| a) | Shall provide the Alpine Responsibility Code to students and parents, see |
| b) | Shall provide to students and parents a list of mandatory safety equipment including, but not limited to, a CSA (Canadian Standards Association) approved helmet for all activities and wrist guards for snowboarders. |
| Prior to arriving at the mountain: |
| c) | Shall ensure everyone is accounted for by taking attendance of participants. |
| While on the mountain: |
| d) | Shall, immediately upon arriving at the ski area, or earlier if possible, ensure students are advised about any special hazards: ice, white- outs, extreme cold and wind, sun burn, avalanche, etc., which are known to exist or are anticipated. |
| e) | Shall instruct students on procedures to follow in case of an accident (i.e. have one person stay with the injured student, cross skis to indicate the location of the accident, quickly get the ski patrol). |
| f) | Shall inform students about the ski run/trail designation icons (i.e. green circles = easy; blue square = intermediate; black diamonds = difficult) and review which areas are out-of-bounds. |
| g) | Shall arrange to have individual students’ ability assessed through the ski mountain and the students shall be advised to ski only on runs within their assessed ability. Students shall be told not to participate in any activities beyond their assessed ability level. |
| h) | Shall advise students to stay with their group. For younger students it is preferred that the groups be composed of four or more students.
The groups should be arranged according to ability level. The buddy system is strongly advised. |
| i) | Shall instruct students not to carry out any aerial skiing and/or extreme skiing/snowboarding. |
| j) | Shall designate specific meeting times and places as required (e.g. lunch, end of day). |
| k) | Shall ensure that most of the supervisors will be on the slopes during any “free time”, unless they are with students who aren’t on the slopes and except for natural breaks for meals, etc. |
| l) | Shall arrange for a predetermined location to meet in case of emergencies, ensure that supervisors check in regularly at this location, and that students are all informed of this location. Some ski hills prefer that one supervisor carry a “beeper” or cellular phone and provide the mountain first aid staff with the number at the beginning of the skiing session. |
| m) | Shall regularly check with mountain personnel to determine if any student has required medical attention. |
| Prior to leaving the mountain: |
| n) | Shall ensure everyone is accounted for by taking attendance of participants. |
