Thursday, December 30, 2010

Canadian government suing Blackcomb Mountain for the health care costs of an injured snowboarder

Never forget the subrogation clause in any insurance policy. It will allow the insurance company to sue whoever caused your injury to recoup their payouts.

The injured snowboarder caught an edge and fell over Crystal Road run, down a steep embankment and over a climb. She suffered a:
….dislocation of the vertebrae with associated spinal-cord injury and several fractures of the vertebrae. She also suffered a mild traumatic brain injury, dislocated her ribs and had a left femur and femoral fracture.
The lawsuit claims the accident was caused by the “negligence and breach of duty of the defendant,” The complaint further sates the defendant created a “hazardous condition and failed to erect adequate warning signs. The suit also alleges the company failed to erect a barrier.”

The defendant is Blackcomb Skiing Enterprises Limited Partnership, which is the owners and operators of Blackcomb Mountain and Whistler Mountain. The defendants have not filed an answer at the time of the article.

Subrogation is the name of a clause in an insurance policy that allows the insurance company to collect any money that may be owed you for your injuries. If you injured due to the negligence of someone else, your health insurance company can sue that third party to recover the money they paid out on your behalf for your medical bills.

This must be the first time it has occurred in Canada. When I worked as a risk manager at a ski resort I received a subrogation claim letter every week. I received one every time a member or the military or a federal employee was injured.

The ski area does not have to pay out if they ski area was not negligent or if the ski area as a defense to the claim. So any defense the ski area may have against a suit by the injured skier or boarder is effective against the subrogation claims. In my case, the Colorado Ski Safety Act, Assumption of the Risk and in many cases a release stopped the subrogation claim.


See B.C. sues ski resort for care costs of injured boarder

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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Apps aren’t just for cities anymore. Ski resorts have Apps!

Electronics and snow…..skiing, tele and riding to win I hope!

For a start Vail’s EpicMix which will log your vertical can be automatically uploaded to your Facebook or Twitter Accounts. Your friends will be automatically updated on your vertical as well as the number of days you have on the slopes this year. Your friends with smartphones can then be alerted to your presence on the mountain also.

Realski is an Iphone app that has trail maps for 100 ski areas in North America. Hold the phone up and the interactive trail map locates trails, restaurants and restrooms. Screen shots can also be posted on Facebook and Twitter. The app is free by the maps are $0.99 each.

Aspen Skiing Co has a new app coming that will provide updates on snowball and grooming as well as buy lessons or make dinner reservations. (I know my friends will be using the dinner reservation feature a lot in Aspen……Table for 12 at McDonalds please…)

OnTheSnow.com, wned by Vail has a free IPhone Gear Guide app that provides show reports. One is also coming for iPad this winter. (You ski with an iPad?)

The ultimate technology non-app this year will be the Zeal OpticsRecon Instrument’s goggle the Transcend with the integrated display. The display will show you your speed, time, altitude, distance, vertical, temperature and location.

Remember when you are riding, to think about what you are doing. Pay attention to what and where rather than how fast or how big on a screen. I can personally attest to the issues caused by trying to add bigger numbers to an app rather than enjoying the experience.

Technology is so fun, but not as fun as riding!

To see more read Ski resorts storm the slopes with new apps.

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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Poor Snow Making Technique

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Merry Christmas

Please enjoy this holiday season!

Friday, December 24, 2010

CAIC Companion Rescue Workshop by

Colorado Avalanche Information Center and Arapahoe Basin are hosting a Companion Rescue Workshop.

Arapahoe Basin Ski Area

January 6, 2011 8:00am to 5:30pm

Cost: $100 + lift ticket (participants will be eligible for a group rate ticket)

Come with your touring partners and the gear you carry into the backcountry. We’ll spend the morning talking about rescue technology and techniques. The afternoon we’ll spend in the field putting what you learned into practice. Field sessions will include skill stations and mock rescue scenarios. This workshop is focused on small group companion rescue, but it suitable for experience and professional rescue workers. The event is sponsored by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, RECCO, Arapahoe Basin, and the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education.

Click here for the schedule.

Click here to register online or call 303-866-2611

Show Up and Support the CAIC!



Thursday, December 23, 2010

Sun Valley adding 3 groomers to its fleet

2 Prinoth Bisons and a Prinoth Beast. 

Sun Valley Resort’s grooming fleet will be increased with two Prinoth Bisons and the largest snow grooming vehicle available – the Prinoth Beast.

