Mountain Works PNSAA

A ski area general manager, a mid-level manager, a ski patroller, and an industry rookie walk into...... a room full of 450 people. Origin stories unfold. Greg Pack, Cody Howe, Hannah Besso, and Megan Keating talk about their career paths in the US ski industry.  
Collaboration episode with Ski Area Management's podcast, PodSAM.  SAM editor, Dave Meeker, leads this panel discussion at the 2022 Mountain Works Conference.  

Climate scientists Dr. Sarah Myhre and Dr. Nick Siler are joined by Gwyn Howat, CEO of Mt. Baker Ski Area, and Adrienne Saia Isaac from the National Ski Areas Association to talk about ocean health and the ski industry's risk management efforts in regard to climate change. Accompanied by PNSAA president, Jordan Elliott, and emcee extraordinaire,  SHANAN KELLEY. Recorded LIVE at the 2022 Mountain Works Conference. 
Supplemental Graph: Earth Temperature Timeline. 
NSAA's Sustainable Slopes program info > HERE

Chris Hagar (Backcountry Hunters & Anglers) presents the history of public lands in the US. Shawnee Hinman (USFS Region 6) presents a history of how ski areas came to be part of the public land system. Finally, Kent Sharpe (SE Group) joins Shawnee and PNSAA President Jordan Elliott on the couch to talk about how ski area special use permits are administered within the national forest system. Recorded Live at the 2022 Mountain Works Conference. 
Chris Hagar's Slide Deck HERE 
Shawnee Hinman's Slide Deck HERE
Skijoring Storyboard HERE

The Oregon employment department's Damon Runberg details the vocational makeup of the region's ski industry workforce. He provides data on what COVID-19 did to the macro hospitality workforce and then follows us through industry type, time, and space while highlighting the "other season" jobs that also rely on water.  Recorded live in front of nearly 500 PNW ski area staff members at the 2022 Mountain Works Conference.  Special emcee shoutout to Shanan Kelley.
Damon's slide deck is here
 

Part 2 of the rebuild story from Timberline's 2020 icing event. Mt. Hood and industry veteran Tom Scully talks about extreme weather impacts on ski area operations and provides key tips on how to perform line work safely, whether you are de-icing or performing regular maintenance.  Special guest Augie Eischen of the Sandia Peak Tramway. Slide Deck Here -Scroll down for Tom's slides. New Zealand De-icing Incident Learning Video Here

In 2020 Timberline Oregon's Palmer ski lift stood up to a planetary weather event and lost.  In 2022, Timberline's Mt. Ops crew told this story to a room full of ski area operators and maintenance experts and detailed what the rebuild process was like. This is their story. A black diamond episode to be sure. 
Timberline GM, Rose Phillips. Timberline Ops team- Mike Fair, Sean Keeran, Logan Stewart.  As well as industry veterans Augie Eischen and Tom Scully.  Slide Deck HereVideo from Timberline Here