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Trip planning- advice appreciated
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I spent this season just gone in Tahoe working as an instructor and i'm hoping to get to Utah next season. I'm a New Zealander and we need to sort out visas and stuff really far in advance. I'd really like to work at Alta or Snowbird, and probably live in Sandy or Cottonwood heights (unless there is employee housing on slopeside). Is there anything at either of those places(Sandy/CH)? Not looking for a big party scene, but I want to have stuff to do on down days and after work. Any bars or anything?
How hard is it to get to and from Sandy to Alta/Bird without a car? In tahoe they had a bus that just went to an from the resorts all day really on the hour, and it was super cheap. Anything similar? Also how long does it take to get to both of them?
Instructors- Any instructors working at either? Do you need to have your level 2 & 3 not to get given the shitty lessons teaching 4-6yr old first timers? I'm guessing their ski schools are really small. Maybe I should just got for a Lift Ops job....
Is there much snow around Sandy in the winter? Or is it one of those places where you don't really get snow until you're closer to the resorts. We don't get snow on ground level at most ski towns over here, you need to drive a bit, so its nice to actually be living in the snow.
Thanks for any help.
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I feel like if you work at either snowbird or alta you will be living up there. The road up there closes so often I am sure they don't want to worry about employees getting up the canyon when its closed. I know most lifties live up there if not all, not too sure abotu ski instructors, if you are full time im sure you'd be living up there too
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not many people live at snowbird, which means on closure days or nights you are up there before the road closes (either before 10-12ish if a night closure, they'll put you up somewhere, or 5am or so for a morning closure, sucks). alta has a lot of lodges and more employee housing as well, so that's your best bet. don't get a whole lot of snow in sandy/ cheights, but it does snow for sure. tend to start getting the serious snow around 7k or so.
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theres very limited housing available at snowbird for employees.
PM ski unit 19 or 17, i forget which, i lived with him last year and he was an instructor at alta. i'm pretty sure new people kind of get the shit end of the stick instructor wise, it sounded like he was just teaching 3 year olds how to ski every day.
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come work up at brightons ski school, alot better than the birds or altas trust me much more laid back and actually a busy school make good money and free ride when you want super laid back there.
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Yeah brighton looks awesome- but i emailed them and they said they don't hire international applicants.
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what haha there are like 10 people there that are from new zealand and shit and russia wtf haha either way i have heard that alta has free employee lodging or something i wouldnt work at snowbird i have seen alot of instructors leave that place saying they really didnt like it there.
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yeah my friend used to work for snowbirds ski school and she hated her boss and so did everyone else and when she told him the problem he fired her and a few other people pretty much for not liking him. what i got from it is that he's one of those douchy guys that are always right. but if i were you i'd try a few places at alta like alfs and the p-dog they both have employee housing and theres always good times to be had up there
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