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RED LODGE
SKI PATROL

Red Lodge Ski Patrol is affiliated with National Ski Patrol and is composed of paid and volunteer members working at Red Lodge Mountain in Montana and Beartooth Ski Basin in Wyoming.

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2024 – 2025
Training Schedule

 

Feb-Mar 2024 Applications, Shadow day, Ski Skills test

14 Apr 2024 RLM Last Day 2024

27 Apr 2024 OEC online course begins

10 Aug 2024 OEC Written examination

7 Sep 2024 OEC Practical Skills classroom begins

28 Sep 2024 AHA BLS Course

9 Nov 2024 OEC Practical Skills examination

16 Nov 2024 OEC Cycle B refresher training

20 Nov 2024 MCI Drill

24 Nov 2024 Lift evacuation and BLS refresher training

29 Nov 2024 RLM Opening Day

7 Dec 2024 Rookie Training Day

21 Dec 2024 Knots and Hitches test

18-19 Jan 2025 OET Trainer's Workshop

1 Feb 2025 Openers/Closers test

26 Feb 2025 Case Review

February 2025 Accepting 2025-26 Candidate applications

15 Mar 2025 Medical Scenario test **Moved**

30 Mar 2025 Rookie OET Certification test **NEW**

13 Apr 2025 RLM Last Day 2025 (subject to conditions)

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What is Ski Patrol?

Ski Patrol requires competent skiers who can navigate difficult terrain and perform duties in an extreme environment. Ski Patrol is composed entirely of skiers, (no snowboard patrollers per RLM policy). Patrollers must be in shape with good cardio, strength, and endurance and willing to work in challenging conditions, possibly for extended time, above 8,000 feet of elevation. There are skills and equipment you will learn during a one-year course of online, classroom, and on-mountain training that will culminate in becoming an Alpine Patroller.
 

A typical day consists of dressing out and gearing up for the morning briefing, skiing opening runs and assessing mountain safety, mitigating hazards, setting up ropes, netting, and signs, closing areas of the mountain, monitoring snow and wind conditions throughout the day, responding to injured/ill guests or employees, rendering medical aid, transporting patients to the base aid room via toboggan, requesting an ambulance or helicopter transport to the hospital, using radio communication and accurately documenting events, closing runs at the end of the day and ensuring all guests are off the mountain. We are trained and prepared to respond to chairlift malfunctions, mass casualty, and Search and Rescue scenarios.

Anyone interested in Ski Patrol must consider the time and effort required to train and perform duty days...it is substantial! If you think Ski Patrol is for you, complete an application and prepare to start the best job on the mountain!

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Interested in joining?

Current Patrollers

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