Snow Safety Manager
$72,000–$72,000 year
On-siteCrested Butte, Colorado, United States
Job Summary
Lead avalanche forecasting, assessment, and hazard mitigation efforts while managing the snow safety portion of guide meetings and all run openings and closings. Perform operations manager and guiding duties as required, oversee weather and snowpack data entry, and produce avalanche incident documentation. Work as a certified Blaster-in-Charge during mitigation, purchase and document explosive usage per Colorado and ATF requirements, and maintain current state and federal permits. Serve as the ATF Responsible Person and manage explosives, snow safety, and boot packing training programs. Oversee revisions to avalanche rescue and snow safety operating plans. This full-time season position runs mid-November through mid-April with a salary of $6,000 per month.
Required Qualifications
- Pro 2 Avalanche Certification or equivalent
- Minimum Wilderness First Responder & CPR Certification
- Colorado Type 1 Explosives Permit or the ability to obtain one
- Minimum of 5 years ski industry supervisory experience
- Minimum of 10 years professional snow safety experience
- High level operational weather and avalanche forecasting skills
- High level operational risk management skills
- Strong organization and communication skills
- Strong work ethic, teamwork, and dynamic decision making skills
- High level self and social awareness
- Experience with professional mentoring and training
- Must be comfortable traveling in complex avalanche terrain
- Must be comfortable transporting, storing, assembling, and detonating explosives
- Expert skiing skills
- Must be able to snowmobile to/from Irwin in all conditions
- Must be able to work all day in a high elevation extreme winter weather environment
- Must be able to lift 50+ pounds repeatedly
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