Check OutwithPeace of Mind
A safety companion for backcountry travel: check out before you head into the field, and check in when you're back safe. If you don't check in on time, AvAI's servers alert your emergency contact with your last-known location.
AvAI™ is in beta
AvAI is in beta. Do not rely on it as your only safety system. The check-out/check-in feature is being tested for reliability — bring a satellite communicator or radio for any backcountry trip.
Check out / check in
Schedule a check-in before a trip. A server-side watchdog watches the clock — if the check-in time passes without word from you, your emergency contact gets an alert with your last-known location. Requires cell or internet signal to check out and in — emergency alerts are sent by our servers regardless of your connectivity.
Field observations
Capture snowpack profile and core photos in the field. At this stage of the beta, photos stay on your device.
Search & rescue orgs
SAR organizations onboard through this portal to manage their teams and service regions.
Open snowpack research
AvAI is short for Avalanche AI: alongside the app, we publish the open Rocky Mountain Snowpack dataset (CC-BY-4.0) and open-source snowpack models, and research avalanche-risk modeling on snowpack imagery. The research is in development and is not part of the app today.
Who runs AvAI?
AvAI is a safety companion app. When you schedule a check-in, AvAI's servers will alert your emergency contact if you don't check in on time. The servers run in multiple locations to keep working when one fails, but AvAI is operated by a small team and may have outages of hours or days. Use AvAI as one layer of your safety practice, not your only layer. Always carry a second safety plan — partner check-ins, satellite messenger (SPOT, Garmin inReach), filed trip plan, formal training.