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Everything for your next tour.

From planning to summit – one app for ski tours, hikes, and alpine tours.

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Live navigation

In the mountains it’s not just where you are that matters, but what lies around you. The navigation shows you both.

3D relief

On a flat map, much looks harmless. In 3D the mountain shows where it gets steep and where the way leads up.

Offline maps

Download map tiles in advance for areas without mobile reception.

Official national maps

Every country has its own map series. The app joins them into one map at the national borders.

  • swisstopo Landeskarte Switzerland

    From the Federal Office of Topography (swisstopo).

  • Austrian Map Austria

    From the Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying (BEV).

  • BayernAtlas Bavarian Alps

    From the Bavarian surveying authority (LDBV).

  • Plan IGN France

    From the Institut géographique national (IGN).

  • Državna topografska karta Slovenia

    From the Surveying and Mapping Authority of Slovenia (GURS).

  • Alpine map the whole Alpine arc

    Our own vector map — it also covers Italy, where no open national sheet is published.

Avalanche danger

The danger levels of every warning service in the Alps on one map, with the matching avalanche bulletin for each region.

  • Every Alpine country in one picture

    The SLF, Météo-France and the warning services in Austria, Bavaria, Italy and Slovenia. Each region is coloured according to the danger level in force.

  • The avalanche bulletin in detail

    Avalanche problems with aspect and elevation, snowpack, weather and outlook, according to the official information from the warning service.

  • Always up to date

    The map always shows the latest avalanche bulletin. When a new one is issued, the app points it out.

  • Multilingual

    German, English, French or Italian, depending on which languages the warning service offers.

Ski and snowshoe tours

More than 13,000 ski tours across the Alps and the SAC’s snowshoe tours are on the map. Tap one and the Tour-Check shows straight away where it gets critical.

  • More than 13,000 tours across the Alps

    Ski tours in Switzerland, France, Austria with South Tyrol and Bavaria, plus the SAC’s snowshoe tours in Switzerland.

  • Tap and compare

    Tap a route and the Tour-Check screens it using terrain and the avalanche bulletin. The line takes on colour, the index sits next to it.

  • Find them by summit

    Type a summit into the search and it lists the tours that lead up, with grade and height gain.

  • Grade, way and normal route

    All of it is in the route overview. Use the route and it comes with an elevation profile and a PDF to print.

Mountain weather

Everything that matters for the tour at a glance: our meteogram fits it compactly on one screen.

  • Precipitation by altitude 1000 to 4800 m

    Snow above, rain below — and where the line between them lies.

  • Wind mean and gust

    How hard it blows on the ridge — not on average, but at its peak.

  • Temperature max, min, feels like

    High and low, plus the feels-like temperature with wind chill.

  • Thunderstorm risk a number, not a symbol

    Computed from all available models, not just the ones shown.

  • Sunshine hours across the day

    How long the sun shines, not just whether it does.

Weather stations and huts

Temperature, snow depth and huts, right on the map.

  • Around 1400 measuring stations

    Temperature and snow depth from six countries, right where each station stands on the map.

  • All readings of a station

    Tap a station to see temperature, snow depth and new snow over 24, 48 and 72 hours.

  • More than 5400 huts

    Staffed and self-catering huts across the Alps. Tap one to see what it lists: operator, phone, email, website, winter room.

  • From the weather and avalanche services

    The values come from the weather and avalanche warning services of the countries and regions.

Offline maps

Download map tiles in advance for areas without mobile reception.

  • Load the map for the whole tour

    One click loads every tile along your track before you set off.

  • Save any area you choose

    Select the tiles you’ll need out there right on the map, independent of any tour.

  • Key layers on board

    Offline you see the official national map with relief and contour lines, plus slope angle or avalanche terrain.

3D relief

On a flat map, much looks harmless. In 3D the mountain shows where it gets steep and where the way leads up.

  • Detailed elevation model

    Precise 5 m resolution for the entire Alps. Ridges, gullies and hollows as they really are.

  • Official aerial imagery

    Orthophotos from the national surveys show rock, scree, forest and dwarf pine as they really are on the slope. So you can judge the terrain precisely.

  • Additional layers

    Slope angle and avalanche terrain right on the 3D terrain: you see where slopes become demanding.

  • 360° rotation

    Turn the terrain and see every slope just as you’ll meet it on the tour.

Live navigation

In the mountains it’s not just where you are that matters, but what lies around you. The navigation shows you both.

  • Route or summit

    Follow your track or pick a summit as your goal. The arrow shows direction, distance and height difference.

  • Steer clear of danger spots

    Slope angle and avalanche terrain stay visible while you navigate. You see where your track passes steep slopes.

  • Off-track alert

    Your phone vibrates as soon as you stray from the track. You decide after how many metres.

  • Progress at a glance

    Remaining kilometres, metres of ascent and descent, and your position on the elevation profile.

Emergency location

In an emergency every second counts. Your position and the right number are ready.

  • The right number

    The app knows where you are and shows the emergency number that applies there: Rega in Switzerland, mountain rescue in Austria, 118 in Veneto, elsewhere mostly 112.

  • Exact coordinates, even offline

    Your position in three formats, no signal needed. You can pass it on in whichever one the control centre asks for.

  • Readable at once

    Altitude, accuracy and time of the fix are there the moment you open it, without waiting for GPS.

  • Your position in words

    “800 m north of the Karwendelhaus”: rescuers find you faster. This needs a network connection.

GPX analysis

Upload and analyse GPX files – with elevation profile, slope angles and route overview.

Draw route

Draw your route right on the map – length, elevation profile and slope angle appear alongside straight away.

Tour as a PDF

Map, tour figures and elevation profile on one sheet – to pass on or print out.

Weather forecast for the summit

Six weather models

ICON, ICON D2, AROME, ECMWF, GFS and AIFS as a weighted ensemble.

1400 weather stations

Temperature and snow depth on the map, every value with the time it was measured.

48 hours or 10 days

Hour by hour for the first two days, then in parts of the day.

Snow line

A curve shows exactly at which altitude rain turns to snow.

Official warnings

Severe weather warnings from the national weather services for your location.

Emergency location

In an emergency every second counts. Your position and the right number are ready.

Slope meter

Live slope measurement with the device sensor – read steepness directly on the slope.

Compass

The heading as a full rose, large enough to read in a whiteout.

Avalanche risk on your route

Ski and snowshoe tours

More than 13,000 ski tours across the Alps and the SAC’s snowshoe tours are on the map. Tap one and the Tour-Check shows straight away where it gets critical.

Avalanche terrain

Simple, challenging or complex: how much room the terrain leaves to avoid exposure — computed for the whole Alps.

Tour-Check

Your route screened using terrain and the avalanche bulletin: the key spots are marked before you set off. It does not replace your own assessment.

Avalanche bulletin

The danger level from the responsible warning service — SLF, ALBINA, the regional services and Météo-France.

Steep slopes by aspect and altitude

The app checks where your route runs through the slopes the bulletin names.

Slope angle

Anything above 30° stands out at once, seven classes show the steps beyond.