Vail Lifts Blog: Friiiiiiiiiiday Update

Hello Lifties:

Friday update time! Ski season starts at Vail in 42 days! Training classes start in 31 days! It snowed a little bit last night, maybe we can find some pictures later.

And the winner is...

Grooming

Gentlemen, we do have a grooming policy in the Lift Department. If you have a beard it has to be clean and nice. If you don't have a beard when training starts, you will not be allowed to grow one. If you have a beard when training starts, and we determine that it looks shady, we'll make you shave it off. So pretty much, if you want to have any facial hair for the winter, grow it now and make it pretty. I'm working on some sort of picture to show you what is ok and what isn't but you'll have to wait for that.

Fitness

Keep working on your physical fitness! There are a number of gyms in Vail that you can use when you get here:

Vail Aria Club and Spa - around $75 for a monthly employee membership

Vail Athletic Club

Avon Recreation Center

Housing Information

Currently, the online housing deposit system is not working. Pinnacle (the housing people) are telling me it will be fixed by the end of the day, but I will let everyone know as soon as it is working again. If you have not replied about employee housing yet, there are not many spots left, so make sure to let us know. We also took the time to make a short video tour of Timber Ridge this week. Here it is:

Fact of the Week

Vail installed $2.5 million dollars worth of snowmaking equipment in Golden Peak last year. This will allow the ski team to start training November 1^st, and get a nice head start on all the snow that they need for the terrain park.

Travel

Getting up to Vail is pretty easy if you don’t have a car. In fact, you DON’T NEED a car in Vail at all. We have one of the largest free bus systems in North America. You can get anywhere in Vail on the bus quickly and easily, and you don’t have to worry about digging your car out of 9 feet of powder.

If you don’t have a car and you need a ride up from the airport, CME is one of the best options. The shuttles run every hour and a half during the day. We do get an employee discount on CME, which I will have to get to everyone later. If you’re planning on using them to get up here within the next week, just tell them you are going to be an employee when you book your reservation on the phone at 800.525.6363.

Documentation

I wanted to remind everyone about bringing the correct documentation again. This is very important, if you screw this up you might not have a job when you get here.

Employees are required to present either one of the documents from List A or one of the following documents from List B and one of the documents from List C.

List A (Documents that establish both identity and employment eligibility)

United States Passport
Permanent Resident Card or Alien Registration Receipt Card (I-551)
Temporary Resident Card (I-688)
Employment Authorization Document (I-766, I-688B, or I-688A)
Foreign Passport with temporary I-551 stamp
For aliens authorized to work only for a specific employer, foreign passport with Form I-94 authorizing employment with this employer

List B (Documents that establish identity only)

Driver's license issued by a state or outlying possession
ID card issued by a state or outlying possession
Native American tribal document
Canadian driver's license or ID card with a photograph (for Canadian aliens authorized to work only for a specific employer)
School ID card with a photograph
Voter's registration card
U.S. Military card or draft record
Military dependent's ID Card

List C (Documents that establish employment eligibility only)

Social Security account number card without employment restrictions
Original or certified copy of a birth certificate with an official seal issued by a state or local government agency
Certification of Birth Abroad
US Citizen ID Card
Native American tribal document
Form I-94 authorizing employment with this employer (for aliens authorized to work only for a specific employer)

So you need, one document from List A (Passport), or one from B and one from C (Driver’s License & Social Security Card). All of the documents must be original and unexpired

Gear

We have a few company owned stores, and as an employee you can get 10%-20% off most items. If you need anything before you get out here it might be worthwhile to check these places out.