# OnTheSnow Scraper (`crawlerbros/onthesnow-scraper`) Actor Scrape live ski resort conditions from OnTheSnow - lifts open/total, runs open/total, snowfall, base depth, forecast, and resort status for 300+ resorts across the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Argentina, and Chile. - **URL**: https://apify.com/crawlerbros/onthesnow-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Crawler Bros](https://apify.com/crawlerbros) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, Travel, Agents - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. 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For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## OnTheSnow Scraper Get live ski resort conditions from [OnTheSnow](https://www.onthesnow.com) — 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 ```json { "mode": "resort", "region": "colorado", "resortName": "Aspen Snowmass" } ```` #### Example: browse every resort in a country ```json { "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. # Actor input Schema ## `mode` (type: `string`): Lookup a single named resort, or browse every resort in a region/country. ## `region` (type: `string`): US state, Canadian province, Australian state, New Zealand region, or country. Required for both modes (narrows the resort-name lookup and defines the browse scope). ## `resortName` (type: `string`): Ski resort name, e.g. `Vail`, `Aspen Snowmass`, `Perisher`. Matched against the chosen region's resort list. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Hard cap on how many resorts to fetch full snow reports for when browsing a region/country. ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "resort", "region": "colorado", "resortName": "Vail", "maxItems": 10 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `resorts` (type: `string`): Dataset containing all scraped resort snow reports. # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "mode": "resort", "region": "colorado", "resortName": "Vail", "maxItems": 10 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("crawlerbros/onthesnow-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "mode": "resort", "region": "colorado", "resortName": "Vail", "maxItems": 10, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("crawlerbros/onthesnow-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "mode": "resort", "region": "colorado", "resortName": "Vail", "maxItems": 10 }' | apify call crawlerbros/onthesnow-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=crawlerbros/onthesnow-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "OnTheSnow Scraper", "description": "Scrape live ski resort conditions from OnTheSnow - lifts open/total, runs open/total, snowfall, base depth, forecast, and resort status for 300+ resorts across the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Argentina, and Chile.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "kvzdkmUjQZ5q4Yq38" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/crawlerbros~onthesnow-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-crawlerbros-onthesnow-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~onthesnow-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-crawlerbros-onthesnow-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~onthesnow-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-crawlerbros-onthesnow-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "mode", "region" ], "properties": { "mode": { "title": "Mode", "enum": [ "resort", "region" ], "type": "string", "description": "Lookup a single named resort, or browse every resort in a region/country.", "default": "resort" }, "region": { "title": "Region / country", "enum": [ "alaska", "alberta", "argentina", "arizona", "australia", "british-columbia", "california", "canada", "canterbury", "chile", "colorado", "connecticut", "idaho", "illinois", "indiana", "iowa", "japan", "maine", "manawatu-wanganui", "maryland", "massachusetts", "michigan", "minnesota", "missouri", "montana", "nelson", "nevada", "new-hampshire", "new-jersey", "new-mexico", "new-south-wales", "new-york", "new-zealand", "north-carolina", "ohio", "ontario", "oregon", "otago", "pennsylvania", "quebec", "rhode-island", "south-dakota", "taranaki", "tennessee", "united-states", "utah", "vermont", "victoria", "virginia", "waikato", "washington", "west-virginia", "wisconsin", "wyoming" ], "type": "string", "description": "US state, Canadian province, Australian state, New Zealand region, or country. Required for both modes (narrows the resort-name lookup and defines the browse scope).", "default": "colorado" }, "resortName": { "title": "Resort name (mode=resort)", "type": "string", "description": "Ski resort name, e.g. `Vail`, `Aspen Snowmass`, `Perisher`. Matched against the chosen region's resort list.", "default": "Vail" }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max resorts (mode=region)", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Hard cap on how many resorts to fetch full snow reports for when browsing a region/country.", "default": 10 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```