# SNOWPACK Hi-Res Mountain Data

> SNOWPACK Hi-Res Mountain Data is a paid API for AI agents from snowpack.fyi, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns lidar-mapped terrain, live weather and snow conditions, avalanche danger, ski patrol and SOS info, and skier performance metrics for a geographic coordinate area across 63 ski resorts.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://snowpack.fyi/api/hires
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/snowpack-hi-res-mountain-data-fd13445d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_RqPB2XKXdgyidTTwQoMaF

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 snowpack-hi-res-mountain-data-fd13445d
```

Example prompt: Pull up the SNOWPACK hi-res data for the area around Park City, Utah — lat 40.6514, lon -111.5080, span 5km — and give me current snow conditions, avalanche danger level, and where the nearest ski patrol station is.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need high-fidelity, lidar-quality terrain and run data combined with live snow, weather, and safety information (avalanche danger, ski patrol, SOS) for a specific geographic area at a supported ski resort. Prefer this over generic weather APIs when the user needs ski-specific intelligence — especially avalanche risk, verified patrol locations, or skier performance metrics — within the 63 supported resorts.

## Known failure modes

- Coordinates outside supported 63 resorts return no data or error
- Invalid or missing lat/lon/span parameters return a 400-level error
- Span value too large or too small may return empty or partial results
- Temporary data unavailability for live weather/snow feeds may return stale or partial data
- Payment failure via x402 results in 402 Payment Required before data is returned

## How this service works

Lidar-mapped mountains and runs, live weather and snow, avalanche danger, verified ski patrol and SOS, and your skiing measured, at sixty-three resorts.

## Output

A JSON response containing lidar-mapped terrain and run data, live weather readings, current snow depth and conditions, avalanche danger ratings, verified ski patrol and SOS locations, and skier performance measurements for the queried coordinate area within the 63 supported resorts.

## 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"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "lat",
      "lon",
      "spanFt"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "lat": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "lon": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "spanFt": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/snowpack-hi-res-mountain-data-fd13445d/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from snowpack.fyi](https://www.zero.xyz/host/snowpack.fyi/llms.txt)