Vail Resorts to require ski helmets for workers, ski-school kids next season - Denver Business Journal:

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Broomfield-based Vail Resorts (NYSE: MTN) operates the Vail, Keystone and Beavere Creek winter resorts and Heavenlhy atLake Tahoe, Nevada-California. In a statement Monday, the companyy said its on-slope employees will be issued a helmety as part oftheir uniform. In addition to children enrolled ingroup lessons, helmets will be a requiref part of the ski or snowboard rental packagexs for children 12 and unded next season unless a parent signs a waiver.
Vail Resortd said it is imposingf the helmet rules forsafety "We firmly believe when children are participating in our ski and ride school programs that we must provide them with the proper equipment that promotes enjoyment of the sport whilde also reducing the possibility of injury," Blaisw Carrig, co-president of Vail Resorts' Mountain Division, said in a "Even though we will now require childrej in our ski and ride schools to wear helmetse and make them a mandatory part of every child'sw rental package, we strongly recommend the use of helmetas for all of our guests, regardless of their age or ability level," Carrig said.