For snowboarders
Powder days happen
a long way from a hospital.
Park laps, tree runs, splitboard missions and road trips. GME ACTION members get access to coordinated medical transportation and travel-related benefits.
Medical transportation membership. Not health insurance.
Serious member benefits. Surprisingly affordable.
Preparation
You chase the storm.
- Wax and edges.
- New outerwear.
- Beacon, shovel, probe.
- The pass.
- The drive over the pass.
- The crash pad.
- The whole season.
- Every powder alarm.
One thing you don't chase until it's too late.
You'll drive six hours for twelve inches. Membership takes six minutes and works every one of those days.
See Membership OptionsThe scenario
Second lap in the trees.
A hidden stump.A hard compression.Your friends are yelling for patrol.
Tree wells, park landings and firm days produce injuries that don't get treated at the base clinic — they get transferred.
- Getting off the mountain
- Transfer to a trauma-capable facility
- Air transport when roads are closed
- Hospitalization in a small mountain town
- Getting home
- Your vehicle and gear
- The rest of the crew
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.
The storm cycle ends.
The transfer bill doesn't.
Member benefits
What membership gives snowboarders
One number to call, and coordination of eligible transportation from the mountain to the right facility.
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 snowboarding
How you actually ride
Park and backcountry riding are both part of what 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
Snow country makes transport complicated
Closed passes, weather holds and long canyon drives all push toward air transport — the single most expensive way to move a patient.
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 new board setup, a pass and a couple of road trips already outspend 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
Riding with the family
A family membership covers up to six household members on one membership.
See Family MembershipWho it's for
Who joins
Park riders
For riders lapping jump lines and rails all season.
Powder chasers
For people who drive through the night for a storm.
Splitboarders
For riders touring beyond patrolled terrain.
Road trippers
For crews living out of a van between resorts.
Riding families
For households where everyone is on snow.
Amateur contest riders
For riders entering organized events.
How it works
Simple by design.
Join
Choose the GME ACTION membership that fits you or your family.
We coordinate transport off the hill
Our team arranges eligible transportation to an appropriate facility 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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Ride Day Plan
For park laps, powder days, sidecountry and snowboard trips.
The distance problem
The best snow is where the roads are worst. That combination is what makes transport slow.
Worth knowing
- Park landings cause a disproportionate share of serious spinal and head injuries.
- If you're traveling for a trip, decide how the rest of the group and the rental car get 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
Snowboarding questions.
Straight answers.
Ride every storm.
Cover the bad landing.
Get GME ACTION.
Six minutes now. Every powder day after.
Get GME ACTIONChoose an individual or family membership in minutes.
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.