Winter Ski Patrol Volunteer

Position: Winter 26/27: Ski Patrol Volunteer
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* Location:

** Frisco, Colorado
** Copper Mountain Resort
** is a vacation destination located 75 miles west of Denver, Colorado in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Three vibrant, pedestrian-friendly village areas host lodging, retail outlets, restaurants, bars, and family activities. During the winter months, Copper's world-class terrain offers skiing and riding for all ages and abilities. Each summer, the mountain transforms into a playground for hikers, mountain bikers, and anyone seeking a genuine Colorado experience.

** Copper Mountain Resort
** is also home to Woodward Copper action-sports camps, programs, and training facility.
** Volunteer

Title:

** Ski Patrol Volunteer
** Perks and Benefits:
** Will receive a volunteer season pass and dependent season passes ($10 for each qualified dependent pass). Will also receive comp ticket voucher(s) for your service. More perks and benefits are available and will be reviewed at the hiring clinic.
** Volunteer

Summary:

** To provide for and ensure a reasonably safe skiing environment for our guests and fellow employees. To provide medical assistance, skier safety, trail checks and sweeps, duty station responsibilities, and other assigned duties. Each task requires a high level of decision making. Basic computer skills, EMT-B, American Heart Association CPR and strong snowboard or alpine skiing skills are minimum requirements.
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* Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

*** Guest service and positive interactions will the guests of Copper Mountain
* 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
* Medical assessment, treatment and toboggan running. All volunteers will be trained to respond to any likely eventuality in a winter alpine environment and trained in triage, and multi-system trauma.
* Reporting/documentation:
Incident investigation procedure, preservation of the facts, forms and records. 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. There is a necessity to remain sensitive to the needs of family and friends of the injured party. 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.
* Snow safety:
All volunteers will be familiar with the terrain at Copper Mountain Resort where avalanche search and rescue is likely.
* Lift evacuation:
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.
* Skier education:
Enforcement of the Colorado Skier Safety Act, i.e., boundary management, safe skiing, speeder control. Visible to the public for skier information.
* Training/development:
All staff will participate in training and demonstrate proficiency in all areas of patrolling. This constant and ongoing process includes medical preparation, lift evacuation, mountain/company policies, inter-agency relations and contacts, etc.
* Inspections of equipment (duty stations, toboggans, medical, search and rescue, radios, and rescue beacons).
* Station assignments:
Motel 6, PHQ, and Timberline
* 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.

Other Duties as Assigned:
* Functions as an ambassador of Copper Mountain, modeling and sharing the Copper “culture” with our guests and employees.

Upholds the most professional image.

Continually strives to exceed our guest’s expectations and create memories for our guests and staff.
* This description is an overview of the scope of responsibilities for this volunteer position and is not intended to be an inclusive list of tasks and expectations.…