Its Friday - Opening Day

It was opening day.  It was awesome.  1150 acres open, 11 lifts.

If you're in training on Monday it starts at 9am in Golden Peak at the Gold Peak Grill.

If you have questions, call us in the afternoon (3-5pm mountain time), we're busy and not checking email so much.

Paperwork Session #2

If you begin training on November 22nd, we are having our 2nd paperwork session on Thursday, November 18th from 1pm - 3pm.  Make sure to bring all your proper ID's into our locker room at Vail Village, and get everything done all in the same place!


Training Dates

Here is the list of upcoming training dates, if you haven't selected a class yet, please pick one of these and let us know.

Monday, November 22nd - FULL
Thursday, December 9th
Tuesday, December 21st


Opening Day

Opening Day is Friday, November 19th.  Its almost here!


Days Off

If you are currently in training, your official days off schedule will start on Thursday, the 18th.


Employee Housing

A few spots have opened up in Employee Housing at RiverEdge.  Please contact us for more details.

Evac Practice

(thanks for the picture Matt)

Short Update Today!

Since most of you that are in the Training Class on Monday are already in town, this week is going to be a shorter update.

Paperwork Session Today!

Where:  Lift Operations Locker Room (Vail Village)
When:   3pm - 5pm, Friday
What:    Do all the paperwork you need to start working (and get your ski pass).
What do you need to bring:  I-9 documentation (see below)
What else: We'll have some refreshments, you can also check out the locker room, ski storage, and ask us any questions you like.


Uniform Distribution
Where:  Lift Operations Locker Room (Vail Village)
When:   9am - 12pm, Sunday
What:    Get your uniform and a locker.
What do you need to bring:  Yourself


I-9 Documentation

Here is what you need to bring, if you read a few posts back you can find the exhaustive list.

Housing Update

We are now offering employee housing to people who are on the waiting list who are starting work on November 22nd.  Please contact us for details.  We hope to be able to offer December arrivals housing shortly, but we can't offer it yet.


Free Internet Access

If you're in town and looking for internet access, there are a few options.  You can find internet access at the following locations.

• Lift Department Locker Room (no wireless, but a computer you can use)
• Town of Vail Library
• Vail Wifi (you get one free hour per day, most of the bus stops have wireless internet)
• Safeway's Lounge, next to Starbucks inside Safeway in West Vail
• Marketplace at One Willow Bridge (across the street from where the bowling alley / movie theater is in Solaris)

Training on Monday

• Starts at 8am for Returning Operators
• Starts at 9am for New Operators
• Bring a lunch, the lunch break may be very short (we have a lot to do.

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