Safety is no accident.

Edelweiss Mountain Resilience is a community-driven cooperative dedicated to strengthening mountain homes and neighborhoods through expert handyman services and comprehensive home hardening solutions. We specialize in creating defensible safety zones around properties, helping families protect what matters most from natural hazards and environmental risks.

Company Ethos:

Community Roots, Collective Resilience

At the heart of our work is a simple but powerful belief: we are stronger—and safer—together.

Our mission is rooted in a deep respect for the land, a commitment to community, and the understanding that protecting homes and landscapes is not just a personal responsibility, but a shared one. We specialize in hardening homes and reducing risk around properties, but our purpose goes far beyond any single parcel of land. We exist to help neighborhoods work in concert, creating connected zones of preparedness and protection—strongholds that safeguard families, ecosystems, and the future.

We look to Native American land stewardship practices as a guide and a standard. For generations, Indigenous communities have maintained forests with intention, respect, and reciprocity. Through thoughtful management of growth, seasonal maintenance, and a deep understanding of natural cycles, they preserved balance in the environment. Their wisdom offers us a path forward—a return to rhythm, humility, and harmony with nature. We honor these traditions not only in word, but in the way we work, the choices we make, and the values we live by.

As a company, we are not just a service provider—we are a resource embedded in the community, working alongside homeowners, HOAs, landowners, and local partners to strengthen resilience. We take seriously our duty to the land, knowing that the work we do now—clearing overgrowth, strengthening structures, and creating thoughtful buffers—can help preserve what matters most.

Our ethos is built on action, responsibility, and mutual care. We believe that by supporting one another, treating risk reduction as a community-wide effort, and blending time-tested wisdom with modern methods, we can help maintain not only individual homes, but also the integrity of our forests and the bonds of our neighborhoods.

Together, we protect.
Together, we rebuild trust with the land.
Together, we create resilient, thriving communities.

Explore what we offer

We offer a free 30 minute consultation to learn about what your property needs to become a hardened and defensible zone.

We address many concerns regarding home hardening and creating a defensible zone. We’ll assess issues with timber understory, problem vegetation including junipers, the first five feet from the base of exterior walls, clearing clutter and debris away from foundation walls and the forest floor, old wooden fences, and more.

We build slash piles to prep for chipping.

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Meet the Co-op

  • Zach Chupa

    Volunteer & Wildland Firefighter, Designer, Consultant, Sculptor, Carpenter, Nature Lover, Community Organizer