 Poster: A snowHead
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Are there any insurance compaines that people have found that provide cover to ride off-piste without a guide?
My usual go to is Snowcard but I wondered if there were any alternative and cheaper options around. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Sn00ks, have you tried searching? It's discussed at length many times
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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i use BMC whch covrs most activities you would do on holiday.
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@johnE, don’t know if things have changed, but BMC insurance for many years had a clause to the effect “excludes ‘extreme’ skiing”. No one at the BMC was able to define extreme for me so I avoided. If @Sn00ks, has no intention to tackle anything steep then no problem. If he does, then I would still avoid.
The Austrian Alpine Club has no such exclusions
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Sn00ks, This has been discussed at length on a few occasions. The Alpenverein insurance (through the UK branch, Austrian Alpine Club) covers rescue costs without any restrictions about guides, terrain etc (not the greater ranges ie below 6000m) plus public liability etc but does not really cover medical costs for which you need to make separate arrangements. For most UK based folk this plus a GHIC & standard travel insurance should be sufficient but there are those who worry that there might be some unlikely set of circumstances for which this wont work.
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I used these guys https://www.mpibrokers.com/
Prices seem to have gone up a fair bit across the board, but as others have said do a search, loads of info.
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Well I've done a few searches and I think I'll stick with Snowcard with a Carre Neige top-up.
It might be a bit pricey but I think it will cover everything.
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