Keeping to safer terrain in unstable conditions

Mission

The mission of the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education is to:

‘Save lives through avalanche education.’

Goals

The specific goals of AIARE are:

• Increase the public awareness of avalanches and avalanche safety

• Provide high quality avalanche education thereby enhancing public awareness and safety.

• Provide avalanche instructors with the curriculum, training and tools with which to educate students about the knowledge, methods, and decision making skills necessary to travel in avalanche terrain.

• Develop an international network of professional avalanche educators, and provide professional development in the form of instructor training and continued professional education.
• Fund projects that develop avalanche course support materials for educators and students.