NSAA Awards Eight Ski Areas with Annual Ski Area Safety Awards

Lakewood, CO (Friday, May 30, 2003) - The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) announced eight resort winners for its 2002/03 National Ski Area Safety Contest. The winners are NSAA member resorts of all sizes and from across the U.S. The winners were announced at NSAA's National Convention and Trade Show in San Diego, May 29 - June 1, 2003.

The annual Ski Area Safety Awards are given to ski areas that use innovative marketing programs to promote slope safety during National Safety Awareness Week in January. Boeri Ski and Snowboard Helmets sponsored National Safety Awareness Week 2003, which was held, Jan.18-24.

NSAA awarded two resorts each in four categories based on skier visits. The 2003 winners are:

1 million-plus skier/snowboarder visits category:
- Aspen Skiing Co., Colo.
- Vail, Colo.
500,000 - 1 million skier/snowboarder visits category:
- Killington, Vt.
- Squaw Valley, Calif.
250,000 - 500,000 skier/snowboarder visits category:
- Stratton, Vt.
- Mountain High, Calif.
0 - 250,000 skier/snowboarder visits category winners:
- Crystal Mountain, Mich.
- Windham, N.Y.

Honorable Mentions: Beaver Creek, Colo., Jackson Hole, Wyo., Sky Tavern, Nev., and Whistler, B.C.

"These winners involved their entire staffs in an effort to promote safety awareness. The resorts have done a remarkable job of educating guests and employees about the "Your Responsibility Code" and personal slope safety," said Tim White, NSAA Director of Education.

In addition to Safety Week posters and banners, the safety campaigns included safety mascots on the slopes, lift operations staff dressed in costumes, 'Heads Up, You're Responsible' brownies, prizes for guests who could recite the safety code, employee department contests, and on-mountain seminars given by ski patrol.

The National Ski Areas Association is a trade association for ski area owners and operators. NSAA formed in 1962 and is located in Lakewood, Colo.

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