Take part and you’ll also go in the draw for a $500 spot prize, decided by the club captain.
SafeNotSafe has been tested extensively in the backcountry. Now we need to see what happens when a whole tramping community uses it at the same time, on normal trips, in normal conditions.
CTC is helping us run that real-world test.
Can it handle a burst of real check-ins across different phones, networks and locations?
CTC will have its own view of trial activity so we can learn whether this is genuinely useful for an outdoor club.
Different phones, plans, satellite setups and trip habits all create friction. This trial helps us find the confusing bits before more people rely on SNS.
Check your phone and mobile setup in about 30 seconds. We’ll tell you whether you’re ready for satellite check-ins — and what to do if you’re not.
No satellite? SafeNotSafe still works anywhere you have normal mobile coverage.
Get set up before your trip, then use SafeNotSafe as you normally would while you’re out.
Download the app and create your account before you leave home.
Enter the CTC email and phone you were given
Before you head out, send your trip details so home knows your plan.
While on your trip, send your status so your EC knows you're ok.
We want to test the full SafeNotSafe experience, not just the button.
For a qualifying trial outing, send a Heads-Up before you leave, use check-ins naturally while you’re out, then tell us how it went.
Each qualifying pulse earns $1 for CTC.
The aim is to see how SNS behaves when real people use it in real conditions.
A tramp, day walk, club trip, solo mission or other genuine backcountry outing. Hunting, biking, kayaking too.
The pulse must be sent during the two-week CTC trial.
Send a pulse when you would genuinely want home to know where you are and that you’re okay.
Extra button presses just to raise more money don’t help the trial. Use SNS naturally.
CTC will have access to a trial portal showing the checkins you sent them, so the club and SafeNotSafe can understand how the trial is being used.
Just like any other Emergency Contact you send to, the club can see the location you sent.
CTC might not be watching trips in real time, but there's an alert if you're overdue - provided you sent a Heads-up at the start with your ETA.
Your chosen Emergency Contact is still the person receiving your SNS messages and deciding what to do if something looks wrong.
To test whether this kind of club-level visibility is useful . Email is fine when you've got one person checking in, but hard if you've got loads of people.
From Labour Weekend for two weeks. 22nd Oct - 8th Nov
It's free. You're phone might suggest there's a charge, but the phone number you're sending to is toll-free.
Use the checker above. SNS still works anywhere you have normal mobile coverage, and some members may be able to add satellite temporarily for the trial.
Thats up to the club captain.
Each qualifying check-in pulse earns $1 for CTC, up to the agreed $2,000 sponsorship cap.
Available in Canada, Australia, the USA, the UK, and New Zealand for worldwide use.
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