How to use Snow slope meter

Get started

1. 1

   Choose a screen layout

   Pick a layout in ⋮ › Screen layout: Gauge, a dial with a Camera tab; Sight, one camera screen that reads the slope under you when you lay the phone down; or Field card, with a forecast rose and the Log.

Measure

2. 2

   Read the slope under the phone

   On the snow: lay the phone flat on the slope, screen up, or on a ski pole laid straight down it. Allow location so the way the slope faces uses true north and your elevation shows.

3. 3

   Hold, hear and save the angle

   Tap the reading or press a volume key to hold it, then tap Save reading to keep it. ⋮ › Speak the angle says the reading once it settles; turn off ⋮ › Volume keys hold to use the keys for the volume again.

4. 4

   Use the forecast rose and reading log

   In Field card, tap the aspects and heights today's avalanche forecast names on the forecast rose; this slope's part is outlined. ⋮ › Saved readings, or the Log tab, lists your readings to share as CSV.

5. 5

   Sight a slope through the camera

   With the camera, choose Sight. From the side: stand beside the slope and drag the red line onto its edge. Up or down the slope: aim at a point at your eye height, like a partner's head.

Guided tour

Try these steps in the app. All tour instructions stay readable here.

1. 1

   Choose a screen layout

   Pick a layout in ⋮ › Screen layout: Gauge, a dial with a Camera tab; Sight, one camera screen that reads the slope under you when you lay the phone down; or Field card, with a forecast rose and the Log.

2. 2

   Read the slope under the phone

   On the snow: lay the phone flat on the slope, screen up, or on a ski pole laid straight down it. Allow location so the way the slope faces uses true north and your elevation shows.

3. 3

   Sight a slope through the camera

   With the camera, choose Sight. From the side: stand beside the slope and drag the red line onto its edge. Up or down the slope: aim at a point at your eye height, like a partner's head.

4. 4

   Hold, hear and save the angle

   Tap the reading or press a volume key to hold it, then tap Save reading to keep it. ⋮ › Speak the angle says the reading once it settles; turn off ⋮ › Volume keys hold to use the keys for the volume again.