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Conditions

Editorial policy and safety limits

PeakWave combines public forecast feeds, observed conditions, stored spot data and transparent scoring methods to help people plan better days. A high score is never a statement that a place is safe.

Sources

Conditions pages use a mix of weather, marine, snow, avalanche, water quality and location metadata sources. Where a page shows an official warning, bulletin or data source, treat that original source as authoritative.

Scores

Scores are algorithmic planning aids. They compress many weather and location signals into a simple readout, then expose supporting factors so you can inspect the result. They can be stale, incomplete or wrong when source data changes, sensors fail or local conditions diverge from the model.

Ski scores

Piste, off-piste and touring scores answer one question: how good is the skiing for an experienced skier? Every resort uses the same method, built on Open-Meteo weather and corrected by official run reports, snow stations, satellite snow cover and skier check-ins where they exist. How much terrain is open, and how sure we are, are shown separately.

  • Closed means Closed: on the piste board a closed resort or run shows Closed, never a number, and is not ranked. Off-piste shows No lift access when the lifts are shut, and touring still scores the natural snow.
  • Limited open terrain lowers the piste score only once more than a quarter of the terrain is shut, by up to a quarter when three quarters is shut. 60 km or more of open pistes counts in full.
  • Avalanche danger never changes off-piste or touring scores. The badge is for information only: always read the official bulletin.
  • Each score has a likely range and a confidence word: Checked against reports, Partly checked, or Estimated from weather models. Confidence never changes the score.

Safety

You are responsible for the decision to ski, ride, sail, swim, paddle, dive or travel. Always check official local advice, closures, avalanche bulletins, lifeguard flags, water quality warnings and the conditions in front of you. Do not use a PeakWave score as safety clearance.