Avalanche Canada’s vision is to inspire, engage, and empower recreationists to enjoy Canada’s winter backcountry and be safe from avalanches. As Canada’s national public avalanche safety organization, they produce daily avalanche forecasts for mountainous regions across western Canada. They also administer the national standard in recreational avalanche safety training and deliver outreach to winter backcountry users of all types.
MEC has supported Avalanche Canada since 2001, and we believe in their mission to educate more skiers, snowboarders and snowshoers about avalanche safety.
Online avalanche tutorial and webinars
Outreach is an important part of Avalanche Canada’s work. They connect directly with winter backcountry users in person and online, and have events each winter to reach a diverse audience, no matter the sport or skill level. Connecting with backcountry users where they’re at – in terms of geography, goals and experience – is vital to developing a broad culture of avalanche safety.
If you’re new to the backcountry, check out Avy Savvy. It’s Avalanche Canada’s free online avalanche tutorial and designed to be a precursor to the Avalanche Canada Training Program.
You can also check out their free webinar series on all kinds of backcountry topics, including recognizing avalanche terrain, getting the most out of the Mountain Weather Forecast, leveraging social media for a safer winter, and lots more.
