2006 Annual Heavenly Area Women's Sled & Ski Clinic
Women In Patrol
The group of women on this page participated in a women's sled handling clinic in February 2006. Two 125 pound women can take a 230 pound man through a mogul field as well as two men can. We learn to handle sleds with technique and finesse - size is not of paramount importance.
If you have ever considered being a patroller, contact the individuals on the Joining page. They can put you in touch with one of us and we'd be happy to tell you about the satisfaction of patrolling as volunteer members of the National Ski Patrol. We are fairly fit and love to ski, as do the men. We pass Emergency Medical Technician or Outdoor Emergency Care courses. We learn to handle sleds, evacuate chair lifts, raise tower pads and tie ropes.
Women work as both paid patrollers and as volunteer members of the National Ski Patrol. Are we unique? Only in that we share a love of the outdoors and physical activities. Our "other" professions include school teaching, computer programming, health fields, architecture and business. Some of us are moms. All of us love working as Ski Patrollers.
If you are interested in information regarding past and future women's clinics, contact Trudy Nye (trudy@heavenlyareaskipatrol.org).
Other Images from this year's Clinic
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Photographs from past years: