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Skiing (on/off-piste but on recognised and authorised areas only) insurance

 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead
Another off piste insurance question: we're insured with Top Dog for travel insurance, which includes winter sports.

It says on the policy small print that it covers "Skiing (on/off-piste but on recognised and authorised areas only)". I suspect that if I ring them up to ask I won't get a clear answer as to what 'recognised and authorised areas' are. It sounds like a very large grey area of snow frequented by lawyers to me.

Anyone hazard a guess at what this is and whether it's likely to cover me messing around between pistes in Tignes?
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
You'll be fine.
In Europe there are not many not-authorised areas except closed runs or areas they are trying to get new trees to grow (always marked on map and roped off with a sign on the slopes) and sometimes National Park areas (unless you are with a guide). Other ropes near the top of lifts are normally just to let you know that you are leaving the piste (and there will normally be a sign saying so).


Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Thu 25-02-10 15:27; edited 2 times in total
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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?
Since there isn't any sense in the description "recognised and authorised" in the first place, you won't get any sensible answer. There are various threads on this sort of thing you could look up. pam w mentions Dogtag in this one:

http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=59202&highlight=

My own take on "messing around between pistes" is that you would be ok, but that is from an unrecognised and unauthorised source so don't break a leg and quote me. wink
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Great stuff, thanks for the advice. not planning on doing much and hopefully no leg breakage Smile

I think Dogtag and Topdog are different insurers though...
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[quote="paulg"
I think Dogtag and Topdog are different insurers though...[/quote]

My poor reading. Embarassed
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I would want a definition from the insurers before relying on this.

Being a little bit off piste is, to some insurers, like being a little bit pregnant.

If its OK to ride the soft stuff between Tigne's pistes, why not Vallon Perdu or even Vallon de Sache?

We saw a skier cartwheeling down no more than 20ft from a piste, skis still attached. Fortunately he got up and was OK. Had he broken a leg or his back and the piste rescue chaps recorded the recovery as off piste, his insurance may have been void.

There are quite a few insurance companies that do cover off piste and without a guide. If you feel its worth having winter sports insurance (you would be insane to go without it), make sure its right for your skiing/boarding activities.
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