Another Friday, another update.

Friday update cuatro! Ski season starts at Vail in 35 days! Training classes start in 24 days!


Fitness

Core strength training is an important part of overall fitness. The stronger your core muscles are, the easier it is to transfer energy to the smaller muscles farther from your core. Lift Operators do lots of things using the core as a base like shoveling, lifting people, and most importantly skiing and snowboarding.
http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com/core-strength-training.html


Housing Information

Housing deposits are due to secure your spot in employee housing. Housing is currently full, however if you don’t send your deposit in, we will open up your spot to some of the other people who are still interested. We sent out a resource guide for those of you who are looking for alternative housing, if you need it shoot us an email and we’ll get it to you.


Training

There have been some misconceptions about training classes. Our training classes are NOT 1 day training sessions. They are 2 weeks of learning about lifts, the mountain, the town, and everything that we do. You can expect to get about 30-35 hours of paid training per week for 2 weeks during training. The November 8th training will go Monday through Thursday, and possibly Friday. Count on the training beginning November 22nd to go Monday through Wednesday, off Thanksgiving, then back on Friday. Chairlifts have different makes and models, and take a significant amount of time and effort to learn.


Fact of the Week

FORMER LIFT OPERATOR SAVES CHILEAN MINERS!
Matt Staffel (2002/2003) was part of the crew that got those guys out. Matt was quoted on CNN as comparing this great achievement to getting Chair 5 open on a 2 foot powder day.
Nice work Matt!



CONTEST #2: Hometown Icons

Send us a pic of an iconic image that makes your hometown, or current town, special. It can be a person, place, or a thing. Something that you can brag about while away.  One of the best things about living in Vail is meeting people from all around the globe. This is your chance to let everyone know a little something about where you are coming from and maybe reach your hand into the Swanny box for a sweet pair of ski gloves.  You don't need to be in the picture, but let us know what it is.

Here is our example from Vail.  The Covered Bridge and 10th Mountain Division Soldier.

Email the pics to Debs at dperry@vailresorts.com.  We’ll have a winner by next week.


Travel

When you’re arranging your arrival into Vail, please try to arrive at least 2 days early. It takes time to get situated in housing and sign a lease.


PAPERWORK SESSION!!!
(for those already confirmed for the 11/08/10 training class)

When – Friday November 5th 2010
Time – 3pm – 5pm
Where – Vail Village Lifts locker room
WHAT TO BRING – your 2 valid forms of identification (see posts below if you’re confused)
What - Come and meet the supervisors, get your paperwork finished so you can get a ski pass!  Enjoy delicious refreshments.



Paycheck Info

If you are in the first training class on the 8th, you will receive a paycheck on the 18th. On this paycheck you will be paid for the first 3 days of training, from the 8th until the 11th. After that you’ll receive a paycheck every 2 weeks, with 2 weeks worth of work on each one.

We have several banks in town, if you’re looking to open a new bank account in Colorado.

1stBank (locations in Vail, Lionshead, West Vail, Avon)

Alpine Bank (Vail and Avon)

US Bank (Vail and Avon)

Millennium Bank (Vail)

You can get direct deposit for your paycheck if you want. It usually takes about 2 paycheck cycles to get it started.

Supervisor Profiles

We decided we’d all make a short video to tell you a little bit about us. Enjoy Lynsey and Leo’s profiles.