Terrain parks are where many of the most serious injuries occur. Currently there are no design or construction standards for terrain parks.
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Safety Should be as Important as Snowfall
Your safety depends on three interactive components in addition to your own preparation and behavior. They can be thought of as a Pyramid with Public Policy as the base. Learn more.


Skiers travel at an average speed of roughly 27.6 miles per hour and snowboarders at 24.1 miles per hour. Padding on ski lift poles at most resorts only cushion for impact up to 5 to 7 miles per hour.

The risk of death in one hour on a California ski slope is 2 to 3 times as great as the risk during one hour behind the wheel of an automobile.
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Research of California hospital payment data reveal an estimated five-year annual average of over 11,500 hospital emergency department visits and over 630 hospital admissions due to snow sport injuries between 2007 and 2011.
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The Thousands Of Colorado Ski Injuries That Resorts Don’t Tell You About
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ASSESSING AND ASSURING EFFECTIVE SAFETY MANAGEMENT AT CALIFORNIA SKI RESORTS
Richard Penniman1, Mont Hubbard1,2, Daniel A. GregorieM.D.1* 1SnowSport Safety Foundation 2Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Davis…
2019 UPDATE: SnowSport Safety Foundation
Snow sport Safety Foundation has begun doing research in Colorado. After postponing on mountain safety surveys last season due to…
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