For skiers
Mountain towns are beautiful.
They're also far away.
Resort days, sidecountry and touring. GME ACTION members get access to coordinated medical transportation and travel-related benefits when a ski trip turns into a hospital stay.
Medical transportation membership. Not health insurance.
Serious member benefits. Surprisingly affordable.
Preparation
You plan the whole trip.
- Lift tickets.
- Tuned edges.
- Boot fitting.
- Avalanche gear.
- The condo.
- The drive over the pass.
- The forecast.
- The week off work.
Plan for the day you don't ski home.
The clinic at the base is not a trauma center. Most mountain towns aren't near one either.
See Membership OptionsThe scenario
Day three of the trip.
A firm morning.A caught edge at speed.Ski patrol sleds you down.
Patrol gets you to the base. From there it's a mountain clinic, a possible transfer over a pass, and a family a thousand miles from home.
- Transfer to a trauma-capable hospital
- Air transport when passes are closed
- Being admitted in a resort town
- Getting home when you can't drive or fly normally
- The rest of your group
- Your rental car and gear
- The rest of the trip
GME ACTION is designed to provide eligible members with medical transportation and related assistance benefits when situations like this occur, subject to the Member Agreement.
Patrol's job ends at the base.
Yours doesn't.
Member benefits
What membership gives skiers
A 24/7 line and coordination of eligible transportation from mountain clinic to appropriate facility to home.
Emergency air transportation
For eligible situations requiring medically appropriate air transportation.
Helicopter transportation
Applicable emergency helicopter transportation benefits, subject to program terms and circumstances.
Ground ambulance transportation
Eligible ground medical transportation when applicable.
Medical repatriation
Assistance with eligible medical transportation when hospitalized away from home and transportation is medically appropriate.
Return transportation
Applicable assistance with getting the member back home following an eligible medical situation.
Visitor / escort transportation
Applicable travel-related benefits for an eligible visitor or escort where program conditions are satisfied.
Vehicle return
Applicable assistance related to returning a member's vehicle following an eligible event.
Pet return
Applicable assistance related to a member's pet when program requirements are met.
Benefits are subject to eligibility, terms, conditions, limitations, geographic requirements, and the GME ACTION Member Agreement. Eligible event and competition participation is subject to membership terms; professional, paid, sponsored or specially sanctioned participation may require additional disclosure or approval.
Built for skiing
How you actually ski
Inbounds, sidecountry and touring are all part of the lifestyle the program was designed around.
Participation in an activity is not automatically disqualifying solely because the activity involves inherent risk.
Eligibility and benefits remain subject to the GME ACTION Member Agreement and any applicable participation requirements. Eligible event and competition participation is subject to membership terms, and professional, paid, sponsored or specially sanctioned participation may require additional approval, conditions or disclosure — contact us before joining so we can confirm what applies to you.
The difference
This is not health insurance.
It does something different.
Health insurance
Generally helps address:
- Doctors
- Hospitals
- Treatment
- Medical procedures
- Healthcare expenses
GME ACTION
Focuses on eligible:
- Medical transportation
- Emergency transportation
- Transportation assistance
- Repatriation
- Return transportation
- Travel-related assistance benefits
GME ACTION is designed to complement your existing preparation — not replace health insurance.
Transportation risk
Winter geography drives the bill
Mountain roads close, weather grounds aircraft, and the nearest trauma center can be a hundred miles down a canyon. Those transfers are expensive.
Average air-ambulance charges vary widely by distance, aircraft and region; figures cited are based on publicly reported U.S. billing data and are illustrative only.
Get GME ACTIONMembership
Serious member benefits.
Surprisingly affordable.
A season pass, a boot fit and one family trip already cost more than a year of membership.
Solo riders & racers
Monthly
Billed monthly
~$1.63/day for protection
- Emergency transport coverage
- 24/7/365 service
- Nationwide + global
Annual
Billed yearly
~$1.23/day for protection
- Emergency transport coverage
- 24/7/365 service
- Nationwide + global
Membership
Individual — Annual
Charged today
$450
Payments
One payment
Total
$450/year
This GME ACTION membership payment costs 1.3% of one average $36,000 air-ambulance bill.
Full refund within 14 days of purchase if no transport benefit has been used. Membership is not insurance. International travel requirements may apply.
Family membership
Ski trips are family trips
One family membership covers up to six household members — including the kids in ski school.
See Family MembershipWho it's for
Who joins
Destination skiers
For people who travel for a week of skiing every winter.
Season pass holders
For skiers on the hill most weekends all season.
Backcountry tourers
For skiers earning turns beyond patrolled terrain.
Ski families
For households where everyone from kids to grandparents skis.
Masters racers
For amateur competitors running gates on weekends.
Cat and heli clients
For skiers booking guided trips deep in the mountains.
How it works
Simple by design.
Join
Choose the GME ACTION membership that fits you or your family.
We coordinate transport off the mountain
Our team arranges eligible transportation from the local facility to an appropriate one, and home when medically appropriate.
Use your member benefits when eligible
If an eligible event occurs, follow the assistance procedures provided with your membership.
In a life-threatening emergency, always contact 911 or the appropriate local emergency services first. Member assistance is coordinated through the 24/7 dispatch line at 1-833-GET-MVAC.
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Ski Day Plan
For resort days, storm cycles, sidecountry and ski trips.
The distance problem
Mountain towns have clinics. Specialized trauma care is usually down the valley or over a pass.
Worth knowing
- Mountain passes close. That's a real factor in whether ground transport is even possible.
- A ski-trip injury usually means getting home from a place that is not your home.
Not just when you're riding.
Benefits apply to a qualifying serious illness or injury, not only to injuries that happen during your sport.
FAQ
Skiing questions.
Straight answers.
Ski the whole week.
Cover the trip home.
Get GME ACTION.
Set it up before you leave for the mountains.
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GME ACTION is a membership program and is not health insurance. Member benefits are subject to applicable eligibility requirements, terms, conditions, limitations, geographic requirements, and the GME ACTION Member Agreement.