Site-Specific Snow Monitoring

Continuous snow monitoring with laser scanners (lidar). Real-time insights directly via API and app.

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Data That Supports Reliable Decisions

Conventional point measurements leave large gaps. Our systems continuously capture the entire slope with full spatial resolution. This creates the data foundation for safe decisions and seamless documentation.

  • Difference maps up to every 15 minutes
  • Uninterrupted recording: storms, night, snowfall
  • Direct API integration
  • Low acquisition and operating costs
Sensor in the Alps
High Medium None
Wind Drift
last 12 h
73%
Slope Coverage
Lidar Scan
Fresh Snow
last 24 h
+38 cm
Critical Zones
2
Why Lidar

Three Differences That Matter.

Conventional sensors deliver a single measurement. Our system scans the entire slope.

Area, Not a Point

Conventional sensors give you one number at one location. Our system generates a complete map of the entire slope, showing where and how much snow is present.

thousands of m² · 5 cm resolution · every 15 min

Continuous in Any Weather

The system runs continuously, even during storms, snowfall, and at night. No manual intervention required.

Night · Storm · −24.4 °C · no intervention

Change, Not Just State

The core output is the difference map: where, and by how much, has the snowpack changed since the last scan?

Δ snow depth · georeferenced · between any two scans
Who It's For

Data for everyone who makes decisions in snow.

A Better Basis for Slope Closures.

Objective, automatically documented data as the basis for every decision, with integration into existing tools.

  • Full-coverage snow measurement of the entire slope
  • Objective data instead of on-site estimates
  • Automatically documented: no manual record-keeping required
  • Data on wind drift, fresh snow, and critical zones as early warning
Lech am ArlbergSample Plot
Schneehöhenverlauf
Any time window via API View API →

Reliable Data for Avalanche Commissions.

Timestamped measurements, seamless documentation, and early warning.

  • Monitoring of the entire release zone
  • Seamless documentation: even in adverse weather and at night
  • Early warning for critical fresh snow or wind drift
  • Less on-site presence required

4D Monitoring: not just for snow.

Our system lets you focus on research rather than technical implementation or operations.

  • Raw data available via API: for custom analysis and research (ROS, Mcap, csv, LAS)
  • Direct sensor access via API or Python
  • Remote operation: no on-site personnel required
  • For forestry, geology, glaciology, robotics, natural hazards, and more.
528+
Days in Operation
6
Sensors Deployed
3
Sites
< 5 min
Sensor → API
Where Our System Runs

Two Sites. Alps and Arctic.

Developed and built in Graz. Each station overwinters unattended; every measurement is timestamped and retrievable via API.

Below several RACS protecting the ski runs below. LECH AM ARLBERG · AT
Alps · Vorarlberg, Austria · since 14 Dec 2024

Below several RACS protecting the ski runs below.

Four lidar sensors installed above the piste and below RACS, set up in cooperation with SnowScan GmbH and Lech Bergbahnen AG.

Lidar
4
Altitude
2,310 m
Additional sensors
Weather station & surface temp.
Monitoring the Sukkertoppen slope above Longyearbyen LONGYEARBYEN · NO
Svalbard · since March 2025

Monitoring the Sukkertoppen slope above Longyearbyen

One station on a slope near a residential area, partially buried by an avalanche in 2015. Grid power (230 V), operating through polar night down to −24.4 °C.

Lidar
2
Lowest temp.
−24.4 °C
Latitude
78°13′N
The team in the field
About Us

Passionate About Avalanche Safety.

We are a team of passionate and experienced experts in natural hazards, electrical engineering, robotics, and software, driven to make a difference in avalanche safety. Our startup specialises in developing innovative sensor technology that is set to transform the approach to hazard assessment and risk reduction in open terrain.

Affiliated with the University of Graz, Austria · Spin-off, 2026
Supported by
Universität Graz Universität Graz
FFG – Promoting Innovation FFG – Promoting Innovation
In Press & at Conferences

Discussed where it matters

Press Enquiries
ORF SteiermarkTV · Feb 2024
Fernsehbeitrag über den Einsatz von Lidar in der Lawinenforschung.
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Der StandardPrint · Mai 2024
"Fliegenabwehr und Lawinenalarm: Auf dem Sprung zur Gründung
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EGU 2025Konferenz · Wien
Low-Cost Lidar as an Easy-to-Use REST API: Permanently Installed Systems for Cryospheric Research and Beyond
Abstract →
ISSW 2024Konferenz · Sep 2024
Cable Car-Mounted Lidar System For Continuous Snow Depth Assessment.
Proceedings →
Lawinensymposium 2025Konferenz · Sep 2025
An affordable permanent monitoring solution of potential avalanche sites
Abstract →
snow25.isKonferenz · Oct 2025
Low Cost lidar monitoring for planning and operation of mitigation measures
Proceedings" →
Get in Touch

Enquiries, research, or press: write to us.

Ready for reliable monitoring? Contact us now. We are happy to arrange a brief initial consultation and find the right solution for your site together.

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thomas.goelles@uni-graz.at
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Schaftalberg 4, 8044 Graz, AT
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