How many units of alcohol do you consume in a ski day?

NellyPS wrote:I hope everyone's aware that if you have an accident and you are found to have been drinking on the slopes, your insurance isn't valid.

"Drinking" being quantified as what exactly?

Tony_H wrote:

NellyPS wrote:I hope everyone's aware that if you have an accident and you are found to have been drinking on the slopes, your insurance isn't valid.

"Drinking" being quantified as what exactly?

Nelly is correct. Direct Travel (for example) have a general exclusion statement:

We will not cover you for any loss, injury, damage, illness, death or legal liability arising directly or indirectly
from, or consisting of, the following

e) the direct or indirect effect of you using alcohol or solvents;

http://www.direct-travel.co.uk/documents/current-policy-wording.pdf

If alcohol is found in your bloodstream at the time of a claim, this insurer would rightly not pay, as it's not in the contract.

Having a beer or alcoholic beverage on the mountain is part of the holiday isn't it? Nobody on this site would condone drunken behaviour on the slopes but one beer a lunch or in the afternoon is okay. Dare say alcohol levels in the blood stream would be a concern for some slope users especially the morning after the night before. Suppose a general guide would be to apply the uk drink drive limit when enjoying a glass of your favourite tipple.
Does anyone know what the legal limits are, are there any legal limits?

Finn

Finn, I completely agree with you. I would never consider getting hammered and then attemtping to ski, and I apply the 'drink/drive' attitude to skiing as well, one is ok.

I think if you appear to have had a skin full then I'm sure insurance would be out the window.

Tony_H wrote:

NellyPS wrote:I hope everyone's aware that if you have an accident and you are found to have been drinking on the slopes, your insurance isn't valid.

"Drinking" being quantified as what exactly?

This is the reason the snow police are called to an accident, first to see if drink is involved, second to see that a (hit man/woman has not been employed to see someone off) which believe it or not has happned before, not me though :twisted:

...and Bode Miller says...

"Talk about a hard challenge right there. ... If you ever tried to ski when you're wasted, it's not easy," Miller told "60 Minutes"... "Try and ski a slalom when ... you hit a gate less than every one second, so it's risky. You're putting your life at risk. ... It's like driving drunk, only there are no rules about it in ski racing."

Asked if the risk meant he would never ski drunk again, Miller replied "No, I'm not saying that."

:lol:...Dude!

snowb4ndit wrote:...and Bode Miller says...

"Talk about a hard challenge right there. ... If you ever tried to ski when you're wasted, it's not easy," Miller told "60 Minutes"... "Try and ski a slalom when ... you hit a gate less than every one second, so it's risky. You're putting your :shock: life at risk. ... It's like driving drunk, only there are no rules about it in ski racing."

Asked if the risk meant he would never ski drunk again, Miller replied "No, I'm not saying that."

:lol:...Dude!

My son is called Bode, edged our bets with the name that he was going to like skiing. Put his first pair of skis on aged 21 months & took to it like a duck to water. Worryingly though he likes hanging out in après ski bars with his parents & just like his namesake.

Finn

Finn wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:...and Bode Miller says...

"Talk about a hard challenge right there. ... If you ever tried to ski when you're wasted, it's not easy," Miller told "60 Minutes"... "Try and ski a slalom when ... you hit a gate less than every one second, so it's risky. You're putting your :shock: life at risk. ... It's like driving drunk, only there are no rules about it in ski racing."

Asked if the risk meant he would never ski drunk again, Miller replied "No, I'm not saying that."

:lol:...Dude!

My son is called Bode, edged our bets with the name that he was going to like skiing. Put his first pair of skis on aged 21 months & took to it like a duck to water. Worryingly though he likes hanging out in après ski bars with his parents & just like his namesake.

Finn

Great name :D