# Saylor Innovations Avalanche Danger Ratings

> Saylor Innovations Avalanche Danger Ratings is a paid API for AI agents from saylorinnovations.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-01).

Returns avalanche danger ratings (1–5 scale) for U.S. forecast zones by point or state, including travel advice, validity windows, and links to regional avalanche center forecasts.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/avalanche/forecast?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-01
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/saylor-innovations-avalanche-danger-ratings-f8342c8f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Ivo4F06SXLk5EqI4fz9fy

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability saylor-innovations-avalanche-danger-ratings-f8342c8f
```

Example prompt: What's the current avalanche danger rating for Colorado — give me the danger level, any travel advice, and a link to the forecast for each zone.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need structured, machine-readable avalanche danger ratings for U.S. forecast zones, particularly when you want to filter by state or integrate danger levels into safety-planning workflows. It is preferable over scraping individual avalanche center websites when you need a unified API response across multiple regions. Best used for pre-trip safety checks, guide service briefings, or automated backcountry safety assistants.

## Known failure modes

- State code not recognized or unsupported — returns empty zones array or error
- No forecast data available for the requested zone (e.g., out of season) — zone may be missing or danger rating absent
- Invalid query parameters — API may return 400 or empty response
- Regional avalanche center data temporarily unavailable — stale or missing forecasts
- Request outside the U.S. — no data returned as only U.S. zones are covered

## How this service works

Avalanche Danger Ratings (U.S. forecast zones) — Outdoors

## Output

A JSON object containing an array of forecast zone objects, each with the zone name, danger rating (1 = Low to 5 = Extreme), travel advice text, forecast validity period, and a URL linking to the full regional avalanche center forecast. Also includes a count of zones returned.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH",
      "DELETE",
      "HEAD"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "state": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "or 2-letter state (query)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "json"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "zones"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "count": {
       "type": "number"
      },
      "zones": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "object"
       }
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/saylor-innovations-avalanche-danger-ratings-f8342c8f/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from saylorinnovations.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/saylorinnovations.com/llms.txt)