Rules for ski tourers

Safe and fair ski touring on Lower Austria’s ski pistes.

• The golden rule: Keep warnings and barriers (avalanche dispersion, avalanche hazards, ski racing, etc.) in mind
• Look out for barriers: The use of snow-grooming vehicles – especially those with cable winches – may lead to life-threatening situations and injuries.
• Stay on the marked routes!
• Make sure you are a sufficient distance away from other skiers when crossing the pistes, and only cross where you can easily be seen. Follow the signs!
• Be visible! Make sure that you have sufficient lighting during the climb.

Caution & prudence: Keep a watchful eye.

• Snowfall, fog, storms or similar can cause poor visibility. Remember: It is not just your visibility, but also that of all other skiers or ski tourists, which is restricted.
• Attention: Cables measuring up to 1,000 m in length may be stretched across the piste, and are not recognisable. Collisions can be fatal!
• If a snow-grooming vehicle comes along, move to the side of the piste immediately!
• Walking on the pistes may cause damage to them such as the formation of holes, mounds or similar. Take care!
• Never directly follow a snow-grooming vehicle. The stopping distance for a standstill is just 50 cm!

Quality & consideration: Remember...

We promise quality and safety – and keep our promises. To be able to offer the best possible piste quality on a daily basis, the routes must be prepared as early as possible as the prepared snow needs 8 hours to harden. If the tracks freeze overnight, this can severely affect the quality of the pistes, and cause accidents for skiers. We therefore ask you:

• Not to use partly-prepared pistes. If this cannot be avoided, please stay in the edge area!
• And don’t forget: Never directly follow the snow-grooming vehicle!

Source: www.pistengehen.at/sicher-und-fair-regeln-fuer-pistengehen.html