Where do they even live for such a small wage? Houses around resorts are so expensive

An industry who's patrons are generally wealthy to a degree beyond the average, yet the people providing there safety are paid below the poverty line? Shame on resorts for not compensating this skilled labour position properly! We must demand better for our patrollers!!!!

@@Blastoplastify I am sure there are a few, but why would a rich kid want to work when they could just ski?

@@Blastoplastify rich kids on gap year aren't about to waste their precious free time spending hours upon hours training throughout the year and doing intense physical labor

@@durkadurk1383some large ski resorts have free lodging for employees

the biggest hurdle is usually your EMT-B, they also provide a ton of in house training and it can be different resort to resort. If you look up the national ski patrol company you may be able to find more details.

Yup, they're basically EMTs that ski with various other things they need to do. Unfortunately, they're generally paid worse than EMTs. Resorts don't actually respect them as employers. They only want them to think that as they rake in massive amounts of money while paying the bare minimum to pacify staff.

@@qwaszx3561 so true ski patrol are holder of outdoor emergency care (oec) cert. There are, however, fast tracks for EMT a/b and paramedics to complete the course faster.

Paid Ski patrollers (known as pros) aren't paid well, but volunteer patrol teams (protected under National Ski Patrol) often have a much stronger sense of community, support system, and are just as skilled, if not more for the role than paid patrollers. Almost all resorts have a mix of paid and volunteer teams and rely heavily on volunteers to offset the lack of those willing to be underpaid for hard work. Training for the upcoming season usually begins in April/May and I believe Nat. Ski Patrol requires you to be active on the hill 8 days of the season to maintain your patroller status (from my understanding, given covid the 8 day minimum is not currently an enforced requirement) but benefits include massive prodeals/discounts/ free ski passes for your friends/family and free routine OEC/EMT training. As far as your age, I can't imagine it would be an obstacle as long as you have decent ski/board experience, most of the patrollers I know are late 30s to their early 70s.!

I can’t say for sure but I’d lean towards skiers only. It’s hard to control a sled with a hurt individual in it on a board.

There's literally ski patrollers on snowboards in this video did you not watch it....

@@Modg23 Yes, I did watch. Will again, but didn't see on first go.

@@Modg23 Are you talking about the Cam Fitzgerald spotlight piece? He's not a patroller. His jacket is red, so that may have confused you. Didn't see one patroller on a board. It's such a great video, I'll watch it again...but if you have the time stamp of a boarding patroller, I could jump right to it.

@@719angler Many board patrollers, myself included, would disagree with your assessment of control the toboggan. I've seen them on plenty of mountains -- was just curious about JH.

JHMR isn't owned by Alterra. It's just part of the Ikon pass

John L. "Jay" Kemmerer III (born July 15, 1947), known as Jay Kemmerer, is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He acquired the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Teton Village, Wyoming for his family in 1992, and has been its Chairman ever since. In 1997, he acquired the CM Ranch in Dubois, Wyoming. His family connections to the State of Wyoming stem from the mining interests of his great-grandfather Mahlon S. Kemmerer in the 1890s, for whom the city of Kemmerer, Wyoming was named.