If you have any questions about joining Alpine Meadows National Ski Patrol, or the schedule below, contact Candidate Coordinators, Dave Barry - dwberry@yahoo.com, and John Phelan - johnp@occamsoft.com.

As a candidate you can patrol on non-training days as long as you're with an Alpine Meadows National Ski Patroller. This means that you can show up on any weekend and hook up with a patroller. For midweek patrolling, check ahead of time via email on the listserv to see if anyone will be there.

You'll wear your patrol belt and a candidate "bib" or arm band, and will help with our regular patrol duties. It's a great way to learn the routine and have a lot of fun making turns! Early season consideration: MUST have a valid OEC card and required AMNSP equipment.

Our "out-the-door" time is 8:30am. You must be in the patrol room no later than 8:10 to sign on and receive the morning briefing. Allow time to park at the bottom of the road and ride the shuttle up. We're subject to the same rules as full time employees.

2007-2008 Candidate Training Schedule

December	January	February	March	April
Think snow	Christmas Break Sign on with another patroller	Feb 2-3 Sign on with a patroller	March 1-2 Sign on with a patroller	April 5-6 Sign on with a patroller
Think snow	Jan 5-6 Assessments lower extremities sleds	Feb 9-10 Backboard/ head injuries/sled/ previous training criteria	March 8-9 Practice skills of previous training criteria	April 12-13 Putting it all together
8-9 Refresher weekend	Jan 12-13 Upper extremities/ sleds/ previous training criteria	Feb 16-17 President’s Holiday week Sign on with a patroller	March 15-16 Sign on with a patroller
15-16 Refresher weekend	Jan 19-20 Sign on with a patroller	Feb 23-24 Medical/sled/ previous training criteria	March 22-23 What ever needs extra work
Christmas Break Sign on with a patroller	Jan 26-27 Training weekend Topic TBD		March 29-30 What ever needs extra work