Trail Crew Ski Patrol - Winter 26-27
About The Position
As a member of our Trail Crew/Ski Patrol team, you’ll help provide a safe, welcoming, and enjoyable mountain experience for all guests. This role combines trail maintenance, guest service, and mountain safety, while serving as a visible mountain host throughout the resort. Responsibilities include assisting guests, identifying and addressing hazards, maintaining trails, and supporting mountain safety operations. Employees may also have opportunities to develop first aid, avalanche mitigation, and other ski patrol skills based on interest and qualifications. This position offers an excellent pathway for growth within the Ski Patrol department.
Requirements
- Interest in a obtaining a CPR/First Aid card (however not required)
- Must arrange for transportation to work so that you arrive at your designated workstation at the scheduled time.
- You will be required to provide some items as part of your job.
- The quality, color, and style of the items must be approved by your manager prior to being worn to work.
- All hats worn must have the Bear Valley logo while on shift.
Nice To Haves
- Current CPR & Basic 1st aid training card
Responsibilities
- Skiing to perform opening and closing procedures on the mountain daily
- Communication with other departments
- Maintain safe and easy access with the base patrol and ski patrol duty stations
- Become proficient with ropes and rope rescue skills
- Maintain clean, safe, and professional workstations
- Training records kept up and turned into the Ski Patrol Director when completed
- Communicate problems to superiors, while showing initiative in handling routine matters
- Shovel snow, sometimes deep, heavy wet snow weighing more than 50 pounds per shovel full
- Gain knowledge on how to maintain all aspects of the mountain boundaries, signage, tower pads and related tasks to opening and closing of the mountain on a daily basis.
- Develop ability to deliver sleds for patient care/rescue
- Learn about hill safety and risk management and how they both apply to safe operating procedures on the hill and premise.
- Develop skills of avalanche beacon use, partner/group rescue, weather forecasting-related to ski area daily operations and avalanche mitigation practices and becoming an avalanche mitigation worker with the Ski Patrol (requires current CPR & Basic 1st aid training card).
- Participate and become proficient in rope rescue skills related to low/high angle rescues including chair lift evacuations techniques.
- Commitment to excellent services and guest satisfaction
- Represent a model for safe skiing for both the guest and fellow employees.
- Be aware of all safe skiing procedures, trail closures, and out-of-bounds policies of the mountain.
Benefits
- We will provide most of the uniform for you to do your job.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
