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Skiers at Deer Valley Resort and several other mountains around the country now have access to an app called Snow Mappy
, which helps solve a couple of issues for many skiers: knowing where your friends and family are on the mountain, and finding an easy route to get there.
That’s how the idea for the app was born, according to Karyn Nolan, CEO and co-founder of Mappy, LLC.
“Survival,” she said. “My husband, Drew, is from Utah and I grew up in California. He is an expert skier and snowboarder and I am at an intermediate level at best. All of a sudden I found myself at the top of mountains in Utah and Drew would disappear down a run. I would become confused when there was a fork in the path and I knew if I took the wrong turn I could inadvertently end up on a double black diamond or go to the wrong part of the mountain.”