Mission:

COAA was established as a result of an identified need to promote increased avalanche awareness and bolster local forecasting opportunities in the Central Oregon vicinity.

COAA is an Oregon 501c3 non-profit organization. Our present focus is to organize and support bolstered avalanche educational opportunities in the Central Oregon area. We are presently involved in,

·   Community avalanche education events,

·   Increased distribution of relevant mountain snow and weather data (web-based),

·   Coordination with entities such as National Weather Service and Northwest Avalanche Center to identify gaps and needed equipment to bolster and improve forecasting,

·   Provide funding to assist in purchase of above mentioned equipment as identified as best benefit to general public,

·   Organizing local for-profit entities to best serve the local community.

Future activities entail,

·  Coordination with the US Forest Service and National Weather Service to staff a forecast center for the Central Oregon Range.

·  Provide scholarship opportunities to identified persons to assist in attaining certified avalanche instruction.