Snow Cat Driver

If you have the dough and the ambition, go to CMC in Leadville for ski area operations and you can get a good amount of time and experience in a cat and other heavy machinery, in addition to learning a lot about them. that's probably the most efficient way if you're starting from the very bottom but if you have heavy equipment experience you could probably just pick a handful of smaller mountains you're interested in and ask around about grooming departments hiring... In my opinion working in smaller mountains is better but bigger resorts and massive conglomerates like Vail hire a ton of rookie cat operators, so if you wanna get your foot in the door that's another way to go about it.

Being a cat operator in a place like whistler would be amazing. Alone in a cab all night with music and nothing but pushing snow in the woods.

if you have heavy equipment experience showing interest to those into grooming is your first step... get a job working at a ski resort in an operations department (snowmaking, parks, etc.) and make some connections with groomers. If you do well with the aforementioned one might be willing to let you tag along for a ride then eventually give you some lessons

Meow. Hate cats.

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The first step is to fill out an application to be a fleet cat operator at your ski area of choosing. The bigger hills like Mammoth hire rookies every year. The fact of the matter is that there aren't enough skilled operators to fill the jobs. We train you with no experience needed. Good luck!

gnar_whalBeing a cat operator in a place like whistler would be amazing. Alone in a cab all night with music and nothing but pushing snow in the woods.

I used to drive a tractor trailer by myself and it is sooooo boring if you don't have someone else to talk to.

DBack1321I used to drive a tractor trailer by myself and it is sooooo boring if you don't have someone else to talk to.

I'm sure it would eventually, but it would be cool at first especially if you get to be the first one to ski the fresh groomed corduroy in the morning. There are some great behind the scenes cat operator videos on YouTube