Vail and Beaver Creek Ski Resorts receive top safety awards from the National Ski Area Association

Both Vail and Beaver Creek received top awards for their safety programs from the National Ski Areas Association, a nationwide ski industry trade organization.??www.nsaa.org.

The awards recognize ski resorts that have done an outstanding job of educating employees and guests about skiing and snowboarding safely and responsibly.? The two Colorado ski?resorts were chosen from among more than 70 others from around the country.

Vail Ski Resort

Beaver Creek Ski Resort was recognized for having the best overall safety program for a larger resort and has won the?award for the sixth straight year.? Beaver Creek?s safety program involves education in area schools, visits around the community with the mountain?s avalanche dogs, backcountry safety classes, and cartoon safety ambassadors Harry and Milli. The ski?patrollers, lift operators, ski school and everyone on the mountain participated in the safety program.

Vail Ski Resort was recognized for the best safety week program in January.? The program?included opportunities for the public to join the Ski Patrol on their daily sweep of the mountain, appearances by Pork Chop the safety pig and Henry the avalanche dog, helmet fittings, adult ski tip clinics and a safety fair with giveaways. Polls conducted by Vail Mountain also showed that skiers had a heightened awareness of mountain safety and said they felt safe while on the slopes.

The 2008-2009 Vail-Beaver Creek ski season closed with record snow, another reason to ski Vail.

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Make your plans to Ski Vail-Beaver-Creek, 2009-1010 now!

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