# First Chair: Mountain Safety — Avalanche Risk & 3D Terrain > Avalanche Risk & 3D Terrain (iPhone/iPad app by Wolfgang Teves.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/first-chair-mountain-safety/id6761769787 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Wolfgang Teves](https://appshunter.io/developer/1276213982) - Category: Weather, Sports - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.2 · 74 MB - Languages: German (Germany), American English - Released: 2026-08-28 - Data updated: 2026-11-09 ## What is First Chair? 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 ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | First Chair Pro Monthly | $7.00 | per month | | First Chair Pro Yearly | $35.00 | per year | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Ambassador — Lifetime | $70.00 | one-time | ## Is First Chair safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess First Chair. ## Is First Chair legit? First Chair: Mountain Safety appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for First Chair is 75 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.1 — 2026-10-27 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. ### 1.0.3 — 2026-10-09 Protect Mode is simpler: one play/pause button, a checklist that makes sure Live Activities and location are allowed, and location only in the background while Protect is on. • Protect Mode asks which resort you're riding when it isn't clear, and offers to add and download a new one. • Swipe the bottom card to change the 3D lens. Lenses now switch instantly. • The position card tells you whether there's no avalanche service in an area or it just isn't reporting today. • A new resort picker shows the biggest resorts in your region. • Find resorts by town or village name. • Downloads are kept permanently. Choose the satellite quality: Saver, Standard or High. • Smoother map, better battery life in 3D, and many fixes. ### 1.0.2 — 2026-10-01 New in this version: • First Chair Pro: every map layer, unlimited favorites and offline resorts – try the yearly plan free for a month • Avalanche bulletins now also for the US and Canada • Mountain weather by time of day: snow line, sun, precipitation and wind • A new hands-on introduction that teaches exactly what you came for, including a Protect Mode tour • Swipe up in the menu to search resorts • Report a problem by shaking your phone • Many fixes and performance improvements ### 1.0.1 — 2026-09-23 Various Updates to improve User Experience ### 1.0 — 2026-08-13 No release notes. ## Apps similar to First Chair | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Snow AI: Ski Forecast & Radar](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/snow-ai-ski-forecast-and-radar/id6793519923) | — | Free | Weather | | [CondiCaster](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/condicaster/id6813065879) | — | Free | Weather | | [Pegel](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pegel/id396095860) | — | Free | Weather | | [Wind God — Aeolus](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wind-god-aeolus/id6789372280) | — | Free | Weather | | [Snow Days - Ski Forecast](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/snow-days-ski-forecast/id6762333262) | 4.8 (11) | Free | Weather | | [DZMaster](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dzmaster/id6749229578) | — | Free | Weather | ## More apps by Wolfgang Teves - [Biergartenkönig](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/biergartenkonig/id1276213983) - [Boazn König](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/boazn-konig/id1291701322) All apps by Wolfgang Teves: https://appshunter.io/developer/1276213982 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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