# SNOWPACK Know the Mountain – Resort Data

> SNOWPACK Know the Mountain – Resort 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 snowpack, avalanche danger, ski patrol contacts, SOS info, and skier performance metrics for a specific resort by ID.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://snowpack.fyi/api/resort
- 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-know-the-mountain-resort-data-6a9c6a52
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ix6wbl2cBLn7wa6_2FYAS

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-know-the-mountain-resort-data-6a9c6a52
```

Example prompt: Pull up the full SNOWPACK report for Park City — I want current snow conditions, avalanche danger, and which runs are open before I head out tomorrow morning.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need authoritative, lidar-accurate mountain terrain data combined with live snow and weather conditions, avalanche safety ratings, and ski patrol contacts for any of the 63 supported resorts. It is the only endpoint that bundles all of terrain mapping, real-time snowpack, avalanche danger, and verified emergency contacts into a single resort lookup, making it ideal for pre-ski safety decisions, trip planning, and on-mountain emergencies.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or missing resort ID returns an error response
- Resort ID not in the 63-resort network returns a not-found error
- Stale or unavailable live data may result in partial responses for weather or snow fields
- Payment failure (x402) blocks the response before resort data is returned
- Network timeout on live weather ingestion may delay response

## 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 object containing lidar-mapped mountain and run data, real-time weather readings, current snow depth and conditions, avalanche danger rating, verified ski patrol and SOS contact details, and skier performance measurements for the requested resort.

## 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": [
      "id"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "id": {
       "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-know-the-mountain-resort-data-6a9c6a52/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)
