Ski Travel Insurance 

If you’re looking for ski holiday insurance, then you’re in the right place! Here at Snowcard Insurance Services, we have been providing skiers with flexible, adaptable ski cover insurance solutions and peace of mind since 1990, discover more about our ski trip insurance.

As one of the UK’s longest serving specialist providers of winter ski insurance, we cover a range of winter sports including on and off-piste skiing, with or without a guide. All of our ski holiday insurance policies include invaluable search and rescue insurance, necessary for travel in the mountains. 

Whatever your style of skiing, we have the policy to suit your needs with what we believe to be the best ski travel insurance available, with the best specialist travel underwriter in the UK, Ageas Insurance. Their in-house 24/7 emergency service, Assistance International provides an award-winning claims service for skiers. That is why they have been looking after our clients for over 30 years, a unique relationship in the modern travel insurance market with many years of shared experience in providing ski travel insurance to experienced skiers.

Taking chances on the slopes without adequate ski cover is a problem (the FCO estimates around 1 in 5 skiers ignores the need for ski travel insurance). For skiers particularly, this can be a costly risk. Should you require medical assistance, or even helicopter rescue in an emergency situation, then you’ll need to be covered with ski travel insurance. Average claims costs are over £1000 even if you have a European Health Insurance Card. If you need a helicopter rescue and hospitalisation is involved, average costs exceed £5000, serious injuries can run into much higher figures, especially in North America where claims regularly exceed £50,000. 

With a Snowcard policy, we can provide specialist ski cover for the following based activities;

• Nordic cross-country skiing
• Pipe and park freestyle skiing and snowboarding
• Skiing - on and off piste with or without a guide
• Ski-biking and ski bobbing (non-motorised, on piste only)
• Ski racing/training (as an amateur or junior, excluding national team members or major international events)
• Ski touring (ascending using skins) - back country skiing or snowboarding, skidoo, snowcat or helicopter skiing
• Ski mountaineering - alpine ascents using mountaineering equipment (European destinations only)
• Ski cover Insurance Skiing On and Off Piste

Off piste, ski insurance is vital if you are an accomplished skier looking to venture off marked trails and leave the pisted controlled slopes behind.

As an established specialist provider of ski travel insurance, we understand our customers’ requirements when it comes to skiing, which is why we can offer cover for skiing on and off-piste with or without a guide, allowing you to enjoy your adventure with security and peace of mind. 

The Swiss Federal Institute For Forest, Snow and Landscape Research website outlines each avalanche danger level with the European Danger Scale. You should be aware of these guidelines as failure to exercise a duty of care and triggering avalanches that cause other skiers or snowboarders injury or death has recently landed the unaware in court! Don’t delay and buy your ski cover insurance today.

Why Take Out Travel Insurance for Skiing With Snowcard?

As for any holiday or trip abroad, the last thing you want to think about is what could go wrong, and that’s why we provide access to 24/7 emergency assistance no matter where you are in the world. Our ski holiday insurance policies are designed to respond in a crisis, and whilst our premiums are competitive for the high level of cover we give, it’s important to know when comparing quotes for ski travel insurance that standard, budget or cheap policies typically provide you with much lower levels of cover, often underwritten by insurers with little or no experience of the mountains. Our ski holiday insurance is suitable for all skiers, find out further information about our insurance policies today.

Snowcard policies are tailored to ensure you have protection specific to you and depending on the cover options you select include cover for:

Emergency Medical Expenses, Rescue & Repatriation (automatically included on all policies)

• Personal Liability
• Personal Accident

Personal Belongings

• Ski Equipment
• Techno pack – for cameras and electronics

Cancellation & Curtailment

• Travel Delays
• Missed Departure
• Travel Disruption
• Piste Closure

If you’re new to skiing and planning a ski holiday for the first time, then you may want to read how to stay safe on the slopes, a guide produced by GOV.UK. This will help you choose the right ski holiday insurance for you as well as providing you with further information about skiing.

If you would like to find out further information about our ski insurance or want to enquire about our ski cover policies then please get in touch with us today. We’ve been offering quality ski travel insurance to people across the globe for over 30 years. To get in touch with us you can use our contact form or call us on: 01702 427273. We would more than happy to answer any queries you may have about our ski insurance.