Sponsorship

State of the Snowpack (SOTS) supports avalanche professionals and mountain communities in hosting free, community-based snowpack conversations across Canada.

These aren’t lectures.
They’re real conversations — and they save lives.

growing community.

building trust.

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WHAT sots provides

SOTS provides the framework behind community-led avalanche awareness events. The framework includes:

  • Event structure and planning tools

  • A shared presentation framework

  • Livestream equipment and support

  • Marketing and communications resources

  • Year-round operational support

Local volunteers organize the events. Local avalanche professionals lead the conversations. SOTS provides the structure and support that help make it possible.

WHY IT WORKS

When avalanche professionals share their knowledge directly with the people who recreate in the same mountains:

  • Information is locally relevant

  • Questions become conversations

  • Knowledge and experience are shared

  • Connections are built between professionals and the public

Better access to local knowledge can help people make more informed decisions in the backcountry.

OUR IMPACT

2024/25 → 2025/26

  • 4 → 10 chapters

  • 16 → 40 community-hosted events (4,400+ people attending in person)

  • 2 Livestream Chapters → 5 Livestream Chapters (6,500+ livestream views)

2026/27

  • 11 mountain communities across Canada are hosting SOTS events this winter.

  • 6 Livestream Chapters

This isn’t just growth —
It’s community-led public safety scaling across Canada

WHAT SETS SOTS APART

COMMUNITY-LED
Local volunteers organize each chapter, keeping events relevant to the people and mountains around them.

PROFESSIONALLY LED
Qualified, actively working avalanche professionals lead the snowpack conversations.

CONNECTED
SOTS works alongside national avalanche organizations and professional associations, with eligible participation recognized for Continuing Professional Development.

OPEN & ACCESSIBLE
Events are free, conversational and, wherever possible, livestreamed beyond the room.

WHY SPONSOR SOTS

Demand is growing quickly — driven by communities and professionals across Canada.

Your sponsorship supports the infrastructure behind community-led delivery, including:

  • National coordination

  • Livestream and digital access

  • Core operations (insurance, admin, systems)

SOTS operates year-round so communities can deliver when it matters most.

what your support enables

  • Free public safety events

  • Livestream access beyond the room

  • Direct connection between professionals and the public

  • Safer decision-making in the backcountry

Your sponsorship does more than build brand visibility—it helps communities access the resources and support needed to keep these events free.

Sponsorship Tiers 2026/27

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By sponsoring SOTS, you support a community-led public safety network across Canada.

You’re not just supporting events — you’re enabling conversations that change how people move in the mountains.

Let’s Build Something Powerful!

Thank You To Our Sponsors 2026-27

NATIONAL Sponsors

Helicat Canada

Regional Sponsors

Chapter Sponsors

THANK YOU TO OUR 2025-26 SPONSORS

NATIONAL SPONSORS:

  • ARC’TERYX

  • HELICAT CANADA

  • POLARIS

CHAPTER SPONSORS:

  • RECCO

  • EVO

  • ROAM SHOP

  • WHISTLER HELI-SKIING

  • VILLAGE SKI HUT

  • SELKIRK TANGIERS HELI-SKIING

  • SKEENA VALLEY SNOWMOBILE ASSOCIATION

  • NORTHERN ESCAPE HELI-SKIING

  • VALHALLA PURE OUTFITTERS NELSON

  • GOLDEN SKYBRIDGE

REGIONAL SPONSORS:

  • HUB INTERNATIONAL

  • SELKIRK SNOWCAT SKIING

  • KLIM