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Jobs that allow you to ski

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werd.
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Searchbarred, googled, only thing that came up were ski industry related jobs or did not ask the same question. I'm not necessarily avoiding ski industry jobs, but from what I've read it's very difficult to live comfortably and ski a ton while working in the industry. I just want a job that will allow me to live very close to a good mountain (doesn't have to be insane, but definitely at least decent).

I came up with the idea of being an elementary school teacher in a place very close to a mountain where school gets out at a reasonable time, then I'd have the opportunity to ski on some weekdays and weekends. During the summer get a part time job (may even be able to ski in the summer if I'm able to live near Hood) haven't put a lot of thought into it but would like to hear about what you guys think, or if any of you who are older currently have a job that allows you to ski and pays decently.
Feb 25 2014 9:01PM
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yangumane
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ski instructor?
BC guide?
professional videographer?
park crew?

there are many possibilities
Feb 25 2014 9:05PM
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lIllI
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90% of ski industry jobs will make you hate skiing. My advice is not to attach strings to something you love.
Feb 25 2014 9:07PM
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Blurst
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porn star.
Feb 25 2014 9:14PM
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werd.
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That's what I've been hearing. I just want a normal job that will allow me to ski a ton but live comfortably after college through adulthood. To the person above me, park crew/ski instructor are not things that I could live comfortably off of. Cinematographer/editor maybe, I love filming and editing video and have experience with editing but I couldn't see making a career out of it. BC guide would be sick but it seems like a very expensive and drawn out process. I just want a decent paying job that will allow me to live very, very close to a decent mountain and ski a lot during the Winter.
Feb 25 2014 9:17PM
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Snazzy
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lifeguard?
Feb 25 2014 9:19PM
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alex=
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Any job where you can have an AWS, work from home, or work remotely. Ideally, a big exec where you just go to board meetings and then say peace and fly to the mountains on your jet lol
Feb 25 2014 9:20PM
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werd.
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Jobs after college
Feb 25 2014 9:21PM
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.MintBerryCrunch
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Professional Skier.
Feb 25 2014 9:24PM
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TOAST.
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Dont become a teacher because you want to ski, do it because you want to help kids learn. If you want to do both that is fine. Also unless there is night skiing you are still stuck to weekends, but you also have holiday breaks.
Feb 25 2014 9:25PM
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Xanadoo
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drug dealer
Feb 25 2014 9:28PM
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werd.
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Good point. Also I see where your coming from because the way I typed that made it seemed like I only want to teach so that I could ski haha but trust me no matter what job I end up having it will be taken very seriously. And I do enjoy being around kids
Feb 25 2014 9:29PM
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El_Barto.
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Sandusky alert
Feb 25 2014 9:35PM
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noparking
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ski patrol
Feb 25 2014 9:42PM
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werd.
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as if no one saw this one coming...
Feb 25 2014 9:46PM
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ged.bend
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my favorite job I ever had was truck driving, east west, the open road calls my name regardless of the vehicle or reason. I started up in Russell, Kansas, I was 17 and had just dropped out. The local meat packing industry had recently opened a shipping facility a couple miles from town, out on I70. I rode down in my old gmc pickup, what a beauty she was. I drove that gig for 10 years, life flashed by. it was a blur of truck stops and long nights with longer days. I saw every corner of the US. I drove up to St. Paul and hit that route for a couple of months, playin the scene and running with the biker crowd. I couldn't see a life not on the road, be it on a bike, in my old pickup or behind the wheel of a big rig. I ended up dropping the job, because the fame was getting to me, and I met a girl. Hell, I always loved the ride but I sure am glad it led me to my beautiful wife. After the trucking business, I settled down, I began writing poetry and found a good easy 9-5. I so em etim es d r a m o f t h e e e l i ffe o mm t h e
Feb 25 2014 10:07PM
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freestyler540
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I work on cargo ships. My schedule is 6-7 months of work in the summer and I take 4 months in the winter to ski.
Feb 25 2014 10:29PM
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Chubbs.
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my cousin works at a taco stand and parks cars out west and gets to ski for free whenever he isnt working.. he also bounces at night to get some extra skrilla
Feb 25 2014 10:31PM
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fujarome
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As long as you're aware that teachers are not paid nearly enough, it's a reasonable job choice. also realize that a teachers day does not begin and end with the bell like a student
Feb 25 2014 10:37PM
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Fluffysnowkitty
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Front desk manager at a resort in a ski town, food and beverage manager for a restaurant in a hotel/resort etc.
My shifts are 3-11pm at a hotel and i usually ski before work.
Feb 25 2014 10:44PM
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erica
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Be a stay at home dad
Feb 25 2014 10:45PM
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SFB
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1.drug dealer
2.cam girl
3. ski instructor


