A tiny screen for the mudroom wall
PowDash is a small touchscreen for your counter, fridge or mudroom that shows the avalanche danger, new snow, the snow forecast and live radar for the zone you ride. No app to open, no tabs to dig through. Glance at it while you pull your boots on.
PowDash only works because avalanche centers publish a forecast every morning. So a dollar from each unit goes back to the nonprofit or center that forecasts the area it was set up for, paid out each season and listed here once it's sent.
A small project
Every morning in winter I did the same thing: open the avalanche forecast, then the snow report, then the radar, then the SNOTEL numbers, on a phone, half awake. I wanted all of it on one screen I could read from across the kitchen.
So I built one. PowDash started as a cheap display on my counter and turned into something friends kept asking for. This first run is about 100 units, assembled and tested by hand. There's no investor and no growth plan, just a tool I use every day and want to get right.
If you ski, ride, sled or guide, you're who this is for. Tell me what's missing and I'll build it.
Built in Utah · first run, winter 2026–27
Those are the two questions. PowDash answers the first a few days out and the second the morning of.
How you use it
PowDash isn't just a weather screen. It's how I decide where to go: watch where the snow is stacking up, pick a zone that's deep enough to ride, then confirm the avalanche forecast for that zone before I leave.
Every day
Magnets are built in, so it sticks right on the fridge, or stands up on the counter on its own stand. The day's avalanche rose and danger rating are up before you've made coffee, and everyone in the house sees them without opening an app.
Days ahead
Use the forecast snowfall and snow depth maps to plan zones and routes. See which drainages are getting hit, where there's enough base to cover the rocks and stumps, and where the sleds will float instead of trench.
Morning of
Check the avalanche forecast and bottom line for the zone you picked, on the day you're going. If it doesn't line up with the plan, change the plan. Then read the full forecast from your avalanche center.
Buy it once and it's yours. No monthly fee, no ads, no account, no app. Updates and new areas come over Wi-Fi for free.
What it shows
PowDash flips through its pages every few seconds, or stays put when you tap. The screens below are drawn from the device's own layouts, with real map layers for the Salt Lake zone. The snow depth map is the NWS snow model from February 19, 2026; the other numbers are samples.
The danger rose for every aspect and elevation band, the overall rating and the forecaster's bottom line, straight from your local center as soon as it's published.
Utah Avalanche Center · avalanche.org forecast centers
The National Weather Service's probabilistic snow maps, zoomed in to about 60 miles around your area, with towns, peaks, highways and county lines on top.
NWS Weather Prediction Center · NOAA NOHRSC
The last hour of radar loops over the same base map as the snow forecast, so you can see whether that band is about to hit your trailhead.
NEXRAD via Iowa Environmental Mesonet
The home page puts it together: the danger rose, the temperature and wind up high, snow depth, new snow, and how much is coming in the next three days.
National Weather Service · NRCS SNOTEL · mountain weather stations
Highway and resort cameras near your zone, two at a time.
Winter storm warnings and other alerts show in the header. Tap for the full text.
It connects to your home Wi-Fi and pulls new data every few minutes.
New features and new areas install automatically over Wi-Fi.
Turn pages on or off, set how long each one stays up, or pin one.
A night-navy theme, a snow-white one, or light by day and dark after sunset.
Skis or sleds, the questions in the morning are the same: how much fell, what's the danger, and is more coming.
Where it works
Each unit shows one forecast zone at a time and you can switch whenever you like. More areas get added over the air as avalanche centers come on board.
Zone outlines from the avalanche centers' public forecast maps. Hover or tap a zone to highlight it.
Snow odds, radar and the next morning's forecast, sitting on the counter. Then you just have to set the alarm.
Get oneFirst run · about 100 units
Big enough to read across the room. Every page, every update, no subscription.
$60 plus tax
Buy PowDashOne price, no subscription. Checkout is handled by Stripe. Ships this winter to the US. Sales tax is added at checkout where it applies. $1 of every unit goes to avalanche forecasting.
Feedback welcome
Every feature on PowDash started as somebody's "it would be great if it showed…". If you own one, or want one, I read every message.
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