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SILVER CREEK SKI PATROL
PATROL WITH US |
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Interested in "Patrolling with Us"?
The Silver Creek Ski Areas' volunteer ski patrol is an active and dynamic group. We operate under the umbrella of the National Ski Patrol (NSP) and for the Silver Creek Ski Area specifically. As an organization, we have serviced the area forever (not really it just seems that way). The volunteer patrol maintains the mountain on weekends with the pro patrol maintaining the mountain during the week.
Briefly, Silver Creek Resort is a fun, family ski/year round resort located 78 miles northwest of the Denver metro area in Grand County (about 4 miles south of Granby). The area is small compared to other Colorado mega resorts which, to me, is a large part of it's charm. They also cater to families which is also a plus. Go to the Silver Creek web site to scoop more poop on the area.
Our members are a diverse group of individuals with various reasons for being patrollers. I think that for the most part though, we all like to ski (Oh duh!) or snow board and patrolling is a fun way to feed the need to ski. While the majority of our members have been with us for many years, we are always interested in bringing in new members. If you're interested, here is a brief synopsis of requirements and benefits.
REQUIREMENTS / BENEFITS / PERKS To get more information contact our Patrol Director Eric Conrad econrad@teal.csn.net
REQUIREMENTS
- Ability to ski and/or snow board at a level which meets NSP minimum criteria (we do have a candidate program for interested individuals whose skiing/boarding needs improvement)
- Successful completion of the NSP OEC (Outdoor Emergency Care) course (pretty comprehensive)
- Be available for and complete a minimum number of required "on hill" duty days (varies from season to season. For the 1999-2000 season it is 15)
- meet once a month during the season (held in the evenings somewhere in the Denver metro area generally on Wednesdays)
- Able to play and work well with others
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BENEFITS (provided by the resort)
- Free Season's pass to Silver Creek & Berthoud Ski resorts
- Season's passes for family members $10 each
- A pool of "comp" passes for guests
- Discounts on lessons, rentals, food, skiing accessories, etc. at the resort
- Season's pass is good for skiing at Other Colorado Ski Areas (with some limitations)
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NOTE: These benefits are at the discretion of the Resort and can vary. |
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PERKS (incidental benefits)
- new bunch of fun homeys to hang with
- helping folks in genuine need
- your skiing will improve
- great place for family skiing
- I hesitate to mention this but... some expenses can be written off your taxes (please don't take my word; talk to a competent tax advisor to be sure; tax law changes from year to year)
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For more information contact:
Eric Conrad at econrad@teal.csn.net
