We are proud to announce the
following AI-based innovations produced by our
small team at OpenSnow.
As of September 2025, we believe
each of these products is the first of its
kind in the world.
| Technology | Description | Subscription Tier |
| PEAKS | AI mountain forecast model | Base & Premium |
| PEAKS Snow | AI snow quality rating | Base & Premium |
| PEAKS Avy | AI avalanche forecast model | Premium |
| AI Snow Summary | AI conditions description | Premium |
| StormNet | AI severe weather model | Premium |
For questions or media inquiries, please email hello@opensnow.com
PEAKS: AI mountain forecast model
Research Began
June 2024
Release date
Anticipated early winter 2025-2026
Geographic Area
Global
Description
PEAKS is an AI-powered weather
forecasting model that is up to
50% more accurate in mountainous
terrain.
The technology transforms
standard weather models into
higher-resolution forecasts which
take into account each high peak
and low valley.
Precipitation,
temperature, and wind forecasts
are dialed in based on each
storm's strength and
trajectory.
Details
PEAKS FAQ coming soon
PEAKS Thread on X by OpenSnow meteorologist Evan Thayer
Example
PEAKS forecast vs European (IFS) forecast model. Notices that PEAKS correctly transforms the European model to forecast less precipitation in sheltered valleys and more precipitation at some mountain peaks favored by the local wind direction
PEAKS Snow: AI snow quality rating
Research Began
August 2024
Release date
Anticipated early winter 2025-2026
Geographic Area
Global
Description
PEAKS Snow is an AI-powered snow quality rating that converts complex weather and snow data into an easy to understand graphical and textual description of the snow that skiers and riders will experience.
Details
PEAKS Snow FAQ coming soon
Example
PEAKS Snow shows times of chalky and grippy snow transforming into times of powder. This system transforms complex weather data into the conditions that a skier or rider is likely to experience.
PEAKS Avy: AI avalanche forecast model
Research Began
May 2025
Release date
Anticipated early winter 2025-2026
Geographic Area
Western United States
Description
PEAKS Avy is an AI-powered avalanche forecast model which produces an overall danger rating and identifies the avalanche "problems" for 8 aspects and 3 elevations per avalanche forecast center "zone".
This model learned from the work of human avalanche forecasters and has automated the forecasting process to enable updates multiple times per day.
Details
PEAKS Avy FAQ coming soon
Example
A comparison between the PEAKS Avy danger forecast and problem list compared to the human forecast from the local avalanche center, showing general agreement along with a few notable differences.
AI Snow Summary: AI conditions description
Research Began
May 2025
Release date
Anticipated early winter 2025-2026
Geographic Area
Global
Description
AI Snow Summary is an AI-powered description of the weather and snow that a skier or rider will likely experience.
Our human forecasters can't cover all places at all times, so we created AI-written predictions, and we tuned the system to use our weather data and to write a forecast that we would want to read.
Details
AI Snow Summary FAQ coming soon
Example
A real AI Snow Summary for the Nevados de Chillan ski area made on September 10, 2025. The system correctly highlights the expected snow conditions, converting dense data into easy-to-read bullet points.
StormNet: AI severe weather model
Research Began
2023
Release Date
September 3, 2025 (live link)
Geographic Area
Continental United States
Summary
StormNet is an AI-powered severe
weather forecasting system that
produces real-time, high-resolution
forecasts for lightning, hail, damaging
thunderstorm winds, and
tornadoes.
The system ingests 125 million weather data
points to produce updates every 2 minutes and
offers hourly forecasts up to 168 hours
ahead.
Details
Example
The StormNet lightning risk forecast tracks with ongoing thunderstorms and then highlights the likely path of lightning for the following three hours.
For questions or media inquiries, please email hello@opensnow.com