Safety & Risk Awareness

Safety First, Always

At Manning Park Resort, your family’s safety is our top priority.

The natural beauty of our park comes with inherent risks. Outdoor activities in and around the resort can expose guests to natural hazards. While these risks cannot be completely eliminated, they can be significantly reduced by staying alert, reading posted signs, and following the Responsibility Code.

Know the Code. Stay Safe.

We ask all visitors to take a few moments to review and understand the “Responsibility Code.” Every guest plays a role in maintaining a safe, controlled, and respectful environment.

By following these safety guidelines, you help ensure a positive experience for everyone at Manning Park Resort.

🔗 Learn more: Visit skisafety.ca for detailed safety codes and resources.

Have questions or concerns?

Don’t hesitate to contact us — our team is here to help with any safety-related inquiries.

exclusion of liability - assumption risks

It is a condition of your use of the premises and facilities and your participation in these activities that you assume all risk of personal injury, death or property loss resulting from any cause whatsoever, including negligence, breach of contract, or breach of any duty of care on the part of the resort operator.

Your legal responsibility as a user of the resort premises and facilities or participant in activities at the resort is explained in the following notice, which you will see posted around the resort.

Skiing, snowboarding, and cross country skiing (Nordic) involves various risks, dangers and hazards including, but not limited to the following:

Boarding, riding and disembarking ski lifts;
Changing weather conditions;
Avalanches;
Exposed rock, earth, ice, and other natural objects;
Trees, tree wells, tree stumps and forest deadfall;
The condition of snow or ice on or beneath the surface;
Variations in the terrain which may create blind spots or areas of reduced visibility;
Variations in the surface or sub-surface, including changes due to man-made or artificial snow;
Variable and difficult conditions;
Streams, creeks, and exposed holes in the snow pack above streams or creeks;
Cliffs; crevasses;
Snowcat roads, road-banks or cut-banks;
Collision with lift towers, fences, snow making equipment, snow grooming equipment, snowcats, snowmobiles or other vehicles, equipment or structures;
Encounters with domestic and wild animals including dogs and bears;
Collision with other persons;
Loss of balance or control; slips, trips and falls;
Accidents during snow school lessons;
Negligent first aid;
Failure to act safely or within one’s own ability or to stay within designated areas;
Infectious disease contracted through viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi which may be transmitted through direct or indirect contact;
Negligence of other persons; and NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF THE OPERATOR and its directors, officers, employees, instructors, agents, representatives, volunteers, independent contractors, subcontractors, sponsors, successors and assigns.

To learn more about the exclusion of liability and assumption of risks, please visit: https://skisafety.ca/

alternative snow sliding devices

Snow Skates and Pow Surfers are permitted at Manning Park Resort with prior approval/inspection from our operations managers, ski patrol, or lift supervisors. Approval must be provided prior to lift ticket purchase.

Please contact us before your trip.

The rider is required to be comfortable loading and unloading the lift, and the equipment must have a leash.

Snow bikes are not permitted at Manning Park Resort.

tubing responsibility code and rules

Snow Tubing responsibility code

There are elements of risk that common sense and personal awareness can help reduce. Regardless of how you decide to use the slopes, always show courtesy to others. Please adhere to the code listed below and share with other the responsibility for a safe outdoor experience.

There is a height restriction for the Polar Coaster – 42 inches (107cm or 3.5 ft) to ride. Children under 3.5 ft are not allowed to ride the Polar Coaster.
One person per tube in sitting position only. Maximum 2 tubes per group.
Before starting your decent, make sure the track is clear. Upon completion of your decent look uphill, clear the track immediately, exiting at marked areas only. Do not cross other tubing tracks.
Do not stop where you obstruct a track or are not visible from above.
If you are involved in or witness a collision, you must remain at the scene and identify yourself to a ski patroller.
You must not use lifts, or terrain if your ability is impaired by alcohol or drugs.
You must keep off closed tracks and obey officials, signs, and warnings at all times.
After completion of SNOW TUBING, return tube to storage corral. Tubes must remain within snow tubing park boundaries at all times.

