Snowdata Answer Engine · Live
Grounded AI for ski snow and resorts.
Natural-language Q&A built on a verified evidence pack — snowfall, scores, season history, and operator FAQs. The model writes; Snowdata data decides.
Source of truth
The AI is a writer, not the source of truth.
Every answer is synthesized from a curated evidence pack: live Open-Meteo snapshots, SnowSure scores, 30-year season archives, SNOTEL ground truth, and resort-approved FAQs. If the data is not there, the engine says so — it does not invent cm amounts or scores.
How it works
Intent → evidence → answer.
Questions are routed to the right intelligence categories and resort scope. The engine assembles only verified cards and snapshots, then answers in the visitor's language.
- 01
Route the question
Detect resort, region, hemisphere, and intent — live conditions, season norms, forecast trust, trip planning, or platform FAQs.
- 02
Build the evidence pack
Pull insight cards, weather snapshots, season history, and approved FAQs. Simple leaderboard questions can skip the LLM entirely.
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Synthesize the answer
GPT writes only from evidence. Responses include confidence and query IDs for feedback. Approved corrections apply on the next ask.
Languages
Five languages supported.
Pass locale on POST /api/v1/ask, set data-lang on the JS embed, or rely on Accept-Language detection. Resort operators can author FAQs in English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian.
Operator learning
Gets smarter every week operators use it.
Snowdata Answer Engine learns continuously from every question. Resorts see the most frequent visitor questions in their admin dashboard.
- ·Top questions and attribution logged per resort widget and partner.
- ·Approve strong answers so they become canonical for the next visitor.
- ·Add official FAQs in all five languages — improvements apply on the next ask.
- ·Approved Q&A feeds periodic fine-tunes so the voice gets sharper over time.
White-label
Embed on your resort site.
Drop the Answer Engine widget on your property. Visitor questions are logged and attributed for monthly analytics. Brand-neutral API endpoints; your resort slug scopes evidence.
White-label for your resort →answerEngine.embed.code
Latency
About a second for simple facts.
Factual queries with deterministic evidence — fresh-snow leaders, open status, season calendar — answer in roughly one to two seconds without a full model call. Complex comparisons use GPT-4o-mini on the evidence pack only.
Why it is different
Built for snow, not generic chat.
Grounded, not hallucinated
Answers come from a verified evidence pack — not the model's imagination. If data is missing, the engine says so.
Built on the Snowdata stack
Seven weather models, 30-year history, SNOTEL ground truth, SnowSure scores. Not scraped marketing copy.
Resort white-label ready
Embed on your resort site. Visitor questions logged and attributed for monthly analytics.
Operator-approved learning
Resort admins approve answers and add FAQs in five languages. Improvements apply on the next ask.
Fast for site widgets
Simple factual queries answer in ~1–2 seconds without a full AI call.
Try it
Sample questions and answers.
Ask the live engine below, or browse illustrative Q&A showing tone and grounding.
Live Answer Engine
Grounded answers from Snowdata intelligence. Progress updates while the engine works — most replies arrive in under 2 seconds; complex questions can take longer.
Ask about resorts, MCP, or live snow in the network.
powered by snowdata
Sample Q&A
Question
Who had the most fresh snow in Europe in the last 24 hours?
Snowdata
Most fresh snow in Europe in the last 24 hours: Saas-Fee, Switzerland — 18 cm (7.1") in 24h. Also: Zermatt, Switzerland — 14 cm; Val Thorens, France — 11 cm. Source: Open-Meteo 7-model blend via Snowdata hourly snapshots.
Question
How much snow fell at Niseko Hanazono in the last 7 days?
Snowdata
Niseko Hanazono: 62 cm (24.4") in the last 7 days as of the latest hourly snapshot. SnowSure score 71 (Excellent). Resort is open; 14-day forecast blend shows 28 cm additional.
Question
How accurate are 14-day forecasts for Aspen Snowmass?
Snowdata
Aspen Snowmass forecast verification (trailing season): mean absolute error 8% vs verified snowfall on days 1–7; days 8–14 use SnowSure ML as a separate signal. ECMWF and GFS agree within 12 cm on the next 72 hours.
Question
Is Zermatt open today?
Snowdata
Zermatt is open for the season. Latest snapshot: 24h snow 14 cm, base depth 142 cm, SnowSure 68 (Excellent). Season-to-date snowfall is 4% above the 5-year norm for this date.
Question
What is Snowdata and how does it relate to SnowSure?
Snowdata
Snowdata is the snow intelligence infrastructure company. SnowSure (snowsure.ai) is the consumer publication and score. Snowdata Answer Engine powers agent chat on snowdata.ai and white-label resort widgets — same verified stack, partner-branded surfaces.
Question
Where is the best powder in Japan right now?
Snowdata
Top fresh snow in Asia in the last 24 hours: Niseko Hanazono, Japan — 22 cm in 24h. Also: Rusutsu — 19 cm; Hakuba Happo-One — 15 cm. Powder day threshold ≥6 cm verified 24h snow.
Static samples above are illustrative. The live chat uses current Snowdata snapshots.
Integrate
API and MCP.
Brand-neutral REST endpoints power Snowdata, SnowSure, resort widgets, and MCP clients. Pass partnerId, sessionId, locale, and optional resortSlug.
POST /api/v1/ask
Natural-language Q&A. partnerId: snowdata | resort slug locale: en | es | fr | de | it hemisphere: nh | sh (optional)
ask_snowdata (MCP)
Primary MCP tool on mcp.snowdata.ai. ask_snowsure remains as a deprecated alias for 90 days. Same handler as POST /api/v1/ask.
Put grounded snow Q&A on your surface.
Homepage agent, resort widget, travel app, or MCP client — one engine, verified evidence, five languages.