Most fun job at a ski hill?

If they have a night tuning operation, I'd say that. Never done it, but you get to ski all day if you want to then work at night.
 
Literally anything that lets you ski all day NOT guiding some fucking gapers around. No idea how instructors qualify what they do as skiing.

I knew a cat tech once, heavy mechanic. Made big bux while working the night shift.
 
do not work for the mountain. do not ski for your work. do you want skiing to be your past time, or your job? work a job that start between 2 and 5 and ends between 9 and 12.

there are definitely some sweet jobs to be found working for mountains, but the majority of the time, the above will be the much better choice.

i just wanna fly around dangling from the long line of the heli...that looks pretty fuckin fun.

and who wouldn't want to blow shit up and make big ol avys?

you're gunna need to put in some time to get those kind of jobs.

id need at least a six figure salary for me to consider instructing though...
 
depends on your skills and past work experience.

If you wanna ski a lot and work very little, dishwashing at nights, ski tech at nights, or volunteer ski patrol. Everything else you get paid dog shit and you will have to work days.

granted there are some good jobs on a ski hill but again, the pay is also minimal, and your working days that you could be skiing so it depends if you actually love to ski, or if you like to tell people that you love to ski.
 
Definitely not instructor, unless you enjoy dealing with a bunch of kids who can hardly stand up in ski boots let alone ski. Wasn't worth the money.
 
Depends on the mountain.

-A marketing gig would be cool (setting up demo days, coordinating with athletes to come and ski your mountain and produce content, social media managing and photography—awesome way to get to ski closed terrain/powder while producing promo materials)

-Lift maintenance (put in a few years and you will learn a fuck ton about mountain ops and machines in general, plus you actually get to ski/ride quite a lot, often times in closed terrain, not to mention getting to rally snowmobiles)

-Trail maintenance/groomer (get to op badass equipment, generally paid decent comparatively speaking, swing shifts and overnight hours = lots of skiing if you want it)

-Ski tech (learn a lot about equipment and able to maintain your own stuff, generally get great deals on gear and/or first dibs on demos or whatever, lots of tips, and generally a lot of ride breaks)

-Pro patrol (access to the mountain without a soul around, get to build and throw explosives, learn a shit ton about weather, snow science, get as many turns as you want, often on untouched terrain with soft snow, get to help people in some of the worst experiences of their life, usually get the education/experience and meet the people that lead to bad ass back country experiences)

Park crew (get to design and maintain features that you yourself get to hit!! a lot of time skiing/riding, and moving snow all day gets you pretty fit)
 
Snow Making

- Free pass for 2-3 months work

- Long hours so rest of week is free (I work 3 twelve hours shifts. midnight to noon, back-to-back-to-back. That leaves 4 days to ski after 36+ hours worked in a week)

- Don't have to deal with public

- Cut lift lines / early lifts (Still plenty of opportunity to ski during shift and no waiting in lift lines. You have to ski where the guns are positioned on the hill. I'll get first tracks on the hill every morning at 7:00 AM)
 
Im not a ski instructor but my pops was for a long time and i instructor for a sailing camp and I know for a fact, to get anywhere with pay and hours you have to either work for a shit school that lets you choose your own hours and not get paid or get your level ones through PSIA and work not so great hours but make more money.

Otherwise work park crew or maintence of some kind if you have any background in either of those areas.

My personal opinion is to not mix business with pleasure but hey, thats on you OP.
 
13561632:jdfreeski2 said:
Aye man be in the park crew!
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13561915:Cream_Sauce said:
Literally anything that lets you ski all day NOT guiding some fucking gapers around. No idea how instructors qualify what they do as skiing.

I knew a cat tech once, heavy mechanic. Made big bux while working the night shift.
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we get it, you dont want to work at a ski area.
 
Work at a ski shop. You get MAD deals, I bought 3500 buckaroos worth of gear and only spent about 1200. Yaaaaa baby,so much hype.

One of the deals was Nrodica GPX 130s and Nordica Enforcers for 299.

Unfortunately they ran out of enforcers and I only ended up with the boots but still.
 
worked the past two winters as an instructor

was fun, highly recommend

taking this winter/spring semester off to focus on 21 credits worth of classes

instructing can get a bit old, so if i return i'll try to work in the shop.
 
13563867:steezyjibber said:
marketing!
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There are some pretty fun jobs related to film and photo that often fall under the mktg department. That's where I had the most fun with resort work.
 
Jobs aren't meant to be "fun"....they're mean to make you $. Nothing wrong with wanting to be in the ski industry but I would recommend the highest paying over the most fun. You will thank me later as I take it this is a part time / weekend thing from the sound of it.
 
13564034:JOYSTICK* said:
There are some pretty fun jobs related to film and photo that often fall under the mktg department. That's where I had the most fun with resort work.
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That's a lot of what i do *thumbs up emoji*
 
Go get a job at Cleaning People of Summit. They pay $20 per hour and up and you get food and beverage leftovers at a lot of units. Flexible schedule. Work the days the mountain is so busy you have to stand in line forever then go ride the days it's not busy! Oh, with a lot more cash in your pocket than Vail Resorts will ever give you. PLUS they give a $500 cash bonus at the end of the season in April that either pays for your pass or gets you the heck out of the county. Food for thought....
 
13561999:250r said:
do not work for the mountain. do not ski for your work. do you want skiing to be your past time, or your job? work a job that start between 2 and 5 and ends between 9 and 12.

there are definitely some sweet jobs to be found working for mountains, but the majority of the time, the above will be the much better choice.

i just wanna fly around dangling from the long line of the heli...that looks pretty fuckin fun.

and who wouldn't want to blow shit up and make big ol avys?

you're gunna need to put in some time to get those kind of jobs.

id need at least a six figure salary for me to consider instructing though...
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This. I'm dropping out of college because I hate it and tried to get a job at my local hill. Shortly after my boss at my current job offered to make me a manager since I'm the only one the other two managers and the owner trust to do all the managerial shit. So I'm doing that instead and I'm definitely happier. I'd rather work 50 hours a week there at $15 an hour than 20 hours at the ski hill for a pass plus 30 hours a week at 9.50 an hour
 
I teach a park group and work for the park crew and its sweet! I started first year teaching noobs, then I got my park course so now I can take kids threw the park. Its sweet because I can hit stuff and show them tricks so I get to have fun and its pretty rewarding seeing your kids learning new stuff. As for park crew you can still hit stuff too and chat to your park buddys, part on the job is "testing" the features to make sure they're safe.

Work in the am, ski in the pm go home, sleep, repeate.
 
I live in Canada and I'm making $14 an hour so its not bad, don't know what its like in the states. My wage will only go up from here.
 
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