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Listening to ski patrol

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Zookedout
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Was waiting inline with a guy at Louise and he had a radio listening to the ski patrol. Got me interested. Does anyone know anything about this topic?
Feb 3 2019 6:47PM
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corona
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Pretty boring radio station. Dead air 95% of the time and the rest of the time it's "does anyone know where the new bamboos are?" or if it's juicy and there's an accident it's "customer service to patrol" "go for patrol" "there's someone hurt on run X" "ok on my way" 15 minutes later "Jim could you bring a toboggan, no backboard? halfway down run X" "copy"
Feb 3 2019 7:16PM
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Zookedout
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Just thought it would be handy on pow days to know when they open new terrain. Do u have experience with this?
Feb 3 2019 7:30PM
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Zookedout
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VinnieFPretty boring radio station. Dead air 95% of the time and the rest of the time it's "does anyone know where the new bamboos are?" or if it's juicy and there's an accident it's "customer service to patrol" "go for patrol" "there's someone hurt on run X" "ok on my way" 15 minutes later "Jim could you bring a toboggan, no backboard? halfway down run X" "copy"

I would use it for rope drops on pow days do u have any experience with this
Feb 3 2019 7:35PM
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50Kal
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You wouldn't be the first one to do this. Just need to buy the same radio and find out patrols frequencies.
Feb 3 2019 7:56PM
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Chinchi
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i mean like the other guy said its dead 95% of the time, and at least on the patrol i'm on when we are doing avy work we go on a different channel and go through central. Also as soon as we open a lift or something it goes through dispatch anyways so it pretty instantly goes to the public. Could be entertaining/dramatic if we're calling airmed or something though.
Feb 3 2019 9:00PM
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DominatorJacques
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ZookedoutWas waiting inline with a guy at Louise and he had a radio listening to the ski patrol. Got me interested. Does anyone know anything about this topic?


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Feb 3 2019 9:55PM
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xxACIDTRIPxx
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I have never heard of Ski Patrol.... What genre are they? Do they have a you tube Chanel???
Feb 3 2019 9:59PM
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SofaKingSick
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Xx_Ac1dTr1p_xXI have never heard of Ski Patrol.... What genre are they? Do they have a you tube Chanel???


ugh theyre so mainstream anyway tho
Feb 4 2019 1:44PM
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Daph
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We made patrol take their own channel separate from mtn ops cause our patrollers won't shut the fuck up on the radio. It's been very peaceful ever since.
Feb 4 2019 2:54PM
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trevorschu
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Jackson hole air force pretty much invented doing this
Feb 4 2019 3:45PM
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theabortionator
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DaphWe made patrol take their own channel separate from mtn ops cause our patrollers won't shut the fuck up on the radio. It's been very peaceful ever since.


I'm glad we have seperate parks and groomng channels because groomers can be super chatty. Although we got bitched at by patrol because we were all working together digging out parks at the end of shift this morning and chatting it up a little bit. Nothing crazy but jesus.

I think it was just people who didn't sleep enough, have enough coffee yet bitching about nothing. I mean we were talking about the work we were doing at the moment, it wasn't like we were on the radio non stop talking about tv shows or something.
Feb 4 2019 3:56PM
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Michigan_Sucks
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Where I work park crew they make me grab a radio every shift so when I'm bored I'll hop on ski patrol's frequency and fuck with them.

**This post was edited on Feb 4th 2019 at 6:19:50pm

**This post was edited on Feb 4th 2019 at 6:19:59pm
Feb 4 2019 6:19PM
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tsingtaofanatic
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No, i listen to Stand High Patrol
The real reggae dub a dub stars
Feb 4 2019 7:26PM
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PsychicMigration
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I would assume he has hit the point of ultimate boredom.
Feb 4 2019 8:18PM
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TRVP_ANGEL
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Yeah I LISTEN TO SKI PATROL

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/923802/Snow-Patrol---Chasing-Cars
Feb 4 2019 8:45PM
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schusson
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DaphWe made patrol take their own channel separate from mtn ops cause our patrollers won't shut the fuck up on the radio. It's been very peaceful ever since.


Ours is the exact opposite, we(patrol) need our own channel because management loves to hear themselves talk. We'll be running a higher profile incident and they'll be asking about the weather next month. i have definitely told the mountain manager to shut up on multiple occasions.
Feb 4 2019 10:08PM
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KilaTsunami
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Note to self: cop 4 walkie talkies for me n the homies. Seems hella useful. Also locate ski patrol chat channel, flood it with Daddy Yankee.
Feb 4 2019 10:51PM
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skiguy04
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Wth am I doing with my life talking about snow patrol online

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Feb 5 2019 12:23AM
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tsingtaofanatic
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TRVP_ANGELYeah I LISTEN TO SKI PATROL

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/923802/Snow-Patrol---Chasing-Cars


But do you listen too... Stand High Patrol?
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/923827/STAND-HIGH-PATROL--Entertainer
Feb 5 2019 12:42AM
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Rodigan
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LOL what the fuck is ski patrol. Come to Chamonix, get loose as fuck
Feb 6 2019 9:55AM
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corona
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RodiganLOL what the fuck is ski patrol.


The people who scrape you up. Do people not get hurt in Euroland?
Feb 6 2019 5:33PM
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Rodigan
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VinnieFThe people who scrape you up. Do people not get hurt in Euroland?


