalanche bulletin, the terrain under your skis and the conditions at your resort onto your iPhone: live on your Lock Screen while you ride, in 3D for any slope you aim at, and on one page for every resort you love. PROTECT MODE: YOUR AVALANCHE RISK, LIVE Start Protect and First Chair follows your position. On the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, without opening the app: • What today's avalanche report says for your region and your altitude • How steep your slope is compared with today's critical angle • The avalanche problems that apply right where you stand POWDER RADAR: THE STORM ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN When a storm heads for a Powder Radar resort, First Chair puts it on your Lock Screen: the countdown to the first flakes, snowfall per hour while it dumps, then the fresh snow, verified against real snow heights near a measuring station. A resort joins once 10 people favorite it, or pick one yourself with Pro. 3D TERRAIN: AIM, SHOOT, ANALYZE Point the aiming box at any slope and fire. First Chair builds the terrain in 3D and reads it for you. • Avalanche terrain hatched in red, steepness and aspect for every point • Swipe the lens: steepness, avalanche, cliffs, sun exposure, snow quality, wind and snowfall • Plan anywhere on the map, with live stats under the crosshair RESORT PAGES: YOUR RESORT, HOUR BY HOUR • Mountain weather from valley to peak, hour by hour, in a 3D forecast • Live webcams and weather stations on the 3D map • A snow quality score that shows exactly what raised or capped it • Your favorites at a glance: avalanche danger, fresh snow and offline status on every card • New-snow alerts for your favorite resorts WORKS OFFLINE Favorite a resort and download it before you go. Elevation, basemap, runs, lifts and terrain layers stay on your phone, because mountain signal is not a given. WHERE THE DATA COMES FROM • Official avalanche bulletins: the EAWS warning services across the Alps, avalanche.org in the USA and Avalanche Canada • Your phone's GPS • Satellite elevation data (Copernicus DEM, SRTM) ONE MORE LAYER, NOT A REPLACEMENT First Chair is one more layer of information. It doesn't replace an avalanche course, your beacon, shovel and probe, what you observe, or your own judgment. Data can be wrong or out of date. You make the call, and you carry the risk. First Chair Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly). Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://getfirstchair.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://getfirstchair.app/privacy
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What's New in First Chair

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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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Powder Radar: First Storms

Storm alerts for your favorite ski resorts.

Oct 25, 2026 — Nov 25, 2026

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