Any Instructors/Patrollers here?

[Something]

I was just wondering if there are any instructors or patrollers around.

I was all through college and miss it now.

If you're not looking to get rich...easily the best job on earth!

Hard to pay to ski now though...

[Co-opski]

Was an instructor at a resort for a few years, now I volunteer my time to Challenge Alaska and their adaptive ski school program. We take out every one from Vets to grade school kids from the bush.

http://www.challengealaska.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

[kellymoe]

I started out as an instructor for both nordic and alpine but quickly switched to patroler for a steady paycheck. I patroled for 15 years at Mt. Baldy California. Stopped after having kids. It was a fun pay check while it lasted.

[Something]

cool
Nice to meet you fellas

East Coast instructing isn't so great and a super short season.
We would be open from Thanksgiving to April 1 (at best)
I would make all my money from mid december to MLK Day.

Those were the days when I would work 14 hours, drink for 2 then sleep in my car and repeat Friday through Sunday!

:victory:

[zidaro]

Patroller at Mammoth Mountain CA for awhile, now I'm a Paramedic/Firefighter up here. Your right, one of the most fun jobs there are- too bad its not yearround. Work hard all day, Happy Hour till ??? Do it all over again. 200+ days a year easy!!!!

aaron

[kellymoe]

Aaron,

My brother was a FF/medic in Mammoth/Mono County for several years before he left for a chief job in Washington, he's now a fire chief in Alaska. How long have you been up in Mammoth? I still get up there a bunch but not as much as I used to since my brother moved.

[Martyn]

Taught skiing and snowboarding for 25 years, Europe, New Zealand, North America. Managed ski schools and ski programs for the last 15 years. Quit doing it full time 4 years ago when AT kicked into full gear.

Now I'm a volunteer instructor at Disabled Sports, Alpine Meadows, CA.

It's a great life, for time off to travel, good camaraderie, and the exhilaration of sliding......... so long as you enjoy being a poor as a church mouse.

[dieselcruiserhead]

And even at the management level, right Martyn...

Not patroller but I hang out with and ride bikes with a crew patrollers.. It is a good life and they all have fun, I figured I didn't want to do it because I didn't want to ever get burned out on skiing, so as much of it as possible is always enjoyable.. :) But tons of respect for patrollers always, particularly here in Utah where avalanches are so common. Last winter during a huge freak inbounds avalanche I heard play by play of an attempted revival while riding on the lift. It was awful..

[18seeds]

My dad patrols at Snoqualmie and my sister volunteers for the disabled program at Winter Park.