indied17

Hey, so I'm moving out west next winter to take some time off after college. I'm from Pittsburgh and am not that familiar with the resorts out there. I've been to A-basin, keystone and vail, but all of those were just day trips while staying with a cousin who lives out by denver.

Anyway, I'm planning on working at one of the resorts and staying in employee housing for up to 5 months or so. Have any of you worked at a decent resort out west/do you know someone who has?

I'm looking at copper mountain, vail, keystone and mammoth as my top choices, but let me know if you have any other information. Thanks!

cw

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I'd shoot for Keystone if I was going to do it, because a few of my buddies work there and they said (hearsay mind you) that Keystone pays better than a handful of the mountains, and their employee housing sounds like it's on target. If you decide to do it, I'd imagine the resort that charges the most money will probably treat you the best, but that's just my poor attempt at common sense. If you move out here with that plan and it doesn't work out you could always do what the rest of us do and get a girlfriend to pay most of the rent

Traynor2501

lol, you'll just have to look into them yourselves two of my buddies are snowboard bums and just roam from slope to slope each year. I think their fav was Keystone or Mammoth if I remember that was like 4-5 years ago so who knows

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What are you wanting to do as far as work at the resort? I work at Mt. Hood Meadows as an instructor. The pacific northwest is a tough place to work as the pay is pretty low and people up here just do`nt tip. I know Colorado has the big resort scene with Aspen, Vali, etc. I hear the pay is okay and people (gapers) who vacation there, tend to have money and tip pretty well. You may also want to look at Tahoe, the rich Californians tip very well and some of our Instructors who have worked there said they made almost $20.00 /Hr as level 2`s. With tips, they said it was not uncommon to have a $300 day.
There is a lot around Salt Lake with Park City, Brighton, Snowbird, etc. Again, it has a big resort feel and money comes there. I don`t think the base wages in Utah are as good as Colorado or Tahoe. Thats all I got; I hope it helps some.

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T.J.

i hope you like ramen noodles...

dont worry, if the ramen becomes too expensive for your budget you can always steal ketchup packets from a local fast food place.

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Mr. Right

Shit, I make $16 an hour and I still steal all the condiments I can get my hands on lol.

T.J.

haha, thats just it. to you those are condiments, to a ski bum, that a meal.

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Its all about the free food cupboard in hostels. Anything unlocked or unmarked is fair game.

GoinBig

Wow this makes me want to move out west and work at resort in the mountains even more, it's a dream waiting to come true. Maybe next year I will cash in. I'm thinking Whistler. I tried Uni this fall and I'm not sure if this is where I wanna head in life, and it just so happens that I am now to late to work at Whistler, so maybe next year it will happen.