Already eight strong for a total of 11, Sun Valley’s grooming fleet has consistently raised the bar for excellence in grooming over the years.

This season, Sun Valley’s 75th, should be no exception.

The Prinoth Beast, the grooming world’s latest technology, takes the place of two of Sun Valley’s older cats with increase in horsepower (520), increase in size, (23 feet wide), and productivity. This horsepower will enable the vehicle to climb Sun Valley’s long, continuous runs (3,400 vertical ft.) much faster and more efficiently.

The new Bison will replace Dollar’s old cat and offers the operator increased visibility, new operator controls and the latest technology.

The third grooming vehicle is a Bison winch cat which will replace one of Sun Valley’s old winch cats, increasing the winch cat fleet’s capability to groom additional steep runs.

“This sizable investment on our mountains is a strong statement as to our commitment for maintaining the best snow surface possible for our guests,” Peter Stearns, Director of Mountain Operations, said.

Sun Valley Resort 1 Sun Valley Rd. Sun Valley, ID 83353


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Monday, December 20, 2010

It’s Dumping --- if you don’t all ready know it!

That’s what Colorado Ski Country is saying!





Friday, December 17, 2010

Mouth of the Marmot December 2010

Each month the Leadville (Timberline) Campus of Colorado Mountain College (home of the Ski Area Operations program) publishes an update of what is going on around campus. It is called the Mouth of the Marmot. I thought as many of the readers of this blog are CMC graduates you might light to see what is going on around campus.







Thursday, December 16, 2010

Bode Miller to Serve as Ambassador for Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month

Olympic Gold Medal winner Bode Miller will serve as an Ambassador for Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month (LSSM) organizers announced today. Miller is sponsored by HEAD Ski Company, also a sponsor for LSSM. He joins famous extreme skier, Glen Plake as an Ambassador for LSSM.

Miller is the most decorated U.S. Skier of all time. He is a five-time Olympic medalist: Gold (Combined), Silver (SuperG), and Bronze (Downhill) in Vancouver 2010; Silver (Combined) and Silver (Giant Slalom) in Salt Lake City 2002. Bode has two overall World Cup Titles (2004-05 & 2007-08); four Discipline Titles: Giant Slalom in 2003-04, SuperG in 2004-05, SuperG in 2006-07; and Super Combined in 2007-08.
Overall, Bode has 32 career World Cup wins and ranks seventh with most wins in Alpine Skiing history among males. He has the most World Cup wins in the history of American alpine ski racing - with four World Championship Gold Medals in Downhill, Super G, Combined, and Giant Slalom. He is one of only two men to win a World Cup race in all four disciplines in a single season (Downhill, Super G, Slalom, and Giant Slalom). Bode holds the record for most consecutive races skied – 136 (March 2002 – Jan. 2006).
Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month (LSSM) is a national initiative in the U.S. to encourage children and adults to get out on the snow during January and take lessons from a professional instructor. More than 300 resorts throughout the U.S. are offering free or affordable programs directed to beginners and those with some experience.

Miller has a history of supporting activity programs. Miller and his family started The Turtle Ridge Foundation (TurtleRidgeFoundation.org), a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting adaptive and youth sports programs and athletic opportunities throughout the United States. This is an active and exciting way for Bode to engage with his fans and supporters and motivate communities to participate in healthy life-style choices that they might not otherwise be exposed to.

“The challenge in life for most people is making the conscious decision to do good for others or to do nothing. It’s the choice that defines the individual,” says Miller. “I’m pleased to be working with Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month to encourage children and adults to get involved with skiing and snowboarding. With childhood obesity at an all-time high, this program makes it easy for anyone to take some lessons and get some exercise out on the snow.” 

Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month is an industry initiative organized by the National Ski Areas Association, the Professional Ski Instructors of America, the American Association of Snowboard Instructors, SnowSports Industries America, the National Ski Patrol, numerous state and regional resort associations, rep associations, retailers and the snow sports media.