Feb 25 2014 10:46PM
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shorty_T
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Bartender? Waiter? Hotel front desk?
Basically an evening or night job. If you live in a ski town, you will have a job that allows you to ski, not a career that allows you to ski. Otherwise get a career and ski on weekends.
Feb 25 2014 10:50PM
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werd.
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yeah I know they don't get paid very much, but at least enough to live in a small house comfortably. Plus it would be so sick if I lived near Hood. Summers off means spending the whole summer working a part time job, relaxing and skiing
Feb 25 2014 10:57PM
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Bogs
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That's what I'm shooting for. Just have to find a woman much smarter and more ambitious than I am and somehow trick her into marrying me. Shouldn't be too hard.
Feb 25 2014 11:05PM
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werd.
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I just don't want to get one of these jobs and then never be able to get a real career... Maybe I'll "bum it" for a couple years after college just living in a ski town apartment/condo with a job like you said then start my "career". That's what my dad did. I'm just wondering if I'd be able to afford in a ski town with a night job
Feb 25 2014 11:29PM
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.Hugo.
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well that shouldn't be too hard
Feb 25 2014 11:37PM
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Anathema
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work your tail off during the summer and work like 20 hours a week during ski season and ski the rest of the time.
Feb 25 2014 11:42PM
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werd.
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What is the cheapest kind of place to live in? Apartment near-ish to whatever mountain I decide to bum at?
Feb 26 2014 12:36AM
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daannnnieel
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how old are you?
Feb 26 2014 1:49AM
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assface
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this is dumb. (not to say i wouldn't have asked the same exact question a year or two ago)

Study what you like in college because you like it. Get a job because you want it. You'll still be able to ski if you want to baad enough.

And if all you want to do is ski, then wait tables or work seasonally and ski until you want to do something else.
Feb 26 2014 1:54AM
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KrazyistKarl
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Where do you live op? Get into skilled trades such as electrical, plumbing, pipe fitting and so on, and get into industrial work.


You can make a great living, work 7 or 8 months of the year and have more then enough to live comfortably during your ski season.
Feb 26 2014 1:57AM
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Funnel
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Very logical. Live in LA, buy a second home in Mammoth, and shoot the occasional video in your multimillion dollar slope side cabin.
Feb 26 2014 3:33AM
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HungryHypocrite
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I was gonna say, teacher or supervisor for a school near mountains.

I go to a boarding school here, and the lift is next to our school. Also, you don't necessairly have to teach, you can get a job in a boarding house. also, swiss wages are the tits.

I mean, it's far fetched, but hey. never hurts to try, right?
http://www.lyceum-alpinum.ch/en/job-openings.html

also, the kid on that picture is a good friend of mine :D
Feb 26 2014 3:40AM
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BLADEE
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My mom is an ER doctor near our mountain and she is capable of skiing up to 3-4 days a week, depending on her schedule.
Feb 26 2014 7:04AM
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-benedetto
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Nurse and hospital type jobs usually work 3-4 days a week leaving plenty of time to shred the gnar..
Feb 26 2014 9:41AM
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.AR6rider.
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Teenager logic is the funniest shit ever. I'm sure we were all there at some point, but come the fuck on.

"I think I might just become a teacher so I can live in a small house and be near Mt. Hood!"

Are you fucking retarded? I realize you are young and think skiing is everything, but maybe you need to focus more on where you're going to school and what you actually want to do with your life instead of planning your entire future around a few months of shitty skiing. There are always weekends and holidays.

Face it...unless you're a professional, skiing is just another hobby. Get a good education and start a good career, then worry about when you can ski.
Feb 26 2014 9:57AM
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theBearJew
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Throw being a teacher out of your mind. Just because the school starts at say 7 AM and ends at 2:30 PM doesn't mean you get out at 2:30 PM.

