Grades Shown and linked are developed by the Snow Sports Safety Foundation
Colorado Ski Areas
Colorado Ski Areas will be evaluated in the 2018/19 ski season. Meanwhile a Provisional Grading has been developed, shown here
Utah Ski Areas
to come in 2019/20
Eastern Ski Areas
Future Evaluations to come
Canada Ski Areas
Future Evaluations to come
FAQs
How were the Provisional Grades for Colorado established?
Using data from the Summit Daily series 'Whiteout' a metric that involves the 10 year fatality count, skier visits, acres, and skier density was generated. Ski areas were compared and a mean, upper/lower standard deviation bound calculated. Those better/worse than the bounds were assigned grades.