I was wondering how many other resorts allow employees to ski on the clock? Not just patrol or instructors, but lifties, lift maintance, and other positions.
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Skiing on The Clock
Started by Brian, Jul 16 2007 11:47 AM
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Posted 16 July 2007 - 03:27 PM
Yep, my office is only accessable by foot or ski and walking takes too long
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"You could say that a mountain is alot like a woman, once you think you know every inch of her and you're about to dip your skis into some soft, deep powder...Bam, you've got two broken legs, cracked ribs and you pay your $20 just to let her punch your lift ticket all over again"
Theres a place for all of God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes.
"You could say that a mountain is alot like a woman, once you think you know every inch of her and you're about to dip your skis into some soft, deep powder...Bam, you've got two broken legs, cracked ribs and you pay your $20 just to let her punch your lift ticket all over again"
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Posted 16 July 2007 - 04:54 PM
When I was a lift ops supervisor at breck we would give lifties ride breaks that they didn't have to clock out for but they were required to sign out on the lift log sheet and if they were injured on a ride break they were not eligible for workman's comp. The ticket scanners also got paid ride breaks.
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Posted 17 July 2007 - 08:30 AM
At Killington the bottom op of any lift was 1/2 hour on 1/2 hour off the loading line and you could ski on your half hour off. The ops super said though that if you got injury he was clocking you off 10 minutes before you got injured. He was a damn nice guy 
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Posted 20 July 2007 - 03:46 AM
Everything is accessed by sled at Sunapee. Lift Operators are assigned to a station and stay there for the entire day and get a paid lunch break as they are "working" the entire time (including while eating lunch). Operators/foreman are relieved in order to go get a lunch if they are near by a lodge, but for the most part everyone is required to bring their lunch. None of us ski on the clock, but there are times when the supervisors will go out for a few turns. One supervisor did try giving breaks one year by ski, but it prevented him from giving breaks to guys catching chairs. Half of our fixed grips need to be slid to caught correctly, which is very difficult if not impossible in ski boots.
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Posted 21 July 2007 - 05:50 PM
Our lifties get an unpaid hour (or so) to ride sometime during the day. Otherwise they switch stations on designated routes only. Hot laps have been known to occur if it's a dead day and all chores are done. Lift maintenance- we have line checks as part of our weekly inspections but almost everyone just rides up and then back down (or vice-versa if their duty station is at the top of the hill). A few of us do ski, but rarely.
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