Liberty, Whitetail, and Roundtop are all playing it safe. All three ski resorts -- located several hours drive from Baltimore -- participated in National Safety Month held in January .
The Safety Initiative campaign -- Heads Up -- was created to help ski area operators address slop safety education for their guests. The National Ski Areas Association, along with the National Ski Patrol, the Professional Ski Instructors of America, the American Association of Snowboard Instructors, and Willis and AIG insurance companies were instrumental in creating the Heads Up campaign. The primary goal is to continue to reduce the frequency of accidents, while communicating a proactive, strong safety message.
Heads Up is just one of a number of campaigns designed to keep kids, tweens, teens, and adults safe while skiing. Lids on Kids -- developed by the National Ski Areas Association -- seeks to educate parents about the need for people of all ages to wear helmets, particularly children, tweens, and teens. Lids on Kids is a kid-friendly website. Kids can learn the Responsibility Code:
- Always stay in control.
- People ahead of you have the right of way.
- Stop in a safe place for you and others.
- Whenever starting downhill or merging, look uphill and merge.
- Use devices to prevent runaway equipment.
- Observe signs and warnings, and keep off closed trails.
- Know how to use the lifts safely.
Source for Responsibility Code: Lids on Kids.
Other ski safety campaigns:
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