Pow AlarmNever miss a powder day
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We watch the powder storms. You ride them.

Skip the planning, not the trip. Snow on the way? We find your crew the best resort, room and timing. You just book it.
Leaving from Prague? Pick a mountain range.
The AlpsThe TatrasSomewhere else
We plan the trip. You book it onBooking.com
ROOMSOnly rooms you can cancel for freeCOVERAGE1,400 resorts worldwideBUILT BYAlex Mensak, a skier from the Tatra Mountains, Slovakia

Interactive example · storms, rooms, prices and travel times are illustrative, not live.

Preview of the dotted world globe
Mountains and resortsForecast snowIllustrative forecasts, not live. Map geography from open data.

1,400 resorts. Every storm, watched every day.

Pick a part of the world.
Blue is fresh snow on the way. We show how far each range is from you.
Europe
Alps storm Fri to Sat. Lyngen snow Thu.
2 storms
4-7 h by car
North America
Rockies storm, Utah and Colorado.
1 storm
flight
Japan
Hokkaido, daily snow continues.
1 storm
flight
South America
Summer. Season starts in June.
quiet
flight
Next: 3 quick taps, so we only ring for trips you can make.

You know this weekend.

Six hours in the car. Rain at the lift. A room you cannot cancel.
You drove into rain.
Monday said 40 cm. Thursday said 15 cm and rain below 1,600 m. You went anyway.
You paid for the room.
The cheap rate had no free cancellation. The storm moved east. The money stayed with the hotel.
You missed it by one day.
You waited for a sure forecast. On Friday the storm was sure, and every room near the lift was gone.
You searched again. And again.
Booking.com, one more time, each search a bit farther from the resort. By hand.
Book early and risk rain. Wait and lose the room.
A room you can cancel for free takes the risk out of booking early. The hard part is starting: spotting the chance and finding that room before it's gone. Once it's booked, the trip happens.

How Pow Alarm works

Two minutes from you at the start. After that, you act only when a storm fits.
You
Tell us once.
Where you start, your free weekends, how far you go and who comes. Two minutes.
From Prague, max 6 h 5 free weekends Crew of 4
We
Watch every day.
Weather models from ECMWF, DWD, NOAA and GeoSphere Austria, for every resort in your range. In a quiet week, you hear nothing.
Hintertux 5-10 cm quiet Sölden 10-20 cm watching St. Anton 20-35 cm storm fits
You
Get the plan. Book the room.
Resort, dates, snow and a refundable room near the lift. You book it on Booking.com and tap "I booked this".
Room for 4, €96 each Free cancellation until Thu 18:00
We
Check again before the deadline.
What changed in the forecast, and which better room is still free. Then one call: keep, cancel or switch.
Snow now 15-25 cm No better room for 4 Call: keep
If the storm holds, you ride from the room you booked first. If it fails, you cancel in time and pay nothing.

A trip page for your group chat.

When a storm fits, you get a trip page. Send it to the group chat.
Where, when, the whole-trip cost per person, the snow and the room deadline. Friends answer with one tap. No account needed.
Season pass holders see the lift pass at €0 at the resorts their pass covers.
Share it to WhatsApp or a Telegram group, or copy the link.
Jana's pick for the crew
St. Anton, Fri 5 - Sun 7 Feb
≈ €261
each, all in
6 h 10
from Prague
Tue 20:00
answer by
Snow by Sat 08:0020-35 cmabove 1,800 m · rain below 1,300 m
Chance of 20 cm or moreModels agree on timing, not on amount.70% · medium
TrendUp in the last 4 forecastsSatSunMonTue
ECMWF, DWD and GeoSphere Austria · forecast of Tue 06:00 · next check Tue 18:00
RoomApartment for 4, 4 min to the lift
Cost eachroom €96 · pass 2 × €72 · fuel and tolls €21Estimate. Pass covers St. Anton? ≈ €117 for you.
Free cancellationuntil Thu 4 Feb 18:00
2 of 4 in. Jana and Tomáš. Petra: maybe.Tell me when this changes
Avalanche bulletin: Tirol. This plan is not a safety judgment.

We search the rooms. You book on Booking.com.

One tap opens the room with your dates and crew size filled in.
Refundable rooms onlyEvery room has free cancellation. The plan shows the exact deadline.
Near the lift firstWalk, 15 or 30 minutes to the lift. We go farther only when rooms run out, and we tell you.
Check-in that fits your driveLeave at 15:00, arrive at 21:00? We skip places where check-in closes at 18:00.
Your account, your cardYou book and pay on Booking.com. Pow Alarm never takes your card.
The whole trip, per personRoom, lift pass, fuel and tolls, as one estimate. Your season pass counts the lift pass at €0.