You go where ever you want at your own risk, if you fuck up maybe one of your friends will call mountain rescue and get the heli out to collect your bits
Feb 7 2019 3:33AM
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Rodigan
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VinnieFThe people who scrape you up. Do people not get hurt in Euroland?


do they carry guns and tell you off for being naughty too?
Feb 7 2019 3:37AM
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corona
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Rodiganmountain rescue


There it is. So you do have ski patrol. Just a different name.
Feb 7 2019 9:14AM
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Rodigan
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VinnieFThere it is. So you do have ski patrol. Just a different name.


What you call ski patrol in the states and what we call mountain rescue in Chamonix are like chalk and cheese pal.They don't give a fuck where you have been skiing, how you have been skiing, if you have a pass etc etc. I share the lifts with enough Americans to know about your snow cops.

Shout me if you ever come over, you will have mucho fun.
Feb 7 2019 11:05AM
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corona
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RodiganWhat you call ski patrol in the states and what we call mountain rescue in Chamonix are like chalk and cheese pal.They don't give a fuck where you have been skiing, how you have been skiing, if you have a pass etc etc. I share the lifts with enough Americans to know about your snow cops.

Shout me if you ever come over, you will have mucho fun.


What I call ski patrol (in Canada) does not police the hill. At the mountains I've skied (in BC) you can go anywhere you like, so long as you stay out of areas closed due to avy hazards. Patrol does avy control and scrape you up. They do not give you speeding tickets or whatever the fuck you think they do. Maybe in 'Murca they do that.

I'm assuming they close areas of the mountain for avalanche control in Europe? I do see you have about 3x the avalanche deaths/year in the Alps compared to all of North America, but I can't see how many of those are at ski resorts.
Feb 7 2019 7:13PM
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Grom
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this guy on the lift had the same thing, a patrol radio and the patrol were talking about how some kids ski had gotten blown into a tree when he was inside and he needed a ride down. Not very juicy

**This post was edited on Feb 7th 2019 at 9:49:41pm
Feb 7 2019 9:48PM
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Rodigan
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VinnieFWhat I call ski patrol (in Canada) does not police the hill. At the mountains I've skied (in BC) you can go anywhere you like, so long as you stay out of areas closed due to avy hazards. Patrol does avy control and scrape you up. They do not give you speeding tickets or whatever the fuck you think they do. Maybe in 'Murca they do that.

I'm assuming they close areas of the mountain for avalanche control in Europe? I do see you have about 3x the avalanche deaths/year in the Alps compared to all of North America, but I can't see how many of those are at ski resorts.


ahhh apologies mate for some reason i assumed you were in the states. Yeah we have a lot of avi deaths due to the lack of restrictions and people in the wrong areas for their skillset. Across the alps so far in the last month i think there has been about 25 deaths (may be more)...

And yes you are absolutely right about areas being closed off completely. We had a dump in Cham last week and they shut off a couple of lifts that take you to areas prone to slide, however that does not mean they will stop people hiking/skinning up to ride those areas
Feb 8 2019 3:00AM
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yeetus_chund666
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could have been a patrol in training

I have a radio but no jacket
Feb 8 2019 12:11PM
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SnickleFriz
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yeetus_chund666could have been a patrol in training

I have a radio but no jacket


what OEC chapter are you on?
Feb 8 2019 1:07PM
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yeetus_chund666
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i work at mt cain and they pretty much teach u the shit u need to know. its a tiny ass mountain on vancouver island

if u mean ofa im a level 3
Feb 10 2019 12:00AM
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Chunderface
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Rodiganahhh apologies mate for some reason i assumed you were in the states. Yeah we have a lot of avi deaths due to the lack of restrictions and people in the wrong areas for their skillset. Across the alps so far in the last month i think there has been about 25 deaths (may be more)...

And yes you are absolutely right about areas being closed off completely. We had a dump in Cham last week and they shut off a couple of lifts that take you to areas prone to slide, however that does not mean they will stop people hiking/skinning up to ride those areas


Holy shit that's a LOT of deaths.
Feb 10 2019 12:15AM
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Sharko
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RodiganWhat you call ski patrol in the states and what we call mountain rescue in Chamonix are like chalk and cheese pal.They don't give a fuck where you have been skiing, how you have been skiing, if you have a pass etc etc. I share the lifts with enough Americans to know about your snow cops.

Shout me if you ever come over, you will have mucho fun.


Ski patrol = mountain rescue.
the guys in yellow jackets that police some American mountains are a different group. Ski patrol doesn’t have time for that nonsense.

probably won’t shout you, you sound like a pretensious prick.
Feb 10 2019 10:42AM
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Rodigan
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SharkoSki patrol = mountain rescue.
the guys in yellow jackets that police some American mountains are a different group. Ski patrol doesn’t have time for that nonsense.

probably won’t shout you, you sound like a pretensious prick.


now now moody, did ski patrol hit you with three anti-fun tickets today and tell you off in front of all your little friends?
Feb 11 2019 2:19PM
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Chinchi
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SharkoSki patrol = mountain rescue.
the guys in yellow jackets that police some American mountains are a different group. Ski patrol doesn’t have time for that nonsense.

probably won’t shout you, you sound like a pretensious prick.


you got it homie. Yellow jackets give out the speeding tickets. Honestly most ski patrol (me included) don't give a flying fuck if you're out of bounds as long as you're not a jerry. We don't like to pull peoples passes (especially locals) and really just wanna help out when people are hurt and do avy control work
Feb 12 2019 3:12PM
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Sharko
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Rodigannow now moody, did ski patrol hit you with three anti-fun tickets today and tell you off in front of all your little friends?


No, because that isn’t a thing that exists.
Feb 12 2019 6:56PM
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