Avalanche terrain map on the watch

tuxella

Indeed, having the avalanche map available on the watch wouldn’t make it the only tool to use.

We already have to juggle with multiple apps (mobile or desktop) with different capabilities (online only or offline capable, 2D or 3D), for different uses (planing a trip, sharing plans, tracking) and map layers (by country, slope angle, recent avalanches, avalanche terrain, terrain hazard, dynamically taking latest avalanche report and risk reduction method into account…).

tuxella

The 2025 Q2 Vertical firmware release notes says

New winter map styles

Does this new map style include the slope? Could someone enjoying the mountains send us a picture in action?

VoiGAS

@tuxella Someone from the southern hemisphaere maybe? Its a winter map after all

isazi

@tuxella no, it is just different rendering of the same data

tuxella

@isazi Thank you, this is what I guessed when I realised it didn’t require to re-download maps.

Let’s hope this will come one day

Stefano M64

The past Sunday I had a short snowshoes hike and realized that it’s really a pity that the avalanche map isn’t available directly on the watch. Notwithstanding all the above discussed limitations, it gives a zero-level information on the potentially dangerous areas and it would be helpful especially if you are forced to change your planned itinerary.

vinc14

I don’t think it’s worth looking at avalanche terrain at this point, on the small watch. Plan ahead and mark tricky spots with waypoints.

https://www.skitourenguru.ch/

Stefan Kersting

In Norway we have a dedicated app with avalanche informasjon and a slope map on the web. It would be nice to see the same colors on suuntos avalanche map:

https://regobs.no/?hazard=10&competence=100~0~110~115~120~130~150&orderBy=changeTime&daysBack=2&nwLat=67.6743&nwLon=15.6756&seLat=67.6374&seLon=15.8694

tuxella

@Stefan-Kersting I just discovered Norway uses slightly different colours from the ones used in national cartographic institutes in France and Switzerland:

France

Switzerland

Norway

Skitourenguru

Suunto

I guess users from every country can’t be happy at once. But at least Suunto could refrain from adding another color range.

Stefan Kersting

unfortunately theres no international standard for these colors