About Us

The Alpine Safety Awareness Program (ASAP) is a community-based effort that uses local resources to teach alpine safety skills to children and adults throughout the Pacific Northwest. We aim to save lives and reduce injuries by proactively increasing alpine safety awareness. Since 1999, we have reached more than 30,000 students and adults through our programs. Our goal is to make safety a habit among all winter outdoor enthusiast

Vision:

We envision a community of alpine enthusiasts who have the knowledge to safely travel through and enjoy the mountains, thus minimizing injuries and deaths from avalanches and other alpine hazards.

Mission:

The mission of ASAP is to save lives and reduce injuries by proactively increasing alpine safety awareness.

History:

The Alpine Safety Awareness Program was founded in Bellingham, Washington in 1999 by a local ski patroller after several preventable deaths occurred in the backcountry of the North Cascades mountains. The curriculum is based on the Canadian Avalanche Association and their Snow Smart program with the goal of saving lives by preventing future avoidable accidents from happening.

Partnerships

We work closely with many Partnership organizations.

American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE)
http://avtraining.org/
American Avalanche Association (AAA)
http://www.americanavalancheassociation.org/
Canadian Avalanche Association (CAA)
http://www.avalanche.ca/
Washington State Snowmobile Association (WSSA)
http://www.wssa.us/
Western Washington University Outdoor Center
http://outdoor.as.wwu.edu/
Stevens Pass Ski Area
http://www.stevenspass.com/