Since I was just a little kid, I have had a love of skiing. Both of my parents grew up skiing and made sure that I had a similar experience. There is nothing I enjoy more than a long day on the mountain. When thinking of a topic for our latest hypertext, I figured I would do it on the people that make skiing possible for the public, the ski patrol. While many of the ski patrol you will see on the mountain are volunteers, there are many that make a living off of it. A job that you can get a volunteer to do is not going to pay well and the average paid ski patroller makes around $20,000 a year. It is a minimum wage job, but it is not treated as such. Patrollers have to prove that they are able skiers and pass all the training that goes along with becoming a full-fledged ski patrol, a process that can take weeks. People looking to become one also have to take money out of their own pocket for much of the gear that is required for the job. These people have to have a high level of EMT training and those without it usually have to find a way to get it on their own. The biggest problem with being a ski patrol is that work is only available for parts of the year, which means that employees need to find other jobs in the off-season. It is near impossible to live just of being a ski patrol. Ski Patrol is a highly skilled position that does not pay as such.
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