Ski Safety - Advice From An Expert

Ski Safety - Advice From An Expert

Ski Safety - Advice From An Expert

As anyone who has tried it knows, skiing can be a very dangerous sport. The risks involved in skiing can be quite high unless you take the proper precautions to reduce them. Although minor injuries such as twisted ankles and sprained wrists are the norm, annually there are a surprisingly high number of deaths attributed to skiing, and of those most are due to improper preparation and a lack of knowledge of the environment.

It is a given that once you have spent a large amount of money on a skiing holiday, you really don't want to spend it cooped up in your chalet while the rest of your family are having fun. Follow the safety guidelines below to ensure that this doesn't happen.

Equipment - Getting the right equipment for you're your physical dimensions and ability is imperative and can mean the difference between skiing safely and an almost certain impending injury. Most professional skiers know this as they have probably experienced poor fitting equipment before, but beginner and intermediate level skiers will most likely be renting their equipment from ski shops and will have little experience to go on. When renting any equipment, it is important to be truthful, however hard, about your physical dimensions and skiing ability as skis, in particular, are designed for specific user weights and heights in terms of DIN settings, and different abilities in terms of length and width of skis.

On-Piste - The FIS (in English the International Skiing Federation) has drawn up guidelines that are legally binding with regards to skiing in a public environment. It is advisable to take a look at those guidelines before you head out onto the slopes. The most important rule that they state is that the skier in front of you always has priority. In summary, the other rules that are discussed are to always be in control of your speed and never ski in a dangerous manner, never stop in the middle of a slope, always alert others of your actions if, for example, you are wishing to overtake then you should let the person in front know.

Off-Piste - Although skiing professionals advise against going off-piste to anyone that isn't a seasoned expert skier; many people have the desire to explore the snowy wilderness without the big crowds. If you are considering it, and even if you are a professional skier, you must seek the help of an experienced guide as not only can you quite easily get lost, but you could also ski off the edge of a mountain without even knowing it was there. A compass is another must have, plus an avalanche transceiver, which could save your life.

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