What’s at stake

Mountain sports contain risk and accidents by their nature are never planned. There are many things we can do to reduce risk, but we can’t eliminate it. No one ever pictures ending up in an emergency room, but we know it can happen.

We are in a unique time when our health care system is going to be maxed with the important work of treating patients and minimizing the impact of COVID-19. The last thing anybody needs is our backcountry accident adding pressure and taking up precious health resources. Being admitted to the hospital could cost another person their life.