My girlfriend is a teacher and a substitute, you gotta wait for all your kids to go home or go to after care. Sometimes you stay back to plan for the next day. You spend alot of time planning, more than you think. If you want to be a teacher for free time to ski probably not realistic. Unless you get a summer place in the southern hemisphere and ski there.



Move to the west coast do something that deals with investments. Market opens and closes at 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET,that that's 6:30AM to 1:00PM PST. So that means you gotta be up early but you're done at maybe 2 PM? Then ski. And you are in a wealthy industry so you make enough money to pay for your expensive habit.
Feb 26 2014 10:01AM
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-benedetto
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And sticking to holidays and weekends? Get real.
Feb 26 2014 10:01AM
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Dr.Dickless
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If you like physiology, medical treatment and helping people you could become a ski patroller, at some point your going to pick between making money and skiing because it's almost impossible to do both
Feb 26 2014 10:07AM
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Goku
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Don't do what you live for a living. You will get burnt out doing to and will no longer want to do it in your free time. Work seasonally in the summer and spring months so that you have winters off. Something in the marine, kayak, seasonal resort industry will he your best bet
Feb 26 2014 10:43AM
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Peter.
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Most jobs will give you weekends off, giving you days to ski..
Feb 26 2014 11:15AM
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cct_222
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^^^this

you work 3-4 days a week, make your own schedule, and you'll make more money than any other job stated in this thread...
Feb 26 2014 11:18AM
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Bodhisattva_
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The original self-employment
Feb 26 2014 11:28AM
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kevmac
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ski instructer
life attendant
work in rental shop
ski patrol
pro skier
buy a mountain
snow seducer
Feb 26 2014 11:37AM
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El_Barto.
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Youre in high school...shut the fuck up
Feb 26 2014 11:48AM
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werd.
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If wanting to spend the rest of my life doing what I enjoy the most is stupid, then I'm fine with being the most dumb person on the planet. All I'm doing is exploring my options, I'm only 16 years old. Thanks for your input, and by the way I have a 4.0 GPA, have been studying for the SATs routinely, and already have some colleges/majors in mind so I believe my focus towards school is where it needs to be. Also, classifying mount hood as "a few months of shitty skiing" is a pretty poor description of a large mountain open year-round. It seems condescending assholes like you just scour the internet to find any possible refutable post, forming unjustified overly opinionated arguments for no other reason than to assert yourself as some extremely knowledgeable person. Then again, I did waste my time shitting on your stupid opinion so I may be just as "fucking retarded" as you assumed
Feb 26 2014 11:58AM
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El_Barto.
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What about shut the fuck up do you not understand?

4 point lol
Feb 26 2014 12:02PM
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Wompuscat
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I don't know if you want to base your ENTIRE career around the ability to be able to ski. Yes, you want to follow your passion. If you're doing what you want every day for the rest of your life, you never work another day in your life. But from what you just stated, you're a smart kid. I suggest finding an additional academic passion. Then pursue a career that allows you to live around a mountain, and get enough days in during the season, but also allows for a comfortable living(which I know is exactly what you are asking by posting this thread). Honestly, MANY jobs would allow you to do that, you just need to find one in an area around a mountain. I would not try getting a resort job as a career. I know people are content with it, but I would not be one of those people. I LOVE skiing, and I've put a lot of thought into doing something that'll allow me to continue skiing the rest of my life, hopefully more frequently than in my youth. But more importantly, I want my future family to be able to live comfortably, introduce my future kids to skiing at a young age, have them ski to their hearts content as they grow up. Without a decent career, I know that last goal I won't be able to achieve.

As I went through high school and college I've found that I LOVE the sciences, and previous life experiences have led me to know I positively want to be in healthcare. I'm applying to medical school this summer, and hopefully am able to make it into a medical profession at some point in my life. I know however, that this will be extremely limiting in my available time, but I'm hoping to find a job eventually in a state with mountains, ski more than I do currently(I grew up and am living in Iowa currently, so it's not hard to top), AND provide my family a comfortable life. Just my 2 cents, a very long winded reply, but it summarizes my thoughts on the subject well.
Feb 26 2014 12:15PM
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swoger
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Invest in some money

Buy the rights to Newschoolers

Charge $5 for an account

Be rich

Ski whenever
Feb 26 2014 12:21PM
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