Jay: Week 5

Friday February 17th was the last day that I was at Jay. On this day I was helping work the Lifts and tram. I started off working the Flyer in the morning then i was moved to the tram in the afternoon. The guys that were working the lifts showed me how to run the lifts and also how to use the new RFID card reader. When I went to work at the tram they showed me how everything works and what all of the dials ment. after they showed me how everything works they let me run the tram for a little while before I had to leave.

Jay: Week 4

On the friday of week 4 at Jay peak I was helping work the Tram Haus Lodge. I was working closely with Blake, an LSC student that is doing his internship at Jay. While working with Blake I was helping out with the phones and I also got to see how to check-in and check-out guests. The next day I was working in the new Water Park that jay just had built. I was following the person in charge of the life guards for most of the day, but they also had me pulling out tubes from the lazy river. they showed me where all of the pumps are for all of the water features and where they make their own chlorine for the pools. Near the end of the day I ended up falling on one of the walk ways and ended up fracturing my toe.

Jay: Week 3

This last weekend at Jay was pretty fun, on Friday we helped with the unloading of 600 Canadians in the morning then we got to ski for the rest of the day. on Saturday I was working with Guest Services, and it got pretty hectic in there. After I worked with Guest services I got to work with Food and Beverage, when i showed up there they immediately put me behind the grill of the cafeteria because they couldn't keep up with the crowds that were coming in. i was talking to one of the cooks and he said "this is the busiest I've ever seen it while I've been working."

Jay: Week 2

Unfortunately I was not able to go to Jay Peak this week due to me being sick.

Jay: Week 1

At Jay I got to ski with the ski patrol for the first half of the day which was awesome. The ski patrol does not do much with the sustainability of the mountain but they do have to do with the service and safety of the mountain by helping people that have gotten injured or have gotten lost on the mountain. During the after noon I was with Ski School and they have a minimal part on the Sustainability of the mountain but they have a part on the snow and lifts aspect of it. Their main focus is the service of the customers and the safety of their customers that want lessons. The ski patrol supports the customer by helping them with anything that they need on the hill, the ski school supports the customer by giving them the best lessons that they offer. The Ski patrol helps the employees with helping them with problems that they have, the ski school helps the employees by being friendly. Ski patrollers benefit the the owner by making sure that the mountain is safe  for everyone, the ski school helps out the owner by making sure that the customers get the best lessons that they can get.

Burke and Stowe

When we went back to Burke, we were going to see them fly in the new lift towers but the helicopter did not show up so we didn't get to see anything happen. We then went to burke later that week, when we went their we actually had to work. We had to Clear up the Drainage Ditches on the access road. We then went to the summit to check out the newly completed terminal. We also got to check out the newly completed Ski patrol hut at the top, after that we mulched the area under the newly completed lift before they were going to blow snow. After doing work we went to the maintenance building and checked out their new groomers that they had purchased. And ten we got to check out the park features that they have which was sick.

Burke and Chili Cook Off

When we went to Burke we were told that we were going to have to put the seat pads on the old quad that goes to the summit. Usually they only have about 3 people doing this and it would have taken them about 1-2 days to put all of them on, but with our class of 18 kids we were able to put all of the pads on in just over an hour and a half, all because we had a system on how to put them on. Later that week we had the 2nd anual Chili cook off, which went well. the small little games and such made a lot of money and so did the people that bought chili. We also had a skate jam that day as well which was a little disappointing because their were only 5 competitors in the jam but it brought a large crowd.

Bretton Woods

On our trip to Bretton Woods we got to meet the Ski Services Manager, he told us a lot about how he got into the industry and the history of Bretton woods. He also gave us a tour of the base lodge, which is a great lodge and the had just put in a new indoor rock wall for the guests. We then took a walk to the maintenace building to get a better understanding about their snowmaking and if they were going to make snow that night. After that we walked over to one of the lifts where we got to meet the Mountain Ops Manager, who told us about how she got into the industry and how long she's been working their, she also told us a little bit about the lifts that they have. We then went back into the lodge to learn more about Customer Services and how every part of a ski area is a part of Customer Service. We then took a shuttle over to their Hotel which was incredible, I've never seen anything like it before and how old it was was amazing. It was pretty cool to learn that Thomas Edison was the person to do all the electricity in the hotel. As we were leaving we looked up the mountain to see that they were making snow, which was a great thing to see.

Jay Peak

Unfortunately I was not able to go on the Jay Peak trip, But I did get to hear about what everyone got to see when they went that day. I herd that they got to see the new indoor water park that Jay is putting in. this water park that they put in has the longest indoor lazy river in the United States.

Burke Trip

When we were at the Lyndon Outing Club we got to see what the ski hill had in the basement, in the maintenance shed and other areas around the Lyndon Outing Club.On our Burke Trip that we have taken we went to Mid-Burke and we checked out the plans for what the new lift will look like, we also check out the master plan that they had and it showed a lot of work that they want to do over the next 10 years or so. The lift that they are putting in is a Poma and it will be a top drive lift. Burke is not very far along with the build of their new lift, they are only at the concrete stage in the process. After checking out where the top terminal will be we went and saw their new wind turbine that they now have at the top of Burke.