The best snowboarding travel insurance cover is the policy that matches your individual travel needs. Anyone travelling to embark on a snowboarding adventure should make sure their policy includes enough equipment, personal possessions cancellation and emergency medical treatment cover as a minimum. Plus, if you plan on going rogue while you’re on the slopes, it’s important to have the right protection for this. For example, cover to snowboard off-piste, protection to heli-snowboard. Basically, the right cover for you will vary depending on what you want your trip to look like.

Wherever you’re planning to snowboard, whether it’s in the UK, Europe, or worldwide, to make sure you’re fully protected against any unexpected events that could happen on a snowboarding break, you’ll need snowboarding travel insurance cover.

Snowboarding travel insurance protection can be slightly cheaper in European countries compared with worldwide cover, and you may be able to use the Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) in some EU countries to cover certain medical treatment. However, you must not rely solely on a GHIC as it does not offer full protection for all medical treatment costs or repatriation home if medically required, nor does it protect against other unexpected events that could occur, such as trip cancellation or lost or damaged personal belongings.

Absolutely. Simply buy an annual multi trip policy (instead of a single trip), select the activity you need travel insurance protection for, the level of cover you desire and your cancellation limit, and you’re on your way. With an annual multi-trip policy, you can take an unlimited number trips, for up to 31 days at a time.

If you plan on taking two or more trips a year, an annual multi trip policy can work out more cost-effective and save you time from putting in your details every time you fancy a getaway.

At DOGTAG, we are advocates when it comes to safety equipment. There are a number of easy ways to make your chances of having an accident, or getting injured, much slimmer while you’re on the slopes. Plus, you may not be covered if you decide to head off up the mountain without the necessary safety equipment and later make a claim. Here are our top tips on keeping safe while on the slopes:

• Wear a helmet – when you’re travelling helmet-less at rapid speeds there’s a good chance you’ll do serious damage if you crash and make contact with the ground. For this reason, we require all adventurers to wear a helmet while on the slopes. Failure to wear a helmet while participating in certain activities may also affect your cover – so this is something to consider.

• Follow the resort rules – when it comes to personal safety, it’s important you put your renegade streak to one side. Rules are made on the slopes for a reason. Safety is the name of the game when these are created and every step taken is to ensure the greatest levels of personal well-being possible. As such, any rules, restrictions or specific laws you see need to be followed at all times.

• Tell a friend – whatever route you’re headed for, make sure to let someone know where you’re going. That way, should you become lost or hurt yourself, someone will know where to send help.

You should buy snowboarding travel insurance as soon as you have booked your trip. That way, if you need to cancel your trip before your departure date for any reason detailed in your policy, you’ll be covered.