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Safety tips for off-piste skiing

Safety tips for off-piste skiing and emergency telephone numbers.

Please note that you are skiing at your own risk! Suggested routes are only ideas.

Off-piste skiing is fun when you master the technique. The Bregenzerwald ski schools offer courses to this end.

It is essential to carefully plan a skiing tour. Base your planning on maps, and make sure you listen to the avalanche warning service and the weather report.

The correct equipment and clothing are essential safety factors.

Anyone skiing off piste needs avalanche equipment (avalanche search equipment, probe, avalanche shovel, First Aid kit) and also needs to know how to use such equipment: www.saac.at

Never set off too late. In winter, it starts getting dark around 4.30 p.m.

Never set off if it is snowing/foggy.

The skiing and mountain guides are familiar with the place and terrain and ensure that you safely reach your destination - and back home.

Emergency telephone numbers (free of charge)
112 European emergency number
140 alpine emergencies, Austria

Vorarlberg Avalanche Warning Service:
T +43(0)5522-1588
www.vorarlberg.at/lawine

Respect your boundaries
However, anyone out and about enjoying the countryside needs to keep in mind that it is also a very sensitive habitat for plants and animals which is worth protecting. Please don't take any short-cuts through forest paths, since they are often used by wild game as a refuge. Moreover, the edges of skis and snowboards can easily damage the young forest. Observe the no-go hunting areas and, if necessary, choose a different tour destination. It is with this in mind that we also appeal to you to respect preservation and conservation areas and to observe any restrictions.