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What Goes On From Dusk To Dawn At Aspen Snowmass
From the time the lifts close until they start running the next morning, an orchestrated team of ski patrollers, groomers, and snowmakers work to make each mountain safe and ready for guests.
The Unsung Heroes Of Aspen Snowmass
Afternoon Sweep And Morning Trail Check

Ski Patrollers interact with guests and respond to calls throughout the day. But once the lifts are closed, the patrol “sweeps” the slopes to make sure that everyone is safely off the mountain. The patrollers move down at the same time visually scanning to their partner so that the entire mountain is webbed to clear the trails. The dispatcher at the top of the mountain tends to the phone all day and is the last to descend with a partner. Ski Patrol is back on the scene at the top of the mountain for an 8:00am meeting to discuss grooming, safety concerns, and sign up for morning trail checks where patrollers look for grooming mishaps or hazards before the lifts open.
Grooming Through The Night

“After 46 years of grooming, I still love my job,” said Gressett. “It’s gratifying to put the mountain together and make it all happen. I look behind and can see the results of my work.”
Snowmaking Night And Day

Through the night — and often throughout the day — a crew of 30 operate snow guns to supplement the natural snow on the slopes. Arguably, the most difficult and demanding job on the mountain, this team manages unmanageable variables: temperature, wind, water pressure, not to mention repair and maintenance of air compressors and pumps, as well as frozen lines. “Snowmaking is never easy, it always fights back,” says retired Snowmaking Manager Tony Wrone.
Hats (helmets) off to the hardworking ski patrollers, groomers, and snowmakers that help make the Aspen Snowmass ski experience so exceptional.
WE ARE SNOWMAKERS

snow making machine at snowmass
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