Friday 6 March 2009

Slope Rescue Card

What a good idea!
All ski insurance covers you for personal injury & third party liability but usually does not cover the cost of actually getting you off the mountain at the time of injury, its more likely to have to stand that cost out of your own pocket/credit card and then claim it back from your insurance company at a later date.
The ski resort of Sölden offers a solution to the problem as shown below (information taken directly from the Sölden website):
As we read it you pay an extra 10 Euros when you buy your lift pass and you are covered.
Gail & Mervyn.

The "Sölden Slope Rescue Card" is available at the ski area's ticket offices and only in conjunction with a valid ski pass. The Rescue Card does not have to be bought together with the ski pass, but it must have been purchased before the insured event occurred. The Mountain Rescue Card's validity expires on the same day as your ski pass and cannot be prolonged.


Sölden Slope Rescue Card per person and ski pass € 10,00


The Slope Rescue Card includes the following:
Rescue service is free for injured persons within the entire Sölden Ski Area (Gaislachkogl, Giggijoch/Hochsölden and the Glacier Ski Area). Depending on the gravity of the injury, the rescue card includes transport by ski lift, Akja sleds, ambulance or the Sölden Rescue Helicopter (Alpin 2) to the nearest doctor in Sölden or if necessary to the next hospital.


Tip:
Should your insurance not cover mountain rescue services and you do not have any complimentary insurance (e.g. credit card insurance or accident cover offered by automobile associations, etc.) we strongly recommend you to purchase the Sölden Slope Rescue Card in order to avoid paying the cost of rescue services:

Rescue service from zone 1
(Gaislachkogl-mid-station, Giggijoch-station, top-to-bottom runs) € 100,-
Rescue service from zone 2
(Heidebahn, Gampe, Golden Gate) € 150,-
Rescue service from zone 3
(Glacier Ski Area) € 250,-


2. Sölden Rescue Helicopter (Alpin 2) transport to the valley and ambulance service to nearest doctor in Sölden:
all zones € 1.360,

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