CMC Ski Ops: Nagano Japan setting up a ski safety ordinance

Nagano town to set up ski safety ordinance

The Yomiuri Shimbun

NAGANO--The local government in Nozawaonsenmura, Nagano Prefecture, will submit a bill at its regular assembly in December for an ordinance requiring skiers to exercise due care, it has been learned.
The ordinance emphasizes self-responsibility, asking skiers to pay for rescue expenses in areas where skiing is prohibited, among other rules.

"This type of ordinance is unprecedented," a village official said.

The envisaged ordinance, which is intended to prevent accidents in areas where skiing is prohibited, will oblige skiers to follow both signs posted around the ski course and announcements made at ski grounds.
Ski ground operators also will be asked to place signs to showing course routes and more frequently patrol the area.

"Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of skiing in Japan. I would like [it] to be the first accident-free year at the local ski grounds," said Hiroaki Kono, president of Nozawa Onsen, a firm that operates a ski ground and other facilities in the area.
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