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Ever Read The Fine Print On A Ski Area Waiver? Here’s What You Sign Away…

Limited Liability

When you buy a ski pass to a mountain you have to sign a waiver. Most often you don’t read this waiver. But if you did, you’d find that you just signed away your liability towards that ski area. By signing the waiver the ski area is in no way liable for any harm/damages that you sustain while skiing there. […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | June 15, 2020
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Does Style Matter? | “Big Mountain Ethics” by Andreas Fransson

Top notch big mountain extreme skier Andreas Fransson recently got back from skiing and climbing in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca. He made some smart decisions about turning around in bad conditions and bad weather and feels like he got some flack about it. It dawned on him that big mountain skiing needs an ethics change. It’s not all about making the summit and skiing the big face – it’s about skiing a mountain with good style, good technique, and coming home in one piece. After enough thinking, he got to writing and this is what he had to […]

SnowBrains | September 4, 2013
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