Winter 26/27: Ski Patrol Volunteer
$20,800–$20,800 year
On-siteCopper Mountain, Colorado, United States
EXPIREDCopper Mountain, Colorado, United StatesOn-sitePart Time$20,800–$20,800 yearAdventure ServicesLarge
Part TimeLargeAdventure Services
Job Summary
Ensure a reasonably safe skiing environment through trail checks, sweeps, and early-season preparation while providing medical assistance, skier safety, and duty station responsibilities. Respond to likely winter alpine eventuality using triage, multi-system trauma training, and toboggan running. Conduct incident investigations, preserve facts, and complete documentation including photographs and witness statements. Perform ground-crew lift evacuation and enforce the Colorado Skier Safety Act. Maintain professional guest service, model Copper Mountain culture, and integrate with other departments. Requires EMT-B, CPR, radio protocol knowledge, and ability to handle 70 lb loads in adverse cold weather conditions.
Required Qualifications
- EMT-B
- American Heart Association CPR
- strong snowboard or alpine skiing skills
- Must be able to lift and carry toboggans weighing as much as 70 lbs
- Must be able to hear and speak clearly in order to hear beacon signals and skiers requesting assistance, and for communication to occur using radios and telephones
- Must be at least 21 years of age
- Basic computers skills
- technical rope experience
- Is honest and has the highest integrity
- Is able to handle and manage confidential information
- Professional appearance
- Adheres to all grooming guidelines
- Follows established policies and procedures
- Is supportive of Core Values
- Sets the example for others and is above reproach
- Is comfortable to challenge established policies and procedures, but once established, is supportive of those rules
- Is organized in tasks
- Sees projects through to the finish
- Has good follow-through and makes it a habit of getting back to people on issues
- Can handle fast paced, potentially high-pressure environment
- Is flexible with hours and days of volunteering
- Is able to volunteer required time to fulfill patrol needs (both scheduled and unscheduled time)
- Prioritizes and re-prioritizes personal time and volunteering, to have good balance in life
- Ability to volunteer in high altitude adverse cold weather environmental conditions
- Must be able to learn all trail names, mountain phones, mountain roads and other patrol-specific areas
- Must be able to use a mountain radio and follow patrol radio protocol
- All volunteers will be trained to respond to any likely eventuality in a winter alpine environment and trained in triage, and multi-system trauma
- All volunteers will be familiar with (and held accountable for) the complete documentation of a given event that might include standard reporting, photographs, witness statements, diagrams, etc
- Complies with all OSHA requirements
- Establish a reasonably safe skiing environment, i.e. trail checks, trail openings/closings, early season preparation, obstacle marking, signage, sweeps, and special race preparation and coverage
- All volunteers will be familiar with the terrain at Copper Mountain Resort where avalanche search and rescue is likely
- Responsible for the ground-crew evacuation of people from the lift in the event of a breakdown
- Specialized training in the form of ski industry standard equipment for emergency evacuation of chair lifts and injured parties
- Enforcement of the Colorado Skier Safety Act, i.e., boundary management, safe skiing, speeder control
- Inspections of equipment (duty stations, toboggans, medical, search and rescue, radios, and rescue beacons)
- Technology skills to use a computer and software for incident reporting
- Integration with other Copper Mountain departments for smoother functioning within the company
- Orientation of volunteers in areas of mountain safety awareness
- Must be able to ski in difficult conditions
- volunteering in cold and often inclement conditions
- high elevations
- carrying and transporting unwieldy materials such as tower pads, medical equipment, etc
- No current physical limitations
- Previous patrolling experience
- previously employed by Copper Mountain
- mountaineering such as Outward Bound
- experience within the medical field
- Industry experience, i.e. ski instructor, lift op, trail crew
Desired Qualifications
- in the process of obtaining [EMT-B]
- Previous patrolling experience
- previously employed by Copper Mountain
- mountaineering such as Outward Bound
- experience within the medical field
- Industry experience, i.e. ski instructor, lift op, trail crew
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