Children of Patrol

[@yuhss1767]

It’s criminal that such skilled and useful people are being paid on average $15 an hr or $30k a year

[@durkadurk1383]

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

[@nwsurf3696]

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!!!!

[@nwsurf3696]

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

[@arikray7030]

@@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

[@matthewbeathe7044]

@@durkadurk1383some large ski resorts have free lodging for employees

[@benoittalbot7698]

I didn't know that spirit around the ski patrol when I join last year. My kid is 16 and I wish I had knew before the kind of family I was gonna find in the patrol.

[@stellarluna2637]

Awesome vid, such a great community . Anyone lucky enough to grow up with supportive and active parents should be grateful for what they have.

[@AlbaAdventures]

Love this edit.. Our motto - "The Family That Skis Together, Stays Together" -

[@mes6276]

This kids hit the jackpot... must be a fantastic way to grow up

[@normferguson2769]

I patrolled 15 years as a volunteer. My daughters started coming to the hill at about 5 and bonded with the other patrollers kids. They had great days as a gang.

[@MC-tm2uy]

The one time I visited Jackson years ago, the ski patrollers had to haul an injured guest off the mountain in a sled and honestly to this day I have never seen anyone skiing faster than that. It was impressive to see how they can get up to crazy speed and still in control of a sled behind them

[@sebastianfrank4295]

Travis Rice is a living legend imho. He elevated snowboarding (for me)

[@brianharder7714]

Fun to see the folks in my "home" range after moving to AK in 2012. Shout out to Reed! He's a dad! Crazy.

[@ianmcnulty7060]

Even if I don’t work at JH, I can’t wait to be here in April!

[@mileslandis3322]

keep up the good work guys!

[@rockstarr9000]

Great segment

[@DogWhoFilms]

Mountains make people happy

[@josho6141]

Great video!

[@snowboardingisnotdeadjanis8358]

What ski patrol does IS beyond. And theres so many named Mike lol

[@inaroundSwitzerland]

Great video👍! Thank you for your passion in being ski patrol

[@jjbitz]

Well done vid

[@THX-vb8yz]

I wish I was born and raised in Wyoming....

[@spencerlord2834]

miss Jackson right now

[@wyattgraff8306]

what certifications do you need to be in ski patrol

[@qwaszx3561]

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.

[@veganpotterthevegan]

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.

[@wmeuse2375]

@@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.

[@nickv3085]

could someone in their 30's find an entry point in ski patroling? Is this a sustainable life nowadays? I hear some rough stories nowadays about how employees are treated at some of the resorts...is patrol insulated from that somehow?

[@arikray7030]

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.!

[@adepressedandanxioushuman823]

What are the songs?

[@joeynishida5537]

They deserve higher pay than $15/hr

[@BongsmokertonIII]

that ski resort would be a lot cooler if they paid the employees what they are worth

[@jasonalvis2508]

Does JH have patrollers on boards, or skis only?

[@719angler]

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.

[@Modg23]

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

[@jasonalvis2508]

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

[@jasonalvis2508]

@@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.

[@jasonalvis2508]

@@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.

[@veganpotterthevegan]

Happy we have patrollers but they're paid like crap for what they do. Especially considering how much money resorts make. Older patrollers that bought their homes in the area a long time ago are fine. Young patrollers have no chance of owning a local home in their future without massive help from family.

[@christianwestling2019]

It's so sad that these beautiful videos will always have that silly face diapers from that time everyone lost their collective mind.

[@719angler]

“This is a family owned resort” LOL ok alterra, you can cool it with that one 🤣

[@trevorschu]

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

[@Modg23]

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.

[@TR-nw8hz]

No where to live.