Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort recently released a new iPhone application. Designed by the Salt Lake City-based digital firm Welikesmall, the Snowbird app displays a variety of features and information geared towards skiing enthusiasts broken down through a simple navigation of Snow, Go, Show and Extras. The Snowbird app is the first branded iPhone app released by one of Utah’s 13 winter resorts and is available free of charge at the Apple App store.
Snow
The main “Snow” page gives users live feeds of on-mountain data such as new snowfall and year-to-date totals, mid-mountain snow depth and the five-day weather forecast (including snow probability). The @SnowbirdSki Twitter feed relays the latest mountain updates, events, deals and other recent news. Scrolling down reveals a Little Cottonwood Canyon (LCC) road status update, as well as live feeds for Snowbird’s mountain cams from Hidden Peak and the SnowCam. The bottom of the page includes a Doppler radar map and links to the Utah Avalanche Center report and the National Weather Service forecast.
Go
The “Go” section displays LCC road conditions and directions from the user’s current location. Rotating the phone displays the Snowbird trail map in full screen, allowing users to toggle between maps of the front side of Snowbird, Mineral Basin and a Landmark feature which includes historical markers and Ski Patrol routes throughout the mountain.
Show
The “Show” function brings up the current Snowbird Photo of the Day before scrolling through the most recently updated community photos on Snowbird’s Flickr page. Users can also take their own photos or choose one from their library, tag it with a Snowbird logo and immediately upload it to Snowbird’s Flickr page.
