Ski Travel Insurance

Ski Insurance

If you’re looking for ski holiday insurance, then you’re in the right place! Snowcard Insurance Services has been providing skiers and snowboarders with flexible, adaptable ski insurance and peace of mind since 1990. Snowcard is the best value ski trip insurance, tried and tested for over 35 years.

As one of the UK’s longest serving specialist providers of winter sports ski insurance, Snowcard cover a wide range of winter sports activities including on and off-piste skiing with or without a guide. All of our ski holiday insurance policies include invaluable search and rescue insurance as standard, critical for travel in the mountains where heli rescue costs must be paid for by the injured skier. 

Ski Travel Insurance Activities

• Cross country langlauf skiing on marked resort trails
• Cross country langlauf skiing away from resort trails
• Skiing on and off piste with or without a guide on marked resort runs and unpisted trails on resort ski area maps
• Snow shoeing on marked resort trails
• Cross country langlauf ski marathon amateur events
• Snowboarding - on and off piste with or without a guide on marked resort runs and unpisted trails on resort ski area maps
• Ski touring (ascending using skins) - back country skiing or snowboarding including telemark, skidoo, snowcat or helicopter skiing
• Heli and snowcat skiing
• Snow shoeing away from marked resort trails
• Heli boarding and snowcat boarding
• Pipe and park freestyle skiing and snowboarding (but excluding competitions) 
• Ski touring (pulling pulks) - commercially guided tours only
• Ski mountaineering - alpine ascents using mountaineering equipment (European destinations only)
• Snowboarding in back country areas including heli boarding and snowcat boarding
• Split boarding - back country touring
• Ski mountaineering - alpine ascents using mountaineering equipment (Worldwide destinations)
• Ski touring (pulling pulks) - unguided - you must provide full details of the trip for acceptance before proceeding

As an established specialist provider of ski travel insurance, we understand customer 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! Snowcard ski cover insurance also includes personal liability insurance.

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 -  email. We are more than happy to answer any queries you may have about our ski insurance.