A thought for the avalanche victims All members of FIPS and ski patrols throughout the world morn the deaths of at least five people caught in the avalanche that occurred at Bahcesaray in Van province, Turkey on 4 February 2020 and the subsequent tragic loss of life of more than 30 rescuers and the injury of...
Montreal, April 27th, 2018 Mark LABOW, a ski patroller for 70 years, has died this week in Ste Agathe, Quebec. Mark became interested in ski patrolling international relations in 1977 and founded FIPS in 1979 with like minded people from around the planet. The glue of similar interests and experiences bound together for the improvement...
The Russian Organising Committee has now released updated details of the Rosa Khutor resort including how to travel to Rosa Khutor from Sochi and the costs for bus, taxi and train. Hotel Rosa Springs information includes facilities being used for the FIPS2018 Congress, the opening ceremony will be in the Olympic Mountain Village and some...
Fédération Internationale des Patrouilles de Ski is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Avalanche Special Interest Group Coordinator, Fanny Bourjaillat, France. Fanny kindly writes an open letter to FIPS members to introduce herself. To all FIPS members, I was recently introduced as your new ‘’Avalanche SIG’’ manager… This post is here to present...
Following on from a very successful FIPS congress in Italy, the Medical Commission have been working on an Analgesia survey. We are interested in understanding the strategies that you use to improve a casualties pain management. This will enable us to better understand differences between both countries and resorts. We aim to develop guidelines to...
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 Commissions. The program consisted of practical...
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 of the Court) in May 2015...
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 and the two local mayors. Then...
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 Bergamo and is the closest to...
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 info on the four FIPS Special...
