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It depends wha you want to get out of your time in resort. Working in a resaurant or bar is by the best for skiing. work in the evenings if you can to ski all day.
Ski instructing sucks, you make no money and you dont get to ski what you want to do much.
Park crew would be good but you will again be digging allot and riding less then if you have a night job. also getting a park job can be hard. Definatly try to get in the building crew at chill factor or cass. Without any previous experience you will find it hard to get the job.
The other job that is good, is working as a tech or bootfitter in a shop. Now in your first season you wont be doing much, but its the best job to get into the industry so you will find it easier to have a job for multply seasons. You could also make a carrer out of it whereas all the other season jobs are just that, seasonal. But you will need some experience to get a job like that, so go see if you could get a job at brighams or snow and rock. You will also get the best deals on kit in this job.
So it depends is this just a year out or the start of your life in the mountains.
No problem mate, glad to help. I did my first season in Banff 9 years ago now. I tried to get a job in whistler but had no luck as I had little to no experience and I was only 18 so could not work in a bar. I moved to banff and got a job washing dishes at night. Skied all day then worked at night.
When i came home and went to uni, I got a job as a bootfitter at Brighmas in Cass. That got me nicly into the industry and I am now working as a bootfitter for salomon in whistler part time, and in the rest of my time I help make Salomon Freeski TV. So both my jobs out here now were all thanks to putting in 6 years work in the UK. So its worth putting the hours in before the season if you want to have an aswsome life.
Cougar orgasm acheivement specialist bout the best gig you can score.
Techin a good skill and a good gig not having to deal with people a lot and being able to crank the tunage get safe and get into a ski fixin zone is cool. Almost everyone at a resort has planks that need love. If smart about it you can work the bro deal system pretty hard. The long term affects of menial repetitive tasks like ski scraping and huffin ptex and flouro fumes can take a toll.
Slingin drinks and other foodservice jobs are good, if primarily nights, decent coin, free or cheap food and drinks, good social scene. Downsides constantly having to deal with people and the party lifestyle can grow old.
Concierge, public safety, security are all pretty good if 2nd or 3 shift and ussually have e acess.
ski school meh Who'd wanna spend all day skiing but not skiing with who, where, how, and as long as you want, wearing a stupid uniform, surrounded by egotistical psia turn anyalizing dorks.
Grooming, snow making/removal, can be abit boring.Operating large snow/earthmoving equipment is a good skill and can lead to decent summer work.
Imho 2nd shift gigs~ 4-12 are the best for maximizing ski time and still have a social life
^^^^^ pretty much my gig now only it's for all the resorts in the state so it comes with passes to all of em and they take the accuracy of the report seriously so I need to call the hungover dude in Park City to find out why their reporting 15" and the canyons and deer valley only report 2' new or other inconsistancies.
Bustin ass all off season and not having to works not a bad call, but there are a bunch of other perks that come with working for a resort and knowing how the bro deal system works aside from a paycheck and a season pass.
Equipment pro forms discounts or freebies at other resorts, passes for family/freinds, free bfast, a locker or place to keep all your gear, a good place to crash if snowed in, and somehow I'm not quite as sure if patrol is as forthcoming with ropedrop terrain opening info with the bros who pour their cold ones or tune their beat to shit skis as to others and doubt they let you load and score fresh tracks before lift cto's. Not to mention the camradery and oportunity to meet, hang, party and shred with a bunch of cool like minded peeps
