Skiing safety tips

Tips for an undisturbed skiing pleasure

For your benefit and out of consideration for all other winter sports enthusiasts, please follow a few safety tips to ensure accident-free skiing and tobogganing fun with the whole family.

Equipment

Make sure you have the right equipment
  • Before every season you should have your ski and binding checked by a professional expert.

  • Wear your ski helmet!  Not only during skiing, but also during sledding, many accidents occur in which the head is affected.

  • What is good for children can not be bad for adults. Adult skiers and snowboarders are just as at risk as children.

Be an example and wear a helmet on the slopes.

On the piste

Warm-ups & make breaks
  • Get warmed up! Your muscles react faster when your body is warmed up, which means many injuries to ligaments and joints can be prevented.

  • Do some playful exercises with your children, such as jumping jack or have a snowball fight. It’s a lot of fun and warms your body up

  • Since the effect of the warm up disappears quickly after sitting or standing for a long time, you should do your warm-up exercises after your lift journey

  • Take regular breaks. Accident statistics show a high correlation between the symptoms of fatigue, such as lack of concentration, and increased accident frequency.

Piste rules

You can also prevent accidents by adhering to a few piste rules:
  • Always look up before you set off

  • Don't confuse the slopes with a ski race track

  • Don’t leave the secured pistes

  • Don't stand in a spot with poor visibility

  • Give slower skiers a priority

  • Only go up/down the edge of the piste, and take a break

  • Don’t drink any alcohol (it decreases the reactivity t and leads to overestimate your own abilities)

TIP: Rent your skiing gear

The Feuerkogel ski school now offers a special service: skis, snowboards, skiboots, poles, ... to rent for the whole season (The offer is only valid as long as stocks last). A storage bonus is available for families!