Company Profile

Chris Stethem & Associates Ltd. provides planning and operations expertise for avalanche risk management, snow management and mountain safety.  The company was incorporated in Whistler, British Columbia in 1979 and is currently registered in British Columbia and Alberta.  Over the years, we have helped a variety of private and public sector clients in North and South America as well as overseas.

Each project undertaken is somewhat unique.  The uniqueness is partly a result of diverse mountain environments and partly a result of the special requirements of each client.  In general however, project requirements usually fall within the following areas:

• Risk management
• Avalanche hazard mapping
• Snow climate studies
• Assessment of avalanche hazard (risk analysis) and the feasibility of avalanche control
• Design of avalanche protection systems and preparation of operational snow safety plans
• Contract snow safety operations
• Explosive avalanche control application, research and design
• Terrain analysis

• Snow stability evaluation and snow research
• Training courses in avalanche protection
• Operations facilitation in mountain environments
• Snow management studies & facilitation
• Avalanche accident investigation
• General mountain safety operations in alpine terrain
• Snow safety program reviews