Need help with the packing? Mammut launch iPhone app

Mammut, the manufacturer of high quality functional and innovative equipment and mountain sport clothing has developed iPhone apps to help mountaineers and outdoor enthusiasts get fully equipped for their next adventure.

The ‘Packing List’ helps you to prepare for your trip and the ‘Safety’ App aims to help snow sport enthusiasts assess avalanche risks – both are available to download free from www.mammut.ch.

Mammut Pack List App

This easy to use and practical aid helps you to compile a comprehensive packing list for your next alpine expedition, hiking tour or relaxed day’s bouldering.

Simply compile your personal profile, select a packing list that has been checked already by a professional, specify the duration of the tour and invite your friends to join in. A list of equipment is sent to your mobile phone device and you simply tick off items that you have packed.

Add items as and when you remember them to your list. For items such as a tent that only one person in a team needs to pack you can select that person and it will appear on their check list only.

Main features:

• Basic packing lists checked by Mammut Pro Team athletes and the Mammut Alpine School, with the option of selecting the tour type and duration.
• Any missing items can be added to a list with just a few taps of your finger.
• Items that have already been packed are ticked off.
• Distinction made between private, general and team items.
• Responsibility for team items assigned to a specific individual.
• Comments function available for each item for important preparatory communications between team members.
• The Mammut Packing List is optimised for iPhone iOS 4

Mammut Safety App

The Mammut Safety App aims to help snow sport enthusiasts in assessing the local avalanche risk. It features a clinometer to estimate the slope angle, a compass to determine the slope exposition and an altimeter. Furthermore, the application includes links to all the avalanche bulletins worldwide and the personal safety equipment requirements.

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