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Working evenings to ski everyday

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micsinthetrees
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Anybody here who has lived this lifestyle?
like washing dishes at night and go shred the park everyday? how is it on the mind and body? i have to choose between that or a 4/3 work week. working evenings would let me ski everyday but is it worth it if i’m always tired and riding like a zombie? Any input from people who experienced with schedules like this is appreciated, i’m lost, thank you!
May 11 2024 10:04AM
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SchizoSkier
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@GayWolf420 has scared me straight from this lifestyle
May 11 2024 11:45AM
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jumpman101
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I work 4pm to midnight get home sleep go ride repeat
May 11 2024 12:12PM
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micsinthetrees
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jumpman101I work 4pm to midnight get home sleep go ride repeat


what’s your riding style, do you just chill on the slopes or your body can withstand park tricks & bails everyday?
May 11 2024 12:18PM
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GayWolf420
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SchizoSkier@GayWolf420 has scared me straight from this lifestyle

I hate the ski industry so much that I enjoy digging holes more. Literally.
May 11 2024 5:39PM
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muffMan.
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It’s pretty dope, how I did it before I got a real job. Served at nights, skied in the day.

definitely would take it easy on days you work, I’d be just beat post skiing then having to work a night shift wasn’t fun.

Had to call off a couple nights if I ate it real bad, but usually had someone cover. It’s a dope ski gig, but overall wouldn’t have worked for me long term.
May 11 2024 5:49PM
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jumpman101
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micsinthetreeswhat’s your riding style, do you just chill on the slopes or your body can withstand park tricks & bails everyday?


Park rat. Our slopes open at 9 so I wake up at 930 10 and head up got a 15 min drive to the mtn and 20 then to work from there. As for skiing I go harder the days I have off for sure but honestly the more you over think shit, that’s when you get hurt. Biggest thing I have learned is the right diet stretching and getting enough sleep and water. I am turn 32 this season I don’t spin more than a 7 now so I am thinking I’m slowing down
May 11 2024 8:20PM
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GayWolf420
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Honestly a 3pm-11pm shift is something I kind-of dream of again. I enjoyed doing hospitality stuff and being able to park mid-mountain at this Lodge i worked at before work and even on days-off. Plus hooking my family up with free skiing was fun.

Front Desk work sucks however. Look for like property management companies and bougie ski-in/out developments.

**This post was edited on May 11th 2024 at 8:36:43pm
May 11 2024 8:35PM
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partyandBS
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i had a job driving snowcats delivering food from 4-midnight. here’s how my daily schedule looked:

10:30a-wake up and have breakfast
noon- ski
3:30p lunch
4-midnight- work
midnight-2a- close down the bars with my friends
2:30a sleep

i was very dialed into this schedule and loved it.

i was promoted and then i created a position and schedule that worked for me but not for everyone. i worked 8a-noon stocking some walkin coolers and then 4-8p working the busy part of the night shift driving cats and delivering food. lunch and skied between every day.

for me, these created amazing work life balance and i was able to launch my career off of this work ethic (in leadership/resort operations. all that skiing and i’m still trash 😆) i think its both completely possible and also still a career move if you put in the effort.
May 12 2024 1:32AM
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-eREKTion-
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Did it for a few years, loved it but had to move on eventually.

6 am: Wake Up/Breakfast/Gym
9 am: Get to the mountain (sometimes later if the snow was bad)
2:30 pm: Clock in. I worked at the mountain so I’d clock in and work my first hour or so in ski boots.
8:30 pm: Clock Out. (Sometimes worked a lot later than that but that was pretty average)

I was super lucky to have that schedule because I still had a pretty normal sleeping schedule. I could still eat/sleep/lift/ski without getting hurt or burning myself out too badly. Ended up moving on for a lot of reasons, mainly I felt like my upward trajectory was kind of capped out there and hated the instability of seasonal work.

If anyone’s curious, I worked at the on mountain repair/tune shop, so the first couple of hours of every shift were spent with customers bringing in their skis/boards and setting up for the night crew. Then I’d do some waxes and some base welds and generally get skis ready for the other guys to tune. I think I was making like $18 plus pretty good tips and a few stretches of good overtime during the busy parts of the season.
May 12 2024 2:19AM
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freestyler540
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GayWolf420I hate the ski industry so much that I enjoy digging holes more. Literally.

This should be a sticker. Better, I using it as a sig.
May 12 2024 4:12AM
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freestyler540
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I took a twist on OPs case: I work summers. Sure it has its drawbacks but overall, skiing everyday I want and not worrying about money is a best case scenario. Not to mention the crazy heat in the summer, Id rather skip it.

I work on cargo ships. My ship runs from Quebec to Nunavut, 4 trips in 5 months. I get to work in isolation with pretty smart people.My job revolves around solving problems and doing routine maintenance.






