FIPS delegates attended the International Commission for Alpine Rescue (ICAR) congress in Borovets, Bulgaria 19-21 October 2016 hosted by Bulgaria Mountain Rescue and Bulgaria Red Cross. Some 320 delegates from throughout the world attended. The congress consisted of presentations, demonstrations together with the ICAR Assembly of Delegates meeting and the ICAR...
On 31 May 2016 the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that avalanches are an inherent risk of skiing when a skier is killed by an avalanche inside a resort boundary. The Fédération Internationale des Patrouilles de Ski (FIPS) and the Association of Professional Patrollers (APP) submitted an Amicus Brief (Friend...
The 20th FIPS Congress was hosted by Italy and held at Passo Tonale from 2-9 April 2016 with seventeen countries participating. There were approximately 150 international and 40 Italian attendees, with large contingents from both Canada and the USA. The congress opening ceremony featured welcome addresses by regional Lombardia government official...
// Post updated March 2017 // The FIPS Executive and the Rosa Khutor organising committee met last week, and have announced the dates for the XXI (21st) FIPS Congress in 2018. Dates: 20-27 January, 2018 Now you might be thinking that Russia is pretty cold in January, but don’t worry, you...
Yesterday, the Organising Committee issued the 4th issue of Snowflakes, the newsletter containing updated information about the upcoming XX FIPS Congress. The PDF file contains information about arrivals and transfers from the airpots Milan MALPENSA (MXP), Milan LINATE (LIN) and Milan ORIO AL SERIO (BGY). This latter is in...
With 40 days to go…. We have an amazing 144 international attendees plus local Italian patrollers attending the 2016 FIPS Ski Patrol Congress in Passo Tonale, Italy. If you want to attend, registrations close on 1st March 2016 so get in quick. You can register online from the conference page. Registered...
The main focus of this February newsletter is an update on the upcoming Congress at Adamello Ski Pontedilegno – Tonale, Italy in April. More that 130 attendees have registered and the highlights of the program are detailed. Looking forward to seeing many of you there. The newsletter also provides...