A Snow Sports Industry Initiative/skiandsnowboardmonth.org

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Interesting series of articles

Author can’t seem to make up his mind.
Part 1: 5 Reason To Snowboard, Not Ski
Part 2: 5 Reason To Ski, Not Snowboard
Part 3: 5 Reasons To Ski And/Or Snowboard

The articles were written by:

Brad Farmer
Consultant, Writer
www.marketingfarmer.com
brad@marketingfarmer.com
760-505-8537
P.O. Box 1418
Solana Beach, CA 92075

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Thursday, December 9, 2010

6 Apps for Skiing

Just don’t lose your phone while riding the lift.
Mashable has a great article on six apps for skiing. The apps are:

1. REALSKI Augmented Reality

2. Vail’s EpicMix App

3. iTrailMap 3D

4. Snow and Ski Report by REI

5. Elevation Pro

6. snowEdge

RealSki allows you to hold up your phone and it will tell you what you are looking this. The app identifies runs as well as other things on the mountain. The RealSki video was filmed at Copper Mountain and Vail.

See Skiing and Snowboarding: 6 Apps For Conquering the Slopes.

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

New AHA guidelines for CPR are out.

American Heart Association has adopted the compression only CPR.

The major change from the old guidelines is compressions are now the first thing to be done. In the past breathing was more important and started first: CAB rather than ABC.
· Compressions
· Airway
· Breathing
The old order was ABC, Airway, Breathing, Compressions.

Compressions are supposed to be 100 per minute or the same beat as the Bee Gee’s Song Staying Alive.
An AHA video about the new guidelines can be found here. The video is excellent!

General information and news about the AHA and the guidelines can be found here at: 2010 AHA Guidelines for CPR & ECC.
 
To see the complete guidelines go to: 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science
 
Thanks to Dr. Christopher Van Tilburg for this head’s up on his blog Mountain Rescue Doctor.

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Thursday, December 2, 2010

SIA Snow Show Reaches Sold Out Status


Snow Show will feature over 800 brands, 90+ new exhibitors at Colorado Convention Center

McLean, VA (Nov 11, 2010) – SnowSports Industries America (SIA) announced today it has sold out their exhibit booth space for the upcoming 2011 SIA Snow Show, which will run Jan. 27-30 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.  The annual Snow Show is expected to draw over 18,000 attendees including suppliers, retailers, reps, athletes and professionals from the snow sports industry. The sold-out Snow Show will feature over 800 snow sports brands throughout 300,000+ square feet of exhibit space including 90+ new exhibitors.

With over 90 new companies exhibiting at the 2011 Snow Show – either making their first appearance or returning to SIA after taking a break from the Show -- attendees will discover plenty of new faces, products and companies alongside their longtime favorites during the four-day event. 

“I first came to the SIA through the Ski Channel in 2008 and it felt like the entire snow sports industry came together in one spot and that’s just the ideal situation for networking. That’s really why our new brand -- Skihoe decided to invest in a booth at the SIA,” said first time exhibitor, Sinah Hoenig, CEO, Skihoe, Inc.
For other companies, the Snow Show’s Colorado location has been an incentive to exhibit.
"Having the Show in Denver is a huge benefit for us," said Joel Grabenstein, marketing and promotions manager at Yakima. "Its proximity to some of the best skiing and riding in the world makes it a better venue, especially with the demo being at Winter Park. The Show seems re-energized with our key retailers walking the Show."

“SIA is a natural step for us as we expand our presence in the ski and snowboard markets,” said Marc Barros, Contour’s co-founder and CEO “It’s the ideal place for us to have meaningful dialogue with both retailers and key members of the vertical and broad-based media.”

For a complete list of 2011 Snow Show exhibitors please click here.

From January 27-30, 2011, the snow sports industry will take over downtown Denver to celebrate their passion for all things snow. The 2011 SIA Snow Show will once again celebrate the industry and deliver the hottest snow sports trends, innovations, educational seminars, product presentations, personalities, events, concerts, meetings, and parties. Attendees conduct business that can only happen at the Show – viewing full color-lines and major trends for winter 2011.12, meeting with key principals, and networking with industry leaders face-to-face.

The 2011 SIA Snow Show will be followed by a two day On-Snow Demo and Ski-Ride Fest, January 31 & February 1 at Winter Park Resort and Devil’s Thumb Ranch. In partnership with CCSAA (Cross Country Ski Areas Association) and in conjunction with WWSRA's (Western Winter Sports Reps Association) Rocky Mountain Demo, this is where for the first time-globally, the market can try out the equipment and experience the latest technologies for ski, snowboard, AT, backcountry, cross country and snowshoe while mixing with their peers on the hill.

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