Safety Week Calendar of Events

All Areas: 20% discount in all Summit Retail Shops on all GIRO helmets for the week of January 19th through the 26th. Stickers, buttons, zipper pulls and tattoos with chairlift and helmet safety messages will be distributed to guests. Increased signage and window paintings displaying the helmet and chairlift safety messages will be displayed.

Alpental: Schedule coming soon!

Summit West: Avalanche dog demonstrations Saturday, 1/19/08, and Sunday, 1/20/08, in the base area. Summit West Ski Patrol will host a safety carnival booth featuring fun safety activities and games 1/19 and 1/20.

Summit West and Summit Central: Ski Patrol snowmobile and sled displays showing safety equipment and first aid supplies with question and answer sessions 1/19 and 1/20. Chairlift model available for practicing safe loading and unloading procedures with tips and suggestions 1/19 and 1/20. Search and Rescue team on-site to communicate avalanche safety tips and answer questions 1/19 and 1/20.

Helmet Heroes

This year's safety focuses are on chairlift safety and helmet usage. Chairlift safety is everyone's responsibility. While wearing a helmet is an individual's choice, The Summit at Snoqualmie applauds our guests who wear helmets.  Here's why:

"A Norwegian study published in Journal of the American Medical Association in early 2006 showed a 60% decrease in head injuries in skiers wearing helmets. More recent research, including data from St. Anthony's Hospital, a Level One Trauma Center in Denver, shows that while wearing a helmet may not protect you against a fatality, it does provide significant protection against severe injury. Wearing a helmet may mean the difference between a grade I concussion, a fully recoverable injury, and a grade IV concussion, a permanent and often disabling injury, or worse." (Source -- Dr. Mark Wisner, D.O.) 

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