First app to translate and explain Météo-France avalanche reports in eight languages, with Swiss Alps coverage and pan-European report access coming soon.
AvalancheClarity, a new free mobile app for Android and iOS, makes Météo-France’s daily avalanche bulletins accessible to non-French speakers for the first time. The app uses AI to translate the official BRA (Bulletin de Risque d’Avalanche) into English, German, Dutch, Italian, Swedish, Danish, and Polish, and adds plain-language explanations of the key risks — helping skiers, snowboarders, and ski tourers make better-informed decisions in the backcountry.
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The Problem
Météo-France publishes detailed avalanche bulletins daily for 36 Alpine massifs, covering risk levels, snow stability, weather forecasts, and specific danger zones. These bulletins are essential reading for anyone venturing off-piste or into the backcountry. However, they are published exclusively in French and use technical avalanche terminology that is challenging even for native speakers.
For the hundreds of thousands of international visitors who ski the French Alps each winter — many of whom regularly ski off-piste — this language barrier means critical safety information has been effectively inaccessible. Until now.
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What AvalancheClarity Does
AI Translation — Full bulletins translated into 8 languages, updated daily
Plain-Language Explanations — AI-generated summaries that explain what the risks actually mean for your day on the mountain
Interactive Glossary — Technical avalanche terms highlighted in the text with tap-for-definition tooltips, so you learn as you read
Reading Guide — Side-by-side French/translated text with linguistic notes explaining nuances that matter for safety
Push Notifications — Alerts when new bulletins are published, including the sneaky 10am updates that often raise the danger level
Offline Access — Bulletins download automatically so you can read them on the mountain without a data connection
Find Your Massif — Interactive map with GPS location and ski resort search to find the right report for where you’re skiing
Coming Soon
AvalancheClarity is actively expanding its coverage beyond the French Alps.
Swiss Alps (SLF) — Full coverage of all 134 Swiss micro-regions, with bulletins from the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research available in English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, and Polish.
Pan-European Report Finder — Tap any region on the map across 11 countries (Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Andorra) to view the official avalanche bulletin directly in the app.
All French Massifs — Expanding from 7 translated massifs to all 36 Météo-France regions, with the remaining massifs available in original French with interactive charts.
About the Developer
AvalancheClarity was created by Simon Perry, a guidebook author whose home resort is Tignes. Simon is the author of Tignes Hors Piste: Le Guide Complet and Val d’Isère Hors Piste: Le Guide Complet, the definitive off-piste guidebooks for the Espace Killy. Having spent years helping international skiers navigate French avalanche information, he built AvalancheClarity to solve the problem at scale.
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“Every winter I see skilled skiers heading into the backcountry without having read the avalanche bulletin. Sometimes they can’t read French. Sometimes the bulletin is buried behind confusing links or mixed in with 15 other regions. And even when they find it, the snow-science terminology can be hard to follow. The information exists — it’s detailed, it’s updated daily, and it’s free. AvalancheClarity removes all those barriers.”
— Simon Perry, Creator of AvalancheClarity
Important Note
AvalancheClarity uses AI translation and should be treated as a guide, not a definitive source. All bulletin data is sourced from Météo-France (French bulletins) and the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF (Swiss bulletins). Users should always verify critical safety information against the official source. The app displays clear attribution and links to the original bulletins.
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