Fuck customers service. Worked in eco-tourism for 5 years (Climbing and skiing); 10% of clients were admirable people, the rest were hopelessly useless. I still wonder how they got so fucking far in life.
May 12 2024 4:44AM
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Ranchculture
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Been doing swing shift cat work the past few years so I can ski from noon or even a bit before to 4ish and then go to work. Love every second of it!
May 12 2024 6:16AM
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theabortionator
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A lot of ski bums do swing shift and ride in the day before work. You're not really a zombie on that. Grave is where shit starts getting weird. I actually rode more when I worked swing shift though but thats prolly cause I was more used to it.

Def a good way to get out there. Different shifts work better for different people but the evening is def preferred by many people trying to rip around in the day.
May 12 2024 6:25AM
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KungKalmar
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freestyler540I took a twist on OPs case: I work summers. Sure it has its drawbacks but overall, skiing everyday I want and not worrying about money is a best case scenario. Not to mention the crazy heat in the summer, Id rather skip it.

I work on cargo ships. My ship runs from Quebec to Nunavut, 4 trips in 5 months. I get to work in isolation with pretty smart people.My job revolves around solving problems and doing routine maintenance.






Fuck customers service. Worked in eco-tourism for 5 years (Climbing and skiing); 10% of clients were admirable people, the rest were hopelessly useless. I still wonder how they got so fucking far in life.


How did you end up there? Sounds really interesting.
May 12 2024 6:28AM
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Tino94
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Ski within your limits, push your self but not too crazy, make it easier to mange your mistakes and just keep confidence while you ski. The element of needing to go to work after skiing puts pressure on you and highs of skiing can come to a low once your at work haha plus if you can ski everyday it doesn't feel as bad when taken days off but yeah definitely tired by the end of the season which everyone is. If you get decent sleep each night the body will adapt and its still getting a solid rest
haha thats how I look at it and if your not feeling it just ski a couple of hours
May 12 2024 7:28AM
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micsinthetrees
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i’m in quebec also, working summers. I hope i’ll make enough one day to chill all winter
freestyler540I took a twist on OPs case: I work summers. Sure it has its drawbacks but overall, skiing everyday I want and not worrying about money is a best case scenario. Not to mention the crazy heat in the summer, Id rather skip it.

I work on cargo ships. My ship runs from Quebec to Nunavut, 4 trips in 5 months. I get to work in isolation with pretty smart people.My job revolves around solving problems and doing routine maintenance.






Fuck customers service. Worked in eco-tourism for 5 years (Climbing and skiing); 10% of clients were admirable people, the rest were hopelessly useless. I still wonder how they got so fucking far in life.
May 12 2024 7:34AM
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kami
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I worked graveyard shift at UPS for a little while. Go to my shift 3-9 am stay awake and go ski 10-2 pm or 10-4 pm. Go to bed at about 6-7pm. I enjoyed the work life balance at the time but pushing packs wears on your soul.
May 12 2024 8:30AM
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keagan.karstens
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GayWolf420Honestly a 3pm-11pm shift is something I kind-of dream of again. I enjoyed doing hospitality stuff and being able to park mid-mountain at this Lodge i worked at before work and even on days-off. Plus hooking my family up with free skiing was fun.

this^^

I’m a full time student at the U and also work 32 hours a week at a hotel up in PC as a valet/bellman/shuttledriver. I work that same 3-11 shift and it can be tiring but it’s pretty sick to ski most of the day and be so close to your work after especially with all the other perks(parking, ski pass, hot tub sauna shower,) definitely give it a try but it isn’t for everyone.
May 12 2024 9:48AM
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micsinthetrees
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jumpman101Park rat. Our slopes open at 9 so I wake up at 930 10 and head up got a 15 min drive to the mtn and 20 then to work from there. As for skiing I go harder the days I have off for sure but honestly the more you over think shit, that’s when you get hurt. Biggest thing I have learned is the right diet stretching and getting enough sleep and water. I am turn 32 this season I don’t spin more than a 7 now so I am thinking I’m slowing down


i have a friend who is 32 and this year he learned 6on’s , misty 5’s out and double backie. each time I think about slowing down, he comes in my head to haunt me lol
May 12 2024 10:02AM
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Dlonetti
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next season i’m planning on full time resort work, park crew at my MN local resort, so a lil different than out west. 5 days a week, but i basically ride park my whole shift plus rake a couple times a day and at open or close. feels pretty ideal ngl
May 12 2024 3:41PM
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freestyler540
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JalmarKalmarHow did you end up there? Sounds really interesting.

I knew the industry existed because my parents were Coast Guard but I kinda stumbled on a school program flyer. My training was done in Owen Sound, Ontario in an accelerated program; like 4 years compressed into 3 years.

Theres actually a mega shortage in North America of marine engineering officers. You now can sign deals with companies in your final year to cut on loans. The also a mega cook shortage too. Less school but not as profitable as officer level
May 13 2024 4:13AM
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