Terrain Park Attendant - Winter

Seasonal position at Crystal Mountain, Washington, focused on maintaining safe and high‑quality terrain park features. The role requires strong skiing or snowboarding skills, physical stamina, and the ability to work in diverse mountain weather conditions.

Terrain Park Attendant

Mountain Operations

Terrain Park Crew Lead, Terrain Park Supervisor

Crystal Mountain, Washington

$20–21.00 per hour

The Terrain Park Attendant maintains a safe, high‑quality terrain park by inspecting, shaping, and repairing park features, setting up signage and boundary ropes, and preparing the park for daily operations and overnight grooming. The role promotes a positive guest experience by encouraging safe terrain park etiquette, monitoring feature conditions, and assisting with incident reporting when needed. The ideal candidate is a strong skier or snowboarder who can work in challenging weather and mountain conditions, perform physically demanding outdoor work, and use hand tools to maintain freestyle terrain.

• Perform regular maintenance of terrain park features, boundary ropes, and signage during operating hours using snow rakes, shovels, and drills.
• Prepare the terrain park to be opened each day by setting up signage and boundary ropes, clearing fresh snow, and shaping snow around each feature.
• Prepare the terrain park for grooming at the end of each day by removing obstacles to snow grooming equipment and reshaping/rebuilding feature takeoffs.
• Maintain a positive guest experience for terrain park users by acting as an ambassador and setting good examples of terrain park etiquette on the mountain.
• Keep track of and maintain tools and equipment (rakes, shovels, drills, radios, etc.).
• Inspect and test features in the terrain park to ensure all features are free of damage and determine when snow maintenance is required.
• Close features as needed when conditions or other circumstances do not allow them to be ridden safely.
• Help in spotting and reporting any injuries in the terrain park to ski patrol.

• Must have strong skiing/riding skills.

• Required to work evenings, weekends, and holidays while in operation.
• Must be able to lift, carry, or otherwise move and position a minimum of 60 pounds on an occasional basis, and 20 pounds on a frequent basis.
• Ability to safely ski or snowboard in adverse conditions and on steep terrain, including freestyle terrain.
• Manual dexterity to operate hand tools such as rakes, shovels, and basic carpentry tools.
• Ability to work outside in any and all weather conditions, including but not limited to rain, snow, sleet, high winds, and cold temperatures.
• Ability to work for extended periods of time standing, walking, kneeling, pushing, and pulling on a frequent basis.
• Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with guests, supervisors, and other employees.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.