Support State of the Snowpack

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The State of the Snowpack is a BC Public Safety Society passionate about empowering backcountry recreationalists with local-as-it-gets snowpack information on a community by community basis so that we can all return home safely from the backcountry every day!

SOTS assembles teams of avalanche professionals across mountain towns of the Canadian West (currently we have teams in Nelson, Rossland & new for the 2023/2024 season Revelstoke!) and places them in front of their backcountry communities with a focus on sharing free, local-as-it-gets snowpack information & analysis from popular backcountry areas in each town.

Our mission is to decrease backcountry avalanche incidents, casualties, and rescues through the sharing of detailed community-specific snowpack analysis, as told by avalanche professionals, with a minimum standard of professional qualifications, to their own communities.

Alongside Avalanche Canada’s Regional Avalanche Forecasts and Weather Products, both State of the Snowpack’s Live Event in-depth snowpack updates as well as our weekly short form video snowpack updates serve as another tool in the toolbelt of decision making for backcountry recreationalists!

When it comes to snowpack Avalanche Canada provides the bigger picture & we provide the local one.

We are local-as-it-gets snowpack information with a focus on energetic, empowered advocacy & sharing of this information free to the public. We believe access to information should never be a barrier to safety!

We create access to avalanche professionals and break down barriers to information and understanding in the backcountry snowpack space.

We put local faces to the snowpack!

We are community conversions saving lives in the backcountry!

Your Sponsorship can Support Us, Help Us Grow & Keep the Backcountry Safer for All!

How your Contribution Supports State of the Snowpack

Funds the cost of presenters and speakers at our Live Events
Funds local teams of avalanche professionals in each SOTS mountain town to create weekly video updates on local snowpack conditions
Funds all back end & administrative costs of running SOTS
Funds filmers & camera gear to record, live stream and edit live events to be uploaded to our socials for backcountry recreationalists who can not attend in person
Funds the public education on snowpack & backcountry topics key to survival
Funds SOTS core team to do their work
Funds the expansion of State of the Snowpack into more mountain communities - the more funding we have, the more mountain towns of Canada we can serve/afford to establish teams within
Helps us create a centralized place (SOTS website) for all local snowpack information across many mountain communities in the Canadian West - no more searching for where you found that snowpack update, was it FB? Was it on the resort social? It can all be found in ONE place! Just head to our website & select your town and the most recent snowpack video update will be there!
Funding encourages more avalanche professionals to become engaged within their own communities on a long-term basis

Check out what we do!

Here's a glimpse into our Live Events!