Frequently Asked Questions

Global Ski Atlas is your guide to ski resorts worldwide. It includes a coffee table book (paper atlas), an interactive online atlas map, a resort comparison tool, and an AI assistant you can ask anything about skiing. We cover thousands of ski areas with terrain, lifts, pistes, and key details.

Go to Online Atlas, pan and zoom the map to explore. Click a resort marker to see a popup with details (terrain, lifts, elevation, etc.). Use the search box to find a specific resort by name. The legend explains map colors and symbols.

On the Compare Resorts page you can select two or more ski areas and see them side by side—terrain size, lift count, vertical drop, pass info, and more—to help you decide where to ski.

The AI Assistant is a skiing-focused chatbot. You can ask about resorts, conditions, gear, technique, or trip planning. Try it from the home page or via AI Assistant. It uses our atlas data and general skiing knowledge to answer your questions.

We use authoritative open and licensed geographic and ski-area data (e.g., OpenStreetMap and other sources), processed and analyzed to provide consistent resort statistics. You can download the underlying parquet datasets from the footer links (ski areas, lifts, pistes) for your own use.

A mobile app is planned (“Download App Coming Soon”). For now, the website is responsive and works on phones and tablets—you can use the Online Atlas and Compare Resorts on the go.

The physical coffee table book is TBD—we’re building the pipeline first. Here’s how it’s designed to work:

1. Data — We start from the same ski-area datasets that power the Online Atlas (resorts, lifts, pistes, terrain, elevation, pass info, etc.).
2. Export a map + fun data — For each resort we export a print-ready map (e.g. extent, styling, labels) and a structured “fun data” set: key stats, highlights, and any extra metadata we want on the spread.
3. AI-generated copy — An AI step takes that map and data and generates a short, readable paragraph about the resort (atmosphere, terrain character, why it’s notable). The text is keyed to the actual details we export, so it’s accurate and consistent.
4. Layout output — The map, stats, and AI paragraph are then flowed into a layout template and output to Adobe InDesign or Scribus, so we can do final design, typography, and print prep in a proper DTP workflow.

Once this pipeline is solid, we’ll set a release timeline and share availability and ordering on the home page Coffee Table Book section.

Availability and ordering are still to be determined. We’re focused on finishing the production pipeline (data → map export + stats → AI resort copy → InDesign/Scribus). Updates will be posted on the home page Coffee Table Book section when we have a release date.

Use the form below for general inquiries, feedback, or to report data errors. We appreciate corrections and suggestions to improve the atlas.