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Ski patrol qualifications

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BLKOUT
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What are the qualifications, certifications to become a ski patroler at your ski area? EMT, 1st responder, CPR, etc.

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Aug 15 2005 2:39PM
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fluff
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you need 6 months off hill EMT training that is specific to the types of incidents you;d see on a ski slope and a full season of on snow training, applying those techniques on the hill. then, you need to be a hard ass who looks down on progression and is fueled with hatetred towards any such progression when there are injuries in terrain parks, even on clearly marked features which have been used by 100's of other people with much joy. Once you;ve gotten that down, you're a bonified patroller who can reap all the benifits, including fence rolling, traffic control, graffiti on your patrol shack (fuck the kid who did that at sundown by the way, its gay looking) and finally, fixing broken people on powder days.

does that help?

Aug 15 2005 3:37PM
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waynewong
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^^ dude you are flippin clueless

patrollers are PRO SKIERS... blue collar wokrers who slave to keep you hill open...

they show up everyday to patrol slide paths, search and rescue idiot BC skiers who get lost (usually kids on twin tips) and call that life flight in for your friend who hit their head on the s-rail...

keep you cops suck attitude off of the hill...you have zero clue...

patrollers are people who have dedicated their life and some whom have lost their life in the pursiuit of skiing...they are more core and more punk than you will evr be...


go pick another sport and leave ours

Aug 15 2005 4:00PM
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Powderwhore
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It depends on where you are and what type of patrolling you want to do. Generally full-timers at big ski areas have at least an EMT-basic cert. Some ski areas will hire first year patrollers with just an OEC cert., but you will get stuck doing crappy jobs and they will expect you to be enrolled in an EMT class.
Little ski areas are all over the place. I've heard of volunteer patrollers at small ski areas that are just First Responders and I know a doctor who had to get his OEC cert. just to volunteer at the local hill.
I would call the area you are interested in working at and ask them what they recommend or require. Or talk to someone who is currently on the patrol at the area and they will usually give you the honest low down.

Aug 15 2005 4:13PM
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skoganskier101
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how many hours a day do they work?



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Aug 15 2005 4:25PM
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waynewong
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^^ depends on the resort and their qualifications

this year in Tahoe I had freinds who worked 15 11 hour days in a row --- 19-feet of snow and tons of avy control to do...never enough time

4am to 6pm or later...many times not even getting to come home but had to spend the night on the hill at the top or wherever to moniter conditions and control when needed

out east its a 9-5r like anyother job

Aug 15 2005 5:38PM
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BLKOUT
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Thanx for the info guys. Maybe I'll save one of your asses some day.

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Aug 15 2005 9:51PM
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andrewg
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idk...

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Aug 15 2005 9:56PM
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mterral_AT
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be a fuckin dick and try to take away as many tickets and passes as you can

Aug 15 2005 9:59PM
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awsomecoolguy
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ya it depends were you want to be one like at my hill you have to take a coarse thats about a month long that basicly qualifys you as a emt and you have to be and out standing skier like you wouldent even beleive and you cant use one of those sleds to carry people down the hill untill your 18

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Aug 15 2005 10:00PM
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steezee5
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fuck you _AT i am a college student and a part time patroller, some of my closest friends patrol full-time and - while both better skiers and better people than your sorry ass will ever hope to be - you can party with them one night, and i've also watched them deal professionally with fatally injured skiers. they aren't morons (read: don't pull passes except when absolutely necesary and logical), they love skiing (read: love progression) and well, hopefully they won't bother helping you if you whack YOUR head on an S-rail because clearly you don't have a brain worth saving. bitch.

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Aug 15 2005 10:06PM
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S.Harkins
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you should prob ask someone or some people that doesnt not hate in partollers. go to a patrol website nutball

Aug 15 2005 10:07PM
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waynewong
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what is the beef with patrollers...they are there to save our asses...I just dont get it...

when Wilson cased it hard last year...who saved his ass?

oh a ski patroller? hmmm

quit being little bitch ass punks and become skiers

Aug 16 2005 9:45AM
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MacMahoooon
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depends bigtime on where you go. I have patrolled the last 6 years in canada as part of the CSPS who patrol about 70% of the hills accross canada. the organization provides you with all nessesary training and you work as a volunteer (some of us are paid but that depends on what shifts you work) many of the larger Intrawest resorts here have 2 levels...juniors need an OEC course while majority of senior guys have EMT and significant Avy training. A few people I know patrolling in the states have similar levels varrying from volunteers trained by the patrol organization to OEC and EMTs. depends on what level and what hill your looking to work at.

Either way its a great experience...and some of the best people you could ever hope to ski with

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Aug 16 2005 2:37PM
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fluff
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are you seriously going to tell me how it is at my area?

Aug 18 2005 11:55AM
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coordy12
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why the hate? is everyone just pissed off at the world today?

what is next? lifties getting bitched at because they actually SCAN THE PASS?!?!?!?!



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Aug 18 2005 12:38PM
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skoganskier101
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it would be sick if you somehow were able to retire when you are like 40 and then just be a volunteer patrol at a really nice resort. that would be sick


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Aug 18 2005 6:30PM
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