Stevens Safety Guideline
Know your responsibility code - It's posted on lift towers and on trail maps.Abbreviated Responsibility Code:
- Stay in control - avoid people and things.
- People ahead have the right of way.
- Stop where you are seen - don't block the run.
- When starting or merging, yield to others.
- Brakes or leashes must be used on your gear.
- Obey all signs and closures - READ THEM!
- Know how to use lifts before you get on.
- Enter the park through gates.
- Avoid closed jumps and rails - they're closed for a reason.
- Check out features before you go off them.
- Use spotters when landing isn't visible from above.
- Be polite. Call out your drop.
- Mark an injury/accident site with crossed skis or a snowboard (take snowboard off). Person sitting with snowboard on is normal. A person sitting with the snowboard off is not normal.
- Report accidents to lift operators/ski patrol/any other employee at Stevens Pass. Then STAY PUT! Ski patrol may need more info from you.
- If involved in a collision, exchange name and address with other person/people. THIS IS STATE LAW!
- Slow down in these areas--lots of beginners and small kids about.
- It's not about Control, it's about Speed.
- For families of different abilities. Watch for small kids and give them lots of room. Use other runs if possible.