Risk prevention
Municipal decree
The use of the domain is subjected to a municipal decree. It specifies:
- Ski area zones and spaces
- Security measures
- Rescue organization
- Skiers’ obligations
10 essential safety rules to know
1- Respect for others.
Users must not endanger or harm others through their behaviour or equipment.
2- Controling speed and behavior.
All users must adapt their behaviour to :
- Their personal abilities
- General terrain and weather conditions
- Snow conditions
- Traffic density
3- Choice of direction by the person upstream.
Anyone upstream must choose their trajectory in such a way as to protect the safety of anyone downstream.
4- Overtaking.
You can overtake from the front or the back / the right or the left. It must always be wide enough to prevent the person being overtaken from moving.
5- At track crossings or when setting off.
All users must check upstream and downstream to ensure that it is safe to do so.
6- Stopping.
All users must avoid stopping in narrow sections of piste or where they cannot be seen; in the event of a fall, the user must get off the piste as quickly as possible.
7- Ascending and descending on foot.
Users forced to ascend or descend a piste on foot must use the edge of the piste and ensure that neither they nor their equipment are a hazard to others.
Abiding by information, piste markings and signs
Users must take into account information about the weather conditions, state of the pistes and snow conditions. They must abide by the piste markings and signs.
9- Assistance.
Anyone witnessing or involved in an accident must provide assistance, in particular by raising the alarm. If necessary, users must assist members of the piste patrol if requested to do so.
10- Identification.
Anyone witnessing or involved in an accident is required to make him/herself known to the rescue services and/or third parties.
A look at signage
Whether mobile or fixed, the signage put in place by piste patrollers is indispensable to everyone, whatever your activity on the pistes.
It’s there to inform you and warn you of possible dangers, and the pisteurs are responsible for updating it every day. So it’s imperative that you respect it and never move or damage it. Similarly, protective mattresses must not be removed.
A few examples
Here are some examples of the signage you can find on the estate:
- Round markers on the side of the piste are very important for the ski patrollers and for you if there is an accident. They show you the colour of the piste, the name of the piste and they all have a number. If an accident occurs, tell the ski patrollers the name of the piste and the number of the marker, so the ski patroller can arrive as quick as possible.
- Totems : show piste directions, restaurants and how to go to other sectors of the ski area.
- Black and yellow poles : show dangers, e.g. Rocks, cliffs or any dangers on the pistes.
- Green, blue, red or black sticks or poles : indicates the side of the pistes. A fluorescent orange colour is used on the top of the sticks or poles to distinguish the right side. In case of bad visibility, it is a good way to stay on the pistes and not to get lost.
- Nets (Slow) : are put on the slopes to show crossings, dangers or narrow passages. Be careful, go slow.
- The Freeride information totems: they are installed on every massif in order to increase customers awareness of the risks taken at the end of the slopes : weather forecast, snow quality, avalanches and important events that have occured recently (natural, artificial, accidental), ski run map.
