Terrain Park Groomer - Winter 2026/27

POWDR•Bend, OR

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for developing and maintaining Woodward Mt Bachelor's terrain parks, working closely with the Terrain Park Grooming Supervisor, Terrain Park Manager, and Terrain Park Day Crew Supervisor. The goal is to implement strategies that maximize efficiency and encourage continuous improvement in terrain park construction, maintenance, and employee growth. The company culture emphasizes delivering memorable experiences, enhancing people's lives, and having fun, with a focus on passion for mountain culture, positive attitude, problem-solving, and teamwork.

Requirements

Minimum education required: High School or equivalent.
Minimum time in related position: 3 to 4 seasons of terrain park snow cat operations expert cat skill level.
Current and valid Driver’s License.
Advanced Skiing or snowboarding ability.
Ability to lift 50 pounds.
Minimum Age Requirement: 18+

Nice To Haves

Ability to shovel snow, lift up to 10 pounds, and walk on steep and uneven surfaces.

Responsibilities

Groom an entire terrain park from start to finish.
Understand grooming patterns for different park layouts and features.
Shape, reset, or dig out terrain park features efficiently with all types of snow.
Understand specific building concepts.
Complete a large amount of work in an 8-hour shift.
Build a wide variety of terrain park features from a blank canvas, such as but not limited to: Small/ Medium and Large parks.
Build and maintain all sizes of park features without assistance.
Build all Medium/Large jumps and jibs.
Build and maintain all Peace Park features.
Show mastery of all size park rebuilds.
Build any size of park from start to finish.
Set various features by hand or alone with a snowcat.
Master the controls of various models of Pistenbully and Prinoth park cats.
Remove various implements that a cat may use for terrain park construction and maintenance, including the blade, the tiller, and the Zaugg.
Carry diverse types of terrain park features on the blade (boxes, rails, walls, signs, shacks).
Pick up, reset, operate, and lay out snowmaking guns and hoses.
Understand general grooming machine maintenance (oil, hydro fluid, coolant, tracks, belts, fuses, wipers, hoses).
Fix and rebuild hydraulic hoses.
Show strong knowledge of winch cat operations.
Understand grade of landings and build landings of all sizes.
Utilize all Zaugg functions.
Cut and maintain features in peace parks.
Maintain transitions in all parks and in 13’ pipe.
Ensure grooming logs are filled out and dated at the end of each shift.
Handle a larger workload than a level 2 operator.
Demonstrate advanced perception and skill set with snow cat blade and tiller functions.
Maintain 100 hours of training time with lower-level operators.
Maintain 100 hours of training with higher-level operators.
Accountable for on-hill actions, including the safe build and grooming of terrain park features on a nightly basis, and for the safe operation of the snow cat.
Converse daily on park matters with ski patrol, park manager, park grooming staff, and grooming staff.
Show strong time management skills and communicate in advance on timelines.
Meet timelines set out by supervisors/manager.
Build, groom, and maintain all terrain park features in all types of snow.
Understand the difference between bad and good jump to landing transition and safe and unsafe features.
Shovel snow and walk on steep and uneven surfaces.

Benefits

Free employee season pass
Free or discounted dependent(s) season pass
Free and discounted friends & family day passes
Free transportation to & from Bend, Sunriver, and La Pine
Discounts across the resort (food & beverage, retail, rentals, lessons & more)
Winter season employee housing program
Summer season camping program
401k with up to 5% company match & immediate vesting
Discounted daycare onsite at Mt. Bachelor
Local & national discounts (YETI, Burton, Dell, Subaru, Nokian, Sunriver Golf, Mammut, & more)
Free reciprocal access for employees to other POWDR resorts
50% day passes at IKON pass resorts