What each one does for you.

Yes or no. Check any cell yourself.
TaskA forecast appBooking.comA friend who skisPow Alarm
Snow forecast per resortYesNoNoYes
Tells you when snow is comingYesNoYesYes
Knows your free weekends and crewNoNoYesYes
Shows rooms with free cancellationNoYesNoYes
Matches the storm to a room near the liftNoNoNoYes
Rechecks before free cancellation endsNoNoNoYes
Pow Alarm never books or cancels for you. You do that on Booking.com, on your own account. [DRAFT: check every cell before publish]

Ride pow days in new resorts like locals.

You planned to wait for a sure forecast. Monday's plan says hold the refundable room. On Saturday you are on the first gondola.
You held a room at your usual resort. The second look sees rain there and a free room an hour further. You book the new room first, then cancel the old one.

From the first crews.

[Quote 1 from the dry run, 15-22 Nov, in the organizer's own words]
[First name, city] · consent to publish: [date]
[Quote 2: what the review changed for the trip]
[First name, city] · consent to publish: [date]
[Quote 3: "worth it" answer after the trip]
[First name, city] · consent to publish: [date]
Fresh ski tracks on an untouched slope, black and white
Founder video: one real call, from the storm to the room to the review. [Record after the first real call]

I lost many storms. One chase worked.

I grew up in the Tatras. Now I live in Prague, far from the mountains, and I chase powder from a distance: in the Alps, and back home in the Tatras.Many years ago one chase worked. The storm came, I was there, and I did my first freeride backflip in that snow. I still remember that day.I built Pow Alarm so that days like that happen more often, for every crew that lives too far from the mountains to wake up next to them.
Alex Mensak, founder of Pow AlarmFrom the Tatras, chasing powder from Prague. [DRAFT: founder edits before publish]

Free in your home range. Pro for every storm.

Free gives you the full alarm near home. Pro opens the storms farther away. [DRAFT: drive limit N and price not set]
Free
€0
Your home range, up to [N] h of driving
  • Every storm call in your home range
  • Rooms with free cancellation
  • The review before your deadline
  • Trip page for your crew
Start free
Pro · founding season
[PRICE]
One payment per season. No subscription.
  • Every storm, at any drive time
  • Fly-in trips and a second start point
  • More crews
  • Full refund before your first review
Get Pro for the season
A storm outside your range? You still see it.
Free users see the resort, the snow and the drive time. Pro opens the full call, the rooms and the review. The call is the same for every user.
OUTSIDE YOUR RANGEPro
Chamonix · 40-60 cm
Sat 13 Feb. 9 h 30 from Prague. Your free range ends at [N] h.
Open the full call with Pro

Questions

What does it cost?
Nothing in your home range, up to [N] h of driving. Pro opens every storm farther away: one payment per season, no subscription, full refund before your first review. If you book through our link, Booking.com may pay us a small commission. The call is the same either way.
Do you book or cancel for me?
No. You book and cancel on Booking.com, on your own account. We tell you which room and when to decide.
Where does it work?
At about 1,400 ski resorts worldwide, from open map data. The Alps and the Tatras get the most detail first. Flying in? Start from your arrival airport or base town.
How good is the forecast?
We combine several open weather models and show snow as a range at a height, with how sure we are and why. Forecasts can be wrong. That is why the room is refundable.
Is fresh snow safe to ride?
Not by itself. A powder plan is not a safety judgment. Every plan links the official avalanche bulletin for the region.

Which weekends are you free this winter?

Two minutes, once. Then we watch the storms for you, and you hear from us only when one fits.
32 resorts within 6 h of Prague, on 4 free weekends, for a crew of 4. Alarm when a storm fits.
your start
Flying in? Type your arrival airport or base town.
Max drive
Free weekends
Crew4 people
Ring the alarm on
Channel preferences only. Telegram and push connect when the alarm is ready.
Season pass
We rank the resorts on your pass first and count the lift pass at €0.
Free in your home range. You book and cancel on your own account. Stop the alarm with one tap.

STORM OF THE DAY · TODAY 07:00
St. Anton · 20-35 cm · Sat 6 Feb
Above 1,800 m. Confidence medium. 41 rooms with free cancellation.