Tube park rules

Tubing is fun, but…

No entrance permitted to the park without a valid snow tubing lift ticket.
All participants must follow attendants instructions. Failure to do so will result in removal of your lift tickets without refund.
There is a height restriction for the Polar Coaster – 42 inches (107cm or 3.5 ft) to ride. Children under 3.5 ft are not allowed to ride the Polar Coaster.
All minor age children are the responsibility of a parent or legal guardian at all times. Our staff will not be responsible for supervising/monitoring children’s activity. All parents, participants must realize and accept that there is no guarantee of your personal safety.
Ski boots are NOT permitted to be worn while snow tubing. Unsafe conduct will result in the removal of lift ticket without refund.
Chute/lane conditions vary with weather and use. Please be aware of conditions before purchasing snow tubing tickets. No refunds will be given. Use of any sliding device other than the tubes provided by Manning Park Resort is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.
Manning Park Resort will not be responsible for personal injury, damage, or wear to your clothing due to any cause whatsoever while you are engaged in snow tubing and/or any activity associated with snow tubing.
Only the Tubes that are provided by Manning Park Resort are allowed in the tubing area; other sliding equipment is not permitted.

alpine responsibility code

The Alpine Responsibility Code covers the basic rules of conduct, and must be followed, by all guests using Alpine terrain.

cross country responsibility code

Canadian ski patrol

The Canadian Ski Patrol is a volunteer organization who provide on-hill first aid – they are always recruiting new volunteers! Read more about them here: www.skipatrolvancouver.com

backcountry awareness

Going into the backcountry is an increasingly popular activity, and the terrain in EC Manning Provincial Park is a wonderful place to get into the great outdoors.

If you are heading into the backcountry, please make sure you are properly prepared. Manning Park Resort checks in-bounds terrain but does not forecast conditions for the backcountry, so make sure you inform yourself.

There are a number of great resources available:
Topographical maps of Manning Park are available in the Country Store and at the Nordic Centre.

To purchase a mobile map of Manning Park, go to http://www.clarkgeomatics.ca/ios.html (Manning Park/Skagit Park, BC – Map 104).

Backcountry Checklist

Do you have any backcountry knowledge or avalanche awareness training?
Does anyone know where you are going?
Do you have an updated weather forecast?
Have you read the latest public avalanche bulletin from the Canadian Avalanche Association? (1-800-667-1105)
Are you properly equipped with a shovel, transceiver, and probe?
Are you properly dressed?

No one will take care of you except yourself. If you have any questions, please talk to the ski patrol.

useful websites

Please note that Manning Park Resort does not have a check-in system. Please inform someone outside of the Resort of your backcountry plans and when to expect you.

At the Manning Park ski hill, you may encounter the following signs when heading beyond Apple Bowl Hike, towards Poland Lake, or any time you go outside of posted boundary limits.

Area Boundary

The area beyond this boundary is hazardous backcountry terrain. The area is uncontrolled, unmarked, not inspected, not patrolled, and involves many risks, dangers, and hazards including avalanche.

Be prepared for avalanche danger, weather changes, and terrain hazards.The area beyond this boundary is hazardous backcountry terrain.

Persons proceeding beyond this point should be trained and properly equipped for self-rescue.

Ski Area

Please Note:

For the safety and wellbeing of our alpine guests, we will no longer provide lift access to the top of the ski hill to foot traffic including snowshoers.
Parking at the Alpine Ski Area to access this trail is no longer permitted. Violators will be towed at the vehicle owner’s expense. Please park at Strawberry Flats.

For the safety of snowshoers, skiers, and riders, there is a brand new Winter Poland Lake & Backcountry Access trail that goes through the Manning Park Resort controlled recreation area.

Part 1 of the trail begins from Strawberry Flats, winding above Gibson Pass Road and providing stunning views of the surrounding mountains before exiting at the parking lot near the Bear Chairlift.

*New: A trail ticket is now required to enter the Manning Park Resort controlled recreation area, which is Part 2 of the trail. Please obtain a ticket from Alpine Guest Services Building upon entry to the ski area. This trail ticket is provided at no charge.

Part 2 of the trail climbs up through the ski area and the snowy forests of the Cascade Mountains. Uphill traffic only in permitted areas. Please follow all signage and flagging tape to stay on the trail, and watch for downhill traffic of skiers & riders in permitted area.