National Safety Month: Copper Mountain Safety Fest 2015

National Safety Week  has now become National Safety Month!  The entire month of January is being dedicated to safety on the slopes .  Many Resorts across the country participate every year to educate skiers and snowboarders about being safe, and to use common sense on the slopes. Copper Mountain is taking part and is excited to recognize and support the National Ski Area Associations’ Safety Awareness Month with Copper’s Safety Fest.

A whole slew of activities are planned for the up coming weekend at Copper Mountain, Sat Jan 17 through Monday Jan 19; 9am – 4pm in Center Village at Copper. Here is the daily schedule and some of the other unique events taking place:

 

Daily Schedule:

9:00am – 2:00pm   Safety Fest in Burning Stones Plaza

10:30am –     Avalanche Class for Kids at the NSP booth

11:00am –     Avalanche Dog Demos in Center Village

12:30pm –     Avalanche Dog Demos in West Village

1:30pm –       Daily Prize Drawings in Burning Stones Plaza // $10,000 in Prizes

4:00pm –       Join Ski Patrol for closing mountain sweeps // Sign up at the Mountain Safety Patrol tent

Saturday, January 17th –

Flight for Life Landing – 10:00am at Patrol Headquarters

Sunday, January 18th –

Sally Francklyn tells the story of her life-changing ski injury – 1:20pm at Timberline Patrol

Have some fun and Know the Code friends!

~MTN Town Magazine

Photo Credits: Copper Mountain and NSAA

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