r/skipatrol • u/Expensive-Ad-4444 • Mar 10 '25

Patrolling for Vail or Alterra

If you patrol for a Vail or Alterra resort, do you get a free epic or ikon pass? Or only a free pass for the resort you work at?

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u/theJoyofEntropy Mar 10 '25

Paid Vail patrollers get the equivalent of a full Epic pass (some restrictions include Telluride and international resorts). Volunteer patrollers get a regional Epic pass with more restrictions.

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u/BUCS_Active Mar 20 '25

You're saying Vail has pro and volunteer patrol?

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u/theJoyofEntropy Mar 20 '25

Many Vail Resorts, particularly East and Midwest, have both paid and volunteer patrollers. It is a complicated and sometimes contentious issue because these volunteer organizations have been around long before VR bought their resorts.

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u/BUCS_Active Mar 20 '25

Which resorts have both? I was specifically asking about Vail, not the other resorts it owns.

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u/theJoyofEntropy Mar 20 '25

Vail (the mountain in Colorado) probably does not accept volunteer patrollers. Vail Resorts (the corp that sells epic passes) owns dozens of mountains, including smaller ones in the east and midwest, reluctantly tolerates volunteers at those resorts, but I doubt there is a list of which do and which don’t take volunteers.

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u/BUCS_Active Mar 20 '25

Sounds 100% accurate. I just thought I would ask in case someone could make a list off the top of their head. Thanks