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Goals and Objectives
One of the primary goals of the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education is to:
"Provide avalanche instructors with the tools to educate students about the knowledge and decision making skills necessary to travel in avalanche terrain."
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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.
 
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