Bear Valley, CA…The Nickolay Dodov Foundation is part of a nationwide movement to educate youth and all-age winter sports enthusiasts to stay safe in winter environments. Over the last 10 winters an average of 39 people died in avalanches each winter in North America. We believe providing avalanche education will help to safe lives.

In the last three years we have reached out with the avalanche awareness program “Know Before You Go” to close to 6000 ski and snowboard athletes, middle, high school and university students, coaches, teachers, parents and all age mountain enthusiasts.

Last snow season, we reached out to more than 1500 ski/snowboard athletes, middle, high school and university students, coaches, teachers and parents.