To create the safest possible mountain experience for our guests and staff.
Mission statement for the Whistler Blackcomb Safety Department

Helmet Usage

Whistler Blackcomb recommends wearing helmets for skiing and riding. Skiers and snowboarders are encouraged to educate themselves on the benefits and limitations of helmet usage. The primary safety consideration, and obligation under the Alpine Responsibility Code, is to ski and ride in a controlled and responsible manner.

Tree Well Information And Safety Tips

Natural hazards such as tree wells occur within and outside of the ski area boundary. Whistler Blackcomb would like to remind all guests to ski and ride with care, obey all mountain signage, and ski/ride with a partner or group.

A tree well is a hole or depression that forms around the base of a tree while snow accumulates. A tree well incident occurs when a person falls, head first, into an area of deep snow around the base of a tree and becomes immobilized. The more the person struggles the more entrapped in the snow they become. The risks of a tree well accident or fatality can be reduced by following these basic practices:

• Always ski or ride with a partner
• Keep your partner in sight and stay in visual contact so they can see you if you fall
• Stay close enough to either pull or dig each other out

The Alpine Responsibility Code

The points listed in the Alpine Responsibility Code are the rules of the road when you are on the mountain. The Mountain Safety Team, the Ski Patrol, and the Terrain Park Rangers will stop and let guests know when they are not following the code. Failure to follow the Alpine Responsibility Code could result in consequences ranging from a one-on-one Safety Awareness Seminar with a Ski Patroller to a lifetime suspension from Whistler Blackcomb. So take it easy out there. Give people some space.

Please respect all ropes, signage and ski area boundry markers. All may indicate possible dangers that may not be readily apparent. In particular, the snow making water resevoirs on both mountains are roped off from public access, clearly signed and should be avoided.