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Patroller

 

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Job Description

Being a patroller on a mountain requires a wide variety of skills and abilities. Job responsibilities vary from administering first aid and avalanche control to signing the mountain and marking hazards and monitoring skiers and boarders to ensure safe conduct on the hill. These crews are committed mountain people who love to work in a variety of conditions. Read more . . .

Career Profiles

Being responsible for the safety and well-being of 675,000 skiers and 150 staff each year is what Kris Hawryluik finds most rewarding about his job. Kris is a die-hard ski patroller. Starting off as a ski instructor at age 16, Kris went on to complete the college-level Ski Resort Operations Management Program. Since then, he has worked at three ski resorts: Shames Mountain in Terrace; Panorama Ski Resort in Invermere; and Big White Ski Resort in Kelowna. Read more . . .

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