For over 30 years, ARVA has focused on designing and developing avalanche transceivers and snow safety gear. As a brand they continue to innovate avalanche victim retrieval to make searches simple and easy, enhancing transceiver performance to locate buried victims as quickly as possible whatever the situation or conditions.

Located in Annecy, ARVA specialized in mountain safety very early on at a time when back-country skiing was not as widespread as it is today. Security and protecting their customers placed in extreme situations has remained at the primary concern and so the reputation of the ARVA brand is first of all based on its recognized expertise in the field of avalanche victim detectors. Since its first DVA (detecteur victime d’avalanche) device, manufactured in the mid-1980s, the company has always been the market leader for these high performance safety products.

All production is “made in France” in factories in the Haute-Savoie region. Concerned about controlling all stages of production and avoiding transport which increases the company’s carbon footprint, the ARVA has made this proximity production one of its strengths. Research and development, which has made it possible to put ever more innovative technology in safety devices and equipment, is another characteristic of ARVA.

In addition to victim detection devices, ARVA offers a very wide range of emergency and safety gear and accessories essential for off-piste lovers. From first aid kits, and rescue tools such as very light shovels with removable handles, very resistant survival blankets, probes or ARVA airbag avalanche safety backpacks ARVA covers every skiers necessary safety and rescue equipment requirements.

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