We would like to recognize the ongoing commitment of our partners to avalanche safety in Canada.

Thanks to each of these organizations for their generous support, which ensures the success of our association.

For more information, please view our partnership opportunities. 
If you are interested in partnering with the CAA, please contact Makayla Hogan. 

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Principal Partner

CIL Explosives offers biodegradable custom avalanche explosives products. CIL Explosives is a proud supporter of the Canadian Avalanche Association's members, programs and services. 

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CalTopo provides powerful backcountry planning and travel tools, all in one platform. Go further with robust features such as avalanche forecasts, slope angle shading, weekly high-resolution satellite imagery, travel planning tools based on the Munter Method, real-time weather data, and more. CalTopo offers an unparalleled web-based planning resource as well as iOS and Android apps so you can easily access and update your maps from anywhere.

Wyssen Avalanche Control stands for innovative and high-quality solutions for operational avalanche risk management. We deliver highly cost-effective and ecological solutions for remote avalanche control systems (RACS), avalanche detection systems and software tools. We are constantly focusing on innovative solutions, and this has enabled us to set the standard in the field of avalanche control with our state-of-the-art technology and professional risk solution services. Wyssen Avalanche Control has installed over 690 Wyssen avalanche towers and 85 detection systems worldwide by 2022. The systems and software tools are operated via the WAC.3® information platform by over 500 active users.

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Foundation Partners

            

Hestra Gloves is one of the leading international glove brands in skiing, outdoor recreation and leisure. Design and product development is done in cooperation with some of the world's best professional skiers and adventurers.

      

Protection is Ortovox's highest priority. As our number one brand value, it is the central focus of all of our activities. Here, protection refers not only to products that protect against the elements in dangerous situations on the mountain, but also includes the protection of humans and nature. Safe and fair working conditions are prime examples of this, as are the highest standards of animal protection on our Tasmanian merino farms. 

Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis. Patagonia grew out of a small company that made tools for climbers. Alpinism remains at the heart of a worldwide business that still makes clothes for climbing – as well as for skiing, snowboarding, surfing, fly fishing, paddling and trail running. The approach we take towards product design demonstrates a bias for simplicity and utility.

RECCO® advanced rescue technology makes outdoor enthusiasts searchable to rescuers. It is utilized by more than 900 rescue organizations worldwide to facilitate the rapid location of burials and people lost in the outdoors. The two-part system consists of a detector used by organized rescue groups and reflectors that are integrated into apparel, helmets, protection gear or boots. Together they enable directional pinpointing of a person’s precise location using harmonic radar but are not a substitute for a transceiver. Complementary in function, the system is an additional tool that does not interfere with avalanche dogs, transceiver searches or probe lines.

Alpine Solutions was established in 2008 as a snow avalanche engineering company, their work has evolved and expanded to become a comprehensive avalanche consulting and mountain safety services firm that also includes rope access, mountain support, specialized engineering, geomatics, and related services. Providing expertise to companies, organizations, government agencies and infrastructure projects, as well as workers working in the mountains and on steep slopes.

Responder Alliance is an industry leader for resilience training and tools to mitigate burnout and traumatic stress injury. Their work combines extensive field experience with subject-matter-expertise and scientific review to provide training and support for workers in the avalanche industry. Their resources are currently taught on the AvSAR Level 1 and AvSAR Level 2 courses.

The North Face fundamental mission remains unchanged since 1966: Provide the best gear for our athletes and the modern day explorer, support the preservation of the outdoors, and inspire a global movement of exploration.

WorkSafeBC is committed to creating a province free from workplace injury or illness, and to providing service driven by our core values of integrity, accountability, and innovation. By partnering with workers and employers, we help British Columbians come home from work safe every day.