Swiss ‘White Risk’ Avalanche App Wins Award

11th February 2026

White Risk started out as a CD-ROM for avalanche prevention and is today an award-winning planning tool with over 100,000 users.

 White Risk focuses on imparting knowledge through digital learning content, promoting risk awareness and preventing accidents by good preparation.

Almost discontinued in 2016, the platform is now a digital pioneer in the field of alpine safety.

• Avalanche prevention: Anyone heading out on a ski tour should familiarise themselves with the terrain using the tour planning tool – preparation as prevention.
• Digital pioneer: White Risk has been available as an app since 2009 and also as a synchronised web platform since 2013.

We reported earlier this season on its latest features:

• New facility on App makes it easier to report avalanches in Switzerland

The White Risk platform brings together everything you need for ski touring:

• The current avalanche bulletin,
• Learning modules for avalanche awareness,
• A planning tool for preparation
• A  navigation device for on the go

Published by the SLF and Suva, White Risk combines research and prevention in a single platform.

Slope angles are available from Austria to Spain, and in France the local avalanche bulletin is also featured.

As well as Switzerland, there are now also avalanche terrain map layers (CAT and ATH) for Austria and France, showing potential avalanche starting and run out zones.

While White Risk provides important information about avalanche conditions, tourers can also use the app to provide feedback from the terrain.

Real-time observations of avalanches or cracks are sent directly to the avalanche warning service and make a vital contribution to avalanche forecasting.

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Avalanche in the Alps. Image © PlanetSKI