Our Partners.
We recognize our partners’ ongoing commitment to avalanche safety in Canada.
Thank you to each of these organizations for their generous support, which ensures our association’s success.
If you are interested in partnering with the CAA, please contact our Membership Services and Partnerships Coordinator, Johnny Duncan.
Principal Partner
Austin Powder (formerly CIL Avalanche Limited) offers biodegradable custom avalanche explosives products. Austin Powder is a proud supporter of the Canadian Avalanche Association’s members, programs and services.
Select Partners
Founded in Vancouver, Canada, in 1989 by a group of climbers, Arc’teryx began as a basement operation crafting high-quality climbing harnesses and packs. From the outset, the company has focused on creating technical outdoor gear for mountain athletes. Today, Arc’teryx is a global outdoor apparel and equipment brand with a retail presence around the world, while remaining grounded in its origins through a continued focus on craftsmanship, innovation, and attention to detail.
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 develops innovative, high-quality solutions for operational avalanche risk management. The company provides cost-effective and environmentally conscious technologies, including remote avalanche control systems (RACS), avalanche detection systems, and software tools.
Foundation Partners
Alpine Solutions was established in 2008 as a snow avalanche engineering company; its work has evolved and expanded into 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.
Avalanche Infrastructure Management is the sole provider of Inauen-Schätti AG avalanche control systems for all of North America. Inauen-Schätti AG specializes in remote-controlled, cloud-based avalanche triggering systems to protect infrastructure, ski areas, and roads, particularly in high-altitude, inaccessible terrain.
Since its inception, BCA’s primary objective has been to innovate avalanche safety gear and make the backcountry a place for all to enjoy. That focus led to many landmark “firsts” for the brand, including the introduction of the first digital transceiver in 1996, the Tracker DTS. Following this momentum, BCA introduced the revolutionary Float Avalanche Airbag System, BC Link radios, and snowmobile-specific avalanche safety products, and pioneered strategic shovelling and searching techniques. Today, BCA is known worldwide as the preferred backcountry safety brand for avalanche professionals, skiers, snowboarders, and snowmobilers.
Since 1862, Mammut has developed gear to protect mountain adventurers. Safety and protection, resourceful performance, the highest-quality materials, and head-to-toe gear for all seasons define Mammut’s brand values. Through education and reliable gear, Mammut strives to make the outdoors accessible for everyone.
Since the company was founded in 1980 in the south of Munich, our inner voice has supported us and defined our values. ORTOVOX has always stood for a sophisticated protection and comfort system for the mountains, characterized by the responsible treatment of people and nature. As a pioneer in the avalanche safety field, ORTOVOX has played a key role in the development of emergency equipment for mountain sports. Innovative products, but also targeted training measures, are valuable contributions to making mountain sports a little bit safer and to saving lives every day.
Patagonia is an outdoor apparel and equipment company guided by a commitment to building high-quality products, minimizing unnecessary environmental harm, and using business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis.
Patagonia’s approach to product design emphasizes simplicity, utility, and long-term performance, with a focus on creating products that meet the needs of people who spend time in the outdoors.
RECCO® advanced rescue technology makes outdoor enthusiasts searchable to rescuers. More than 900 rescue organizations worldwide use it to locate burials quickly and people lost in the outdoors. The two-part system consists of a detector used by organized rescue groups and reflectors integrated into apparel, helmets, protective 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.
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 our Industry Training Program AvSAR Level 1 and AvSAR Level 2 courses.
The North Face’s 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.
