Posts Tagged ‘Ski Area Operations’
Colorado ski couple work the hill, South Korean style
South Korea is over 6,000 miles away from Colorado, but when it comes to the ski industry, it’s surprisingly close.
Nobody knows that better than Allison Kohn Marriner and her husband, Geoff “Salty” Marriner, both alumni of Colorado Mountain College Leadville’s ski area operations program. The couple was hired 15 months ago to join an international team of seasoned professionals producing the 2018 Winter Olympics and the XII Paralympic Winter Games at Jeongseon Alpine Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Read more: Colorado ski couple work the hill, South Korean style
Read MoreCMC work backbone of Leadville ski joring course
The ski area operations program at Colorado Mountain College Leadville has been helping to make Leadville Ski Joring a success for over 20 years. To create the event course, the county deposits 250 dump truck loads of snow onto Harrison Avenue. Then two CMC faculty- and student-driven snocats cruise from the campus, along the Mineral Belt, and to the top of Capitol Hill.
Every year students in the Grooming Lab class enter a lottery to have the honor of working the event. This year’s winning ’cat drivers are Brad Holmes and Matt Davis. Read more: CMC work backbone of Leadville ski joring course
Read MoreZach Collins
“I really enjoyed the Ski Area Planning class.” says Zach, “Getting your ski area together from start to finish was both fun and challenging. Seeing something you created come together was very cool.”
Zach Collins has worked on the grooming crew for Vail Mountain, Copper Mountain, and Beaver Creek. He has traveled to Europe, South America and Russia providing event support for Prinoth and Snow Park Technologies. He’s worked on XGames, USASA Nationals, US Free-skiing Open Slopestyle, Red Bull World Record Quarter Pipe and many others. Currently, Zach is the Park Specialist and Demo Coordinator for Prinoth Snowcats. Read more: Zach Collins
Read MoreKaren Gilliot
Karen Gilliot works as a snocat groomer in Les Arcs, a collection of four resorts in the midst of the French Alps. Gilliot has also groomed at Beaver Creek, Heavenly at Lake Tahoe and in New Zealand, Australia and Iceland.
Read MoreGraduate: Grooming Around the World
While Karen Bruce Gilliot was growing up in Belle Vernon, a little borough outside Pittsburgh, she skied at Seven Springs. It’s a Pennsylvania ski area that tops out at just less than 3,000 feet, and is about an hour drive from the Bruce family house.
Today, Gilliot lives, skis and works as a snocat groomer in Les Arcs, a collection of four resorts in the midst of the French Alps. Surrounded by 10,000-foot peaks and with a view of Mont Blanc, Les Arcs hosted speed skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics. The resort has more than 150 lifts and covers over 260 miles of runs. Read more: Graduate: Grooming Around the World
Read MoreNeil Jackson
“The program gives a unique introduction to the ski industry, as its broad-based approach provides entry-level skills for any portion of our business. Beyond that you’ll take away an invaluable network of friends, colleagues, and industry contacts that will serve you well for many years.” Neil Jackson is director of purchasing for Resorts of the Canadian Rockies and is general manager of The Three Kananaskis Resorts in Canada.
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