nils Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 Was wondering what the resorts policy was in the rest of the world. In France and most of europe: off piste is allowed everywhere at your own risk. The resorts decide to shut off lifts when there is too much avalanche risks ( level 5 usually ) except two areas in france which are Chamonix and La Grave, where the authorities visit the conditions every morning and just put out a warning when its level 5. Some resorts like Zinal in Switzerland have put a control gate at the entrance of the main freeride areas that automatically beeps and opens when you're wearing a beacon. It is supposed to get people responsible about going offpiste, and it seems to work. Wondering how areas in other countries control and enforce offpiste riding? Thnx :) Nils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka Dasai Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 There's off-piste and there's off-piste. First, there is terrain that is within the perimeter of the ski resort, but that has been marked as out-of-bounds. I've not been at any resort where riding this is tolerated by the ski patrol, but they still have to catch you first. Then there is the off-piste that is actually outside the perimeter of the ski resort. As far as I know it's only in the US where the ski resort sometimes makes restrictions about people leaving their perimeter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derf Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 Originally posted by Baka Dasai There's off-piste and there's off-piste. First, there is terrain that is within the perimeter of the ski resort, but that has been marked as out-of-bounds. I've not been at any resort where riding this is tolerated by the ski patrol, but they still have to catch you first. I know Jay Peak authorizes this as long as you're in a group of 3. For the others I know, I don't think they authorize it. Derf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Matt D Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 Ski Wentworth in Nova Scotia allows riding anything within its boundaries, so there are wooded sections that would be considered off-piste that your allowed to ride, but they are nothing spectactular. We have some terrain like this at Crabbe Mountain too. Small little mountain in New Brunswick with some 2-3 awesome glades runs. The first mountain I thought of after reading your post Nils was Sunshine Village in Banff, AB. They have a section called Delerium Dive which is super steep. It has a safty gate at the top, and you must a transciever for the gate to open. Haven't ridden it yet, but I'll hit it for sure next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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