About Us
Building mountain leadership
About Us
Backcountry Experts
Canada Backcountry is an Avalanche Canada training partner and our founder is a certified Canadian Backcountry Snowmobile Lead Guide.
We have developed custom curriculum and received exceptional feedback from clients such as Avalanche Canada field team members, members of the Canadian Armed Forces, Indigenous owned Natural Resources companies, and Search and Rescue field teams. We take pride in providing valuable safety and mobility training that is suited to our clients’ unique applications.
Our founder Alex Ibbotson has a Master of Arts in Leadership and published a thesis with a focus on inclusion and diversity in the avalanche industry. Alex’s academic background allows us to incorporate leadership and teamwork components into all training events. Her passion for removing barriers for under represented groups to experience the mountains is driven by the goal to deconstruct the exclusive culture of outdoor groups and encourage all people to thrive on the land.
With our industrial, environmental and natural resources clients, we aim to inspire an elevated safety culture, integrating safe work practices into organizational operations and resulting in less workplace incidents.
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To make the backcountry safer and more accessible for everyone so that more people can benefit from the life changing experience of backcountry adventure
To share knowledge and expertise in backcountry safety, empowering individuals to confidently explore and enjoy the wilderness.
An ethical backcountry safety culture built on respect, and community, while promoting inclusive land-use policy by integrating diverse cultures with the purpose of connecting to the land
Elevate Your Backcountry Skills Today!
We offer comprehensive courses designed to enhance your confidence and preparedness. Join us and become part of a community dedicated to sustainable and enjoyable land use.
CORE VALUES
Get extra benefits & the best from our training
In addition to making recreational activities safer and more accessible, our training programs are valued by employers in the natural resources, adventure tourism and environmental industries.
We strive to reinforce respectful land-use behaviours and consider our Indigenous methodologies to be essential for creating a relevant learning environment for a wider range of Peoples.
Constantly pursuing development, progression and learning
Treat all of creation in a manner that will inspire and connect
Be, speak, think and act as you truly are from the core
The absence of exclusion, marginalization, discrimination or oppressive hierarchy
Rich relationships between people, ideas, living things, energy and elements within a system
