Were off to Les Get in 5 weeks and my usualk travle insurance does not cover Mountain Biking. Can anybody recommend a decent company?

One day I will read something before I post it !!!!!!!!!!!! – Somebody keeps moving the keys around

http://www.snowcard.co.uk

Used them lots, small company, personal service, like you actually get to speak to a person, not even a call centre. Recommended.

http://www.dogtag.co.uk

Payed out £16,000 when I ruptured my spleen in Canada skiing – they do cover DH sports etc and have 10days or 21 days snow cover 🙂

£ 92 for a family of 4 sounds reasonable to me – thanks for that. just now need to take the brave pills

I get insurance through my LloydsTSB account, I call them and get cover for the period I'm out there. Also make sure you have your European Health Insurance Card (E11)

http://www.dogtag.co.uk

Payed out £16,000 when I ruptured my spleen in Canada skiing – they do cover DH sports etc and have 10days or 21 days snow cover

If you're using Dogtag for skiing, read their off-piste small-print very, very carefully.

If you don't ski off-piste, carry on!

mine is flexicover.co.uk (covers skiing and MTB, but does not cover races unless it's part of a general tuition course)

Only reason I have that rather than snowcard, dogtag, etc. is that you can specify country of residence, rather than needing to be UK res. (which I'm not)

just had an interesting call with Dog Tag to check on definition of "down hill". I'll be in a full face, on a 5 inch bike taking the cable car up from Morzine. They said, if you're going down the mountain, it is classified as downhill!!!?

Other insurers take the view that unless you're taking part in a race, and are on terrain that's accessible to all (i.e not a specific race track), then that's not classed as DH as such. I was very clear to decribe to them the Passportes du Soleil routs to them, but they were fine.

I used Snowcard, btw.

As soon as I said 'morzine' to the lady at snowcard she said it was level 4 – because you're using a lift to get to the runs and they are graded runs. The policy also says "Ski resort runs or similar" are in that Cat 4. I said I didn't see my riding is "downhill riding" but she said it wasn't really that kind of distinction. So have gone for the level 4, which at £56 pp wasn't so bad really and at least gives me peace of mind – better safe than sorry and don't have to argue, while wearning a full face helmet in the back of an ambulance that I wasn't DH riding!

+1 for Dogtag

A few years ago Dogtag said Morzine trip (mixture of DH and XC) was just classed at "mountaibiking" 🙂

bintangman – Member

just had an interesting call with Dog Tag to check on definition of "down hill". I'll be in a full face, on a 5 inch bike taking the cable car up from Morzine. They said, if you're going down the mountain, it is classified as downhill!!!?

I had much the same chat with Snowcard the other week. My advise is to check it and not make any assumptions, better safe than sorry.