About Epic Trips

Our Mission

Epic Trips was built for a simple reason: too many great adventures get ruined by bad conditions. Surfers show up during flat spells. Skiers hit resort towns in rain. Hikers find trails closed by late season snow. It doesn't have to be this way.

Our mission is to make condition-based travel planning accessible to everyone — from first-timers planning their first ski trip to seasoned adventurers chasing the perfect wave window. We score every destination using the same historical data that guides professionals, so you can plan your trip with real confidence.

How It Works

01

Historical Weather Data

We pull 10 years of historical weather records for your exact travel dates — temperature, wind, precipitation, and snow — from the Open-Meteo climate archive.

02

Ocean & Swell Analysis

For ocean sports, we layer in historical wave height and swell data from the Marine API — so surfers, kiteboarders and sailors know what conditions to expect offshore.

03

Activity Scoring Engine

Our scoring engine weighs each weather factor against what your chosen activity actually needs. A surfer's ideal wind is very different from a hiker's — we account for that.

04

Epic Score

Each destination receives an Epic Score from 0–100, with ratings from Poor to Legendary. Scores are computed fresh for your exact dates — not based on generic "best month" guides.

By the Numbers

367

Destinations

12

Activities

10yrs

Historical Data

7

World Regions

What Makes Us Different

We use real data, not opinions. Most travel recommendation sites are built on reviews, affiliate revenue, or editorial picks. We score destinations objectively using decade-long climate records — no paid placements, no sponsored rankings.

Date-specific scoring. Conditions in Bali in March are completely different from Bali in August. Our scores are computed for your exact travel window, not a vague "best season" estimate.

Activity-specific intelligence. Wind that's perfect for kiteboarding is miserable for hiking. Our engine applies different criteria for each sport — tuned for what actually matters to each activity.

Experience level matching. A beginner surfer needs very different conditions from an advanced one. We filter destinations by experience level so you're never sent somewhere above your skill level or below your ambitions.

Our Data Sources

Epic Trips pulls from two trusted open-access climate datasets:

Open-Meteo Historical Weather API — Provides hourly weather reanalysis data going back to 1940, covering temperature, wind speed, precipitation, snowfall, and more at any location on Earth.

Open-Meteo Marine API — Provides historical wave height, swell height and period data for ocean locations worldwide, drawn from ERA5 ocean reanalysis data.

All data is fetched fresh for each search and cached for 24 hours to ensure fast response times without unnecessary API load.

Affiliate Partnerships

Epic Trips partners with leading outdoor gear retailers, travel services, and activity providers to help you book and equip your trip. Some links on our gear pages and plan pages may earn us a small commission at no additional cost to you.

Our partners include REI, Evo, Ski Butlers, PADI Travel, West Marine, Kite World Wide, ION Club, GetYourGuide, Booking.com, and others. Affiliate relationships do not influence our destination scoring — Epic Scores are computed purely from climate data.

Contact Us

Have a question, a destination suggestion, or want to report an issue? We'd love to hear from you.

Email: hello@epictripscore.com