last day at Bretton woods

friday was our last day at BW. had a lot of fun there but glad its over. so happy that i can wake up late and still make it to burke on time. on friday i rode with ben and sean. sean took us on a little tour of the mountain and brought us through some rocks. he also almost killed a kid who was standing in a very not smart place. killing kids while skiing is not very substainable for a mountain. people tend to frown when kids are involved. we also went to the very exciting sledding hill that we had to walk up. after one run of that i was over it. caught a ride back to the mountain in the back of tims pick up truck after he clocked out. enjoyed working the main event the most during my time there. good times were had.

last weekend at BW

i was in hobbits on friday. very nessecary program at a mountain. they make a lot of money giving lessions and teaching kids how to ski. by teaching kids how to ski they are creating future customers. also they give parents a reason to go if they have kids they dont want to ski with. just drop your kids off for the day and ski on your own. hobbits is like a baby sitter half the time. on saturday i was working in the park. i worked the main event competition and had a blast. loved shaping lips and jumps. parks draw people to the mountain. they give people new chalenging terain. they do cost money but i feel they make that back with skiier visits and competitions. i deffinatly feel they would be more substainable of the big jumps and features were made out of dirt during the summer so the mountain would not need to blow as much snow. it would cut down on the options in the park slightly but it would save money.

ski patrol bretton woods

ski patrol was very enjoyable at bretton woods. learned what each call means and what needs to be done to open and close trails. loved the fresh powder runs before the mountain opens to the public. its a very important job on the mountain but its not profitable. the mountain has to pay the patrolers and does not recieve any money in return. however the job does have to be done so it esential to have the patrolers at the mountain. i feel like its one of thoes jobs that has to be had but doent help profit. sean doll was late again on saturday again! ben set off a car alarm first think in the morning on friday. shanagans happened and good times were had.

bretton woods rentals

rentals was very busy on saturday. there are many people who want to ski but dont have their own equitment or forget their own equitment. this is where rentals come into play. they are very substainable. once again sean doll was late. again! they he stole a donute from the bretton woods rental employees. also he slammed the roof box cover on my fingers and laughed about it because he thought it was funny. he almost cut my fingers off. but i was very glad we got to sleep in on friday. i would have died if i was in rentals for 2 days. there was so much to day and it was swarmed with people. fun times in the park after that though.

bretton woods

fun shanagans at bretton woods this weekend. did some good skiing but not as much as i would like to have done. sean doll was late on saturday and messed up our entire day!!!! does the ten minute rule apply outside of the classroom as well as in it? racing zipline was fun and would love to do it again. learned things in guest relations but couldnt do much because i dont work there and dont know the answers to the questions. felt awkward when there was a long line and i kept thinking that if i was in the lne and i saw somebody standing behnd the desk doing nothing i would be very upset and a discruntled guest. kathryn was great and was really fun to work with.thats about it.

burke and loc

burke was sweet today. they got about 4 inches of snow at the base and had a nice whale back to build a jump off of. had a blast. learned a new backflip and am really close to locking down rodeo flips. good day for progression. the presentations at loc were presentations. not going to say they were interesting because i was tired and cold. but they did need to be done. glad the reps from the mountains were there and hopefully i will get to work in the areas that i would like to during spring practicum. i also want to ski these mountains again.

bretton woods

bretton woods is sweet. i was really looking forward to zip lining. it was number 1 on my list for this fall practicum. unfortunatly sean thought it would be fun to take us into the room, make us think that we were going to go zip lining and then punch us in the face. thanks sean. you runied my fall practicum because we didnt go zip lining. but the resort was cool and the hotel was cool. im looking forward to going there in the winter. it will be interesting to see how bretton woods operates compared to stowe.