OnTheSnow Scraper

Get live ski resort conditions from OnTheSnow — lifts open/total, runs open/total, snowfall, base depth, multi-day forecast, and resort status for 300+ resorts across the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Argentina, and Chile. No login, no API key, no proxy required.

What this actor does

• Lookup mode — find a specific resort by name (e.g. Vail, Aspen Snowmass, Perisher) within a chosen region/country
• Browse mode — pull live snow reports for every resort reporting conditions in a US state, Canadian province, Australian state, New Zealand region, or country
• Real-time data — lift counts, trail counts, snowfall totals, base/mid/summit conditions, 6-day snowfall forecast, terrain-park status, and night-skiing schedule
• Empty fields are omitted — every record only contains the data the resort has actually reported

Output per resort

• resortName, resortSlug, resortUrl
• regionName, regionSlug, country, countryCode, state
• status (Open / Closed), openingDate, closingDate
• liftsOpen, liftsTotal
• runsOpen, runsTotal, runsOpenPercent
• acresOpen, acresTotal
• terrainParksOpen, terrainParksTotal
• terrainBeginnerPercent, terrainIntermediatePercent, terrainAdvancedPercent, terrainExpertPercent
• snowLast24, snowLast48, snowLast72 — inches of new snow
• baseDepth, midDepth, summitDepth — average snow depth, when reported
• recentSnowfall[], forecastSnowfall[] — per-day {date, snowInches}
• weatherDate, weatherType, windSpeed, tempBaseHigh, tempBaseLow, tempSummitHigh, tempSummitLow
• nightSkiing — whether the resort runs a night-skiing schedule
• website, phone, latitude, longitude, city, address, zipCode, utcOffset
• operator — the company/agency operating the resort
• imageUrl — resort hero photo
• snowReportComment — the resort's own human-written live snow report update, when published
• trailMapUrl, webcams[] (up to 5, with title + imageUrl)
• lastUpdated, recordType: "skiResort", scrapedAt

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	select	resort	resort (lookup by name) or region (browse a region/country)
region	select	colorado	US state, Canadian province, Australian state, New Zealand region, or country
resortName	string	Vail	Resort name to look up (mode=resort)
maxItems	integer	10	Max resorts to fetch when browsing a region/country (1–100)

Example: lookup a resort by name

{
  "mode": "resort",
  "region": "colorado",
  "resortName": "Aspen Snowmass"
}

Example: browse every resort in a country

{
  "mode": "region",
  "region": "australia",
  "maxItems": 20
}

Use cases

• Ski trip planning — compare live lift/run counts and snowfall across resorts before booking
• Snow-report dashboards — aggregate multi-resort conditions for a region or ski pass network
• Travel content — power "best conditions this week" articles with real, current data
• Gear & apparel retailers — trigger seasonal marketing when target resorts open or get fresh snow
• Weather/outdoor apps — enrich mountain-town forecasts with resort-specific lift and trail status

FAQ

Which regions are covered? All 50 US ski states with active resorts, all 4 Canadian ski provinces, both Australian ski states, all 6 New Zealand ski regions, plus Argentina, Chile, and Japan as country-level browses, and united-states / canada / australia / new-zealand as nationwide aggregates.

Why does a resort show status: "Closed" with full data? Most resorts only run in-season; OnTheSnow still publishes the resort's total lift/trail counts, projected opening/closing dates, and forecast even in the off-season. Live lift/run open counts and snow depth only populate once the season starts.

How do I find a resort if I don't know its exact name? Use mode: "region" to browse every resort in that region/country first — the response includes each resort's exact name and slug.

Are international (European) resorts included? OnTheSnow's European coverage lives on a regional sister site (onthesnow.co.uk) with a different resort index; this actor focuses on the onthesnow.com network (Americas, Oceania, Japan). Requests routed to a European region slug are not included in the region enum.

How fresh is the data? OnTheSnow resorts self-report conditions, typically updated daily (more often during storms) directly by mountain operations teams.

What units are snowfall/depth reported in? Whatever unit the resort itself reports in (inches for most US resorts, centimeters for many international resorts) — the actor passes through the resort's own reported values unchanged.