Making the change to a mountain
Posted: 03 Feb 2016, 18:57
Hey guys,
Looking for a bit of advice. I'm currently operating a PB100 in an indoor snowdome for about 2 years/4 seasons and wanted to make the jump to doing the real thing on an actual mountain. The problem is I'm not sure about how to get a start. Working already with the machines I thought I would have an advantage however after trying to get a job this season in Europe proved quite unsuccessful I realised this might not be the case. I have decided to cast my net further afford to Canada, America or possibly New Zeland next season.
Whilst I have only operated indoors I have built some good skills such as working with snow the consistency of soup, building 12+ features for park lines every week with said soup snow. Working in some pretty tight spaces and on a very thin base layer, under which are coolant pipes. Also picked up a lot about maintaing the machines since the drivers do all the maintence work.
My problem is I'm not sure how to go about applying. In Europe these jobs aren't advertised, it's more who you know and even if they are if you contact the lift company they haven't a clue and just ignore you to simplify matters. I even tried offering to work for free just to gain experience and training and their response was like I was trying to steal their secrets. So the long and short of it is I'm looking for advice on applying to places, my next idea was making a video edit of my indoor driving. It's kind of like skiers trying to get sponsored hah.
Looking for a bit of advice. I'm currently operating a PB100 in an indoor snowdome for about 2 years/4 seasons and wanted to make the jump to doing the real thing on an actual mountain. The problem is I'm not sure about how to get a start. Working already with the machines I thought I would have an advantage however after trying to get a job this season in Europe proved quite unsuccessful I realised this might not be the case. I have decided to cast my net further afford to Canada, America or possibly New Zeland next season.
Whilst I have only operated indoors I have built some good skills such as working with snow the consistency of soup, building 12+ features for park lines every week with said soup snow. Working in some pretty tight spaces and on a very thin base layer, under which are coolant pipes. Also picked up a lot about maintaing the machines since the drivers do all the maintence work.
My problem is I'm not sure how to go about applying. In Europe these jobs aren't advertised, it's more who you know and even if they are if you contact the lift company they haven't a clue and just ignore you to simplify matters. I even tried offering to work for free just to gain experience and training and their response was like I was trying to steal their secrets. So the long and short of it is I'm looking for advice on applying to places, my next idea was making a video edit of my indoor driving. It's kind of like skiers trying to get sponsored hah.