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For further information about the awards and procedures, click here. Contact Awards Chair
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In order to recognize and encourage outstanding service and contribution to our mission, the AAA has established an awards program. Awards criteria and past recipients are detailed below.
Honorary Membership
This is the highest award bestowed by the American Avalanche Association. It is given annually or less frequently, to a person who has distinguished themselves by special achievement in the field of snow avalanches.
The purpose of this award is to bring honor to the awardees, to provide inspiration to the membership, and to emphasize the programs to which the Association is dedicated. The number of awards will be restricted so as not to include more than 20 living individuals at any one time.
Candidates need not be an AAA member though membership is customary.
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| 2008 |
Don Bachman
Knox Williams |
| 2006 |
Art Judson |
| 2004 |
Rod Newcomb |
| 2002 |
Doug Fessler |
| 2000 |
Sam Colbeck
Bob Brown |
| 1998 |
Sue Ferguson (Deceased) |
| 1996 |
Peter Schaerer |
| 1995 |
John Montagne (Deceased) |
| 1992 |
Dick Reuter |
| 1991 |
Dale Gallagher (Deceased) |
| 1990 |
Norm Wilson (Deceased) |
| 1989 |
Ed LaChapelle (Deceased) |
| 1987 |
Monty Atwater (Posthumously)
John Herbert (Posthumously)
Pete Martinelli |
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Bernie Kingery Award for Dedicated Professional Practice
Recognizes sustained career contributions by dedicated avalanche field professionals. Candidates are primarily engaged in avalanche forecasting, mitigation, research or education and safety.
This award is in honor of John Bernier Kingery's long career of ski patrol and snow safety work. Kingery became the Mountain Manager of Alpine Meadows Ski Area and was killed there in 1982 in the most deadly avalanche in North American ski area history.
This award is open only to AAA Professional Members.
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| 2008 |
Karl Birkeland |
| 2006 |
Randy Elliott |
| 2004 |
Bruce Tremper |
| 2002 |
Tom Kimbrough |
| 2000 |
Don Bachman |
| 1998 |
Liam Fitzgerald |
| 1997 |
Jim Hackett (Posthumously)
Binx Sandahl (Deceased) |
| 1996 |
Larry Heywood |
| 1994 |
Rod Newcomb |
| 1992 |
Bernie Kingery (Posthumously) |
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Honorary Fellowship Award
The honorees are recognized by their peers in the AAA for significant contribution to avalanche-related programs in countries other than the United States and, in general, for communicating their work to those in the U.S. so that those contributions may be shared for common benefit.Membership in the AAA is not a prerequisite to candidacy for this award.
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| 2008 |
Christine Pielmeier |
| 2006 |
Juerg Schweizer |
| 2004 |
Paul Foehn |
| 2002 |
Horst Schaffhauser
Kayou Fukuyama |
| 2000 |
(No award given) |
| 1998 |
Kartsein Leid |
| 1996 |
Paval A. Chernouss |
| 1994 |
Tsutomu "Tom" Nakamura
David McClung |
| 1992 |
Hansueli Gubler |
| 1990 |
Andre Roch (Deceased)
Peter Schaerer
Ron Perla
Hans Frutiger
Walter Good
Geoff Freer |
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Special Service Award
Recognizes specific and outstanding achievement in the service of North American snow avalanche activity. Generally the Governing Board will initiate the nomination and approval process.
It is not necessary that the recipient be a member of AAA, but that has generally been the case.
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| 2008 |
Chris Landry |
| 2007 |
Jerry Nunn |
| 2006 |
Pete Peters
Don Sharaf |
| 2004 |
John Simms |
| 2002 |
(record missing, if anyone has this information, please contact us) |
| 2000 |
Steve Conger |
| 1998 |
Alan Dennis |
| 1997 |
Bruce Jamieson |
| 1996 |
Liam Fitzgerald |
| 1994 |
Betsy Armstrong
Robin Faisant |
| 1993 |
Bruce Tremper
Knox Williams |
| 1992 |
Stan Bones |
| 1990 |
Sue Ferguson (Deceased)
John Montagne (Deceased)
Bruce Tremper
Larry Heywood
Greg Mace (Posthumously)
Chris Stethem |
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