Cascade Mountain Ski Patrol

Hello Fellow Toboggan Instructors,

The next planned Toboggan Event has a date and location! We will be holding a Toboggan Enhancement Seminar on Saturday, January 26th at Tyrol Basin, starting from 8:30 AM until 4:00 PM. I plan (dependant on numbers) to have a group of instructors, one for senior candidates and another for general patrollers wanting to refresh general tobogganing skills.

This year we are implementing a $10 fee- this helps offset program costs, from Toboggan maintence/replacement to coffee and doughnuts for meetings.  We have gone a long time without having fees, and feel like this nominal fee will keep our program quality up, without making the Seminars cost-prohibitive.

Registration for the event is at the following website: http://www.nsp-southcentral.org/Library/Library/library.htm Click on the Alpine Programs registration form link. Note that the date for the TES is incorrect. The correct date is the 26th of January.

Return the form to me electronically or via snail mail. Payment may accompany the form, or you can pay the day of the event.

Plan also to stay for a "debriefing" at the Black Diamond Bar. Its a great opportunity to actually debrief, plus to thank Tyrol for being so generous this year with hosting so many programs.

Please forward this to your hill's email lists, so we can be sure to attract anyone who might be interested.

Contact me with any questions you might have.

Thanks,
Keith

Hello Fellow Patrollers,   Well it is that time of the year again and as we prepare our bodies we also need to prepare the patrol for a good season.  In trying to  accomplish this, Chad Lorensen and Mary Woodman are putting together  an on hill refresher that will be required of all patrollers.  This  is a refresher, not a test.  Just as we refresh our first aid skills  yearly, it has come to the attention of the patrol that we need to  do the same with our skiing and toboggan skills.  The ski  enhancement will be run by PSIA instructors (monetary tips are  appreciated!) with the focus being on balance.  This is simply an  opportunity for all of us to learn and enhance our skiing  performance.  The toboggan refresher will be run through ski patrol  with the help of several toboggan instructors.  This portion is  simply to refresh and enhance our skills, it is not a test.  Below  is a schedule of when the ski enhancement and toboggan refreshers  will be taking place.  Please be prompt and if you are unable to  make it to one of the refreshers contact Chad or Mary.SKI ENHANCEMENTDecember 10th – 16th      Please meet by ski school for a one and a half hour enhancement focused on balance.  This seminar will take place during each shift  through dates mentioned.  Patrollers from the toboggan-instructing  group will help cover the hill during busier shifts.  Mon-Fri day shift  10:00-11:30amSat-Sun day shift   9:30-11:00am (first half of shift)                11:00-12:30 (second half of shift)All night shifts    6:00-7:30TOBOGGAN REFRESHERJanuary 8th – 21st    Monday through Friday we will be starting at 6:00pm and wrapping up at 8:30pm.  We ask that the day crew please stay late  and the night crew to be on time.  We will have extra patrollers  there to cover the night crew's shift.   Saturday and Sunday we will  be holding a day and night refresher.  The day refresher will be  starting at 9:00 and ending at 11:30, the evening will be from 6:00- 8:30. The schedule is as follows:Sun, Jan. 8th – 9:00-11:30amMon 9th, Wed 11th, Fri 13th – 6:00-8:30pmSat 14th 9:00-11:30amSun 15th 6:00-8:30pmTue 17th, Thu 19th – 6:00-8:30pmSat 21st – 6:00-8:30pmThank you to everyone in advance for taking the time to make this season even better.  We look forward to seeing all of you on the snow.Think snow,Chad Lorensen and Mary Woodman