Before heading out onto the slopes, every winter sports enthusiast should familiarise themselves with the most important safety rules. Skiing and snowboarding, like all sports, involve risks. Especially when many skiers and snowboarders are on the slopes, it is important to look out for one another, show consideration, and act responsibly to avoid accidents. Then nothing stands in the way of enjoying winter sports across up to 2,843 kilometres of slopes in as many as 88 ski resorts in the SuperSkiCard-regions.

For anyone with a brain - protect it!
We recommend that you wear a helmet.

FIS rules for conduct apply to all skiers and snowboarders. Every skier and snowboarder is obliged to recognise and follow these rules. Anyone who causes an accident while contravening the rules, will be held liable under civil and criminal law.

Here you can find the videos on the FIS Rules for Conduct (in German).

1. Respect for others
Every skier and snowboarder must behave in a manner that does not endanger or cause damage to others.

2. Control of speed and skiing or snowboarding
Every skier and snowboarder should ski with care and attention. They must adapt their speed and the way they ski to suit their ability level and the terrain, snow and weather conditions, as well as the density of activity.

3. Choice of route
A skier or snowboarder approaching from behind should choose their line in such a way that they
do not endanger the skier or snowboarder in front of them.

4. Overtaking
Overtaking may be carried out from uphill or downhill, from the right or from the left, but only at a distance
that leaves plenty of room for the skier or snowboarder who has been overtaken plenty of room for all their manoeuvres

5. Entering, starting and moving upwards
Any skier or snowboarder who is approaching an exit, after a stop or who wants to swing up a slope, must ensure from top to bottom that they are doing so without any risk to themselves or to others.

6. Stopping on the piste
Any skier or snowboarder must avoid stopping at narrow or unclear points on a run when it is not an emergency or at sections which are complicated.
A skier or snowboarder who has fallen must clear any such areas as quickly as possible.

7. Climbing and descending on foot
A skier or snowboarder who is ascending or descending on foot must use the edge of the ski run to do so.

8. Respect for signs and markings
Every skier and snowboarder must respect all signs and markings.

9. Assistance
In the event of accidents, every skier and snowboarder is obliged to provide assistance.

10. Identification
Every skier and snowboarder, whether witness or the person involved, whether they are responsible or not,
must provide their personal details in the event of an accident.

We would like to point out that closures may be carried at any time should the need arise.
For slope closures in a respective ski region, please see the homepage for the region or the ski area.
Information about slope closures for ski tourers can also be found on the homepage of individual ski areas.

All slopes in the SuperSkiCard-regions are safeguarded against avalanches. We recommend that all winter athletes use the prepared and secured slopes. Leaving a secured piste area is associated with an elevated risk and has risks that are not within the remit of the cable car operators. Anyone who is out and about in open, unsecured terrain should definitely get information on the avalanche warning level beforehand. Current information on snow and weather conditions can be found on the following pages: