What’s New

We’re always continuing to improve and add to the Snow Scope App. To help you keep track of what’s happening and what might be new in the app, we’re keeping a running tracker of changes here! (beginning March 2024)

Dec 2024

v6.2.1

  • New Test types: Rutschblock, Deep Tap, and Shovel Shear

  • Translations in Italian and French

  • Profiles load better and filters work more reliably

  • New help/user manual

  • Reliability improvement for Voice to Pit

  • NIR Optical Reflectance for Snow Scope Probe

  • Bug fixes for location setting and layer tagging

  • Bug fix allows zooming all the way in on web

  • Bug fix allows easier use of air temperature, comments, and ski/foot penetration editing

Nov 2024

v6.0.1

  • SnowViz - Data Visualization Tools

  • default time is now set to current season (can change through filters)

  • Fixed bug that wasn’t allowing easy input of negative air temperatures

  • improved export naming conventions

  • profiles no longer given vague generic location names

  • more bug fixes

August 2024

v5.1.1

  • Autosaving of snow profiles - profiles will save as drafts automatically when you are creating them, so you’ll never lose your data mid pit, even if your phone shuts off!

  • undo/redo when creating or editing snow profiles - if you make a mistake while editing a profile, there is now an undo button to allow you to go back and fix the mistake.

  • “Quick Observations” - new observation types from the main menu to allow you to record quick and simple geotagged observations of the following types

    • cracking and collapsing

    • test results (you can record independently of a snow profile now)

    • snow heights (additional fields, including comments and aspect/slope angle.)

June 2024

v5.0.1

  • Voice To Pit - Create Snow Profiles with your Voice

  • Audio Notes - record extra information about your snow profile with audio and play it back later

  • Free Organizations - Create and join organizations as a free user

  • Organizational Management - For Enterprise users only - manage licenses, users, data, and named layers for your org

  • Inclinometer and Compass input tools for tagging angle and aspect

  • Map Improvements - search to go to location or tap to go to your current location

  • Improved Layer Tagging and Management - see all your named layers and delete ones you don’t need.

  • More Precise Time Filtering

  • Improved Test Result menu (simpler data entry)

March 2024

v4.5.1

  • Fixed Bug allowing pdf exports regardless of if HS is defined

  • simpler button workflow to edit profile information (don’t have to hit “update” on foot pen, ski pen, temperature anymore)

  • improvements to layer info table on web app

  • Ability to swap between m and ft for map topo lines

  • allow viewing heights from pit bottom as an option (in addition to depth and height from ground)

  • allow changing profile settings while creating new profile