Crater Lake Ski Patrol

Table of Contents Membership What We Have to Offer What We Require The Soul Of America: NPS Flash Photo Presentation   View Presentation Application to Join the Patrol Snail Mail Form:  APPLICATION FOR CRATER LAKE VOLUNTEER SKI PATROL Online: Online Application Form  Membership The Crater Lake Ski Patrol is a highly spirited group of volunteers that consists of around thirdly-five members who work under the management of the National Park Service.  One of the main functions of the patrol is to keep visitors safe, maintain and patrol all the cross-country ski trails at Crater Lake National Park. The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation in 2003 awarded the Crater Lake Ski Patrol in Washington DC the first annual George B. Hartzog Jr. Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service for the entire nation. The patrol not only contributes to the day-to-day activities that keep the park looking pristine during the winter months. They are also essential to visitor safety, stemming from a proactive management approach. Although the park spans nearly 200,000 acres, its Visitor and Resource Protection Staff consists of only three field rangers during the winter, so the support provided by the ski patrol is invaluable. Crater Lake Ski Patrol Members in Washington DC standing by Gail Norton the Interior Secretary   Click to view picture     Most members live in the local communities that surround the park, like Klamath Falls, Ashland, Medford, and Roseburg, etc.  Nevertheless, you can see the love of the park that our patrollers have because some of our members come as far as a way as the Willamette Valley and Northern California to be part of the ski patrol family.  Members learn Wilderness First Aid, Survival Skills, Ski Skills, Map and Compass use, Winter Shelter Construction, Ropes, Avalanche Awareness and Forecasting, Search & Rescue, and Helicopter Safety.     VIP Program Mission The National Park Service Volunteers-In-Parks Program (VIP) was authorized by Public Law 91-357 enacted 1970. The primary purpose of the VIP program is to provide a vehicle through which the National Park Service can accept and utilize voluntary help and services from the public. The major objective of the program is to utilize this voluntary help in such a way that is mutually beneficial to the National Park Service and the volunteer. Volunteers are accepted from the public without regard to race, creed, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability. VIP Program PowerPoint Program - FY06 Top of page

What We Have to Offer

• Learn New Skills:   Wilderness First Aid, Survival Skills, Map and Compass use, Winter Shelter Construction, Ropes, Avalanche Awareness and Forecasting, Search & Rescue, and Helicopter Safety

• First Aid: American Red Cross Wilderness First Aid training covers patient examination and evaluation, body systems and anatomy, wound care, splinting, environmental emergencies, and backcountry medicine.

• Search and Rescue and Emergency Situations: Learn SAR procedures and techniques, National Park Service Incident Commander system, sled handling and emergency toboggan construction.

• Ski Skills Improve your technique, explore telemarking, become familiar with the miles of trails of Crater Lake National Park. 

• Ski Safely and Have Fun:  Train and patrol with other area skiers, the perfect excuse to exercise, meet new people, and learn new skills and ski.

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What We Require

• Anything worthwhile has a price. What's the price of being a member of the Crater Lake Ski Patrol? A little time, and a little money to buy some ski and first aid equipment, gas to get to the park and your commitment.
• Time: All members go through two separating trainings weekends. All patrollers are required to have at least a Current Wilderness First Aid card and professional level CPR/AED certificate.   
• (1) First Aid:  first weekend in November. This weekend focus on Wilderness First Aid and Professional level CPR/AED. All class are on a two year rotation plan 
  • Year 1: (even years) Day 1:  CPR,    Day 2:  Equipment orientation and Patient care scenarios.
  • Year 2: (odd years) Day 1: Wilderness First Aid.  Day 2: CPR review, Patient care scenarios & Equipment orientation.
• (2) Orientation: First weekend in December: This weekend focuses on Park and Ski Patrol procedures and on the core competencies of Survival Skills, Map and Compass use, Winter Shelter Construction, Ropes, Avalanche Awareness and Forecasting, Search & Rescue, and Helicopter Safety. 

• Commitment:

  • All Patrollers have to be on patrol at least 6 days per year and sign up for these weekend during the orientation weekend in December.

  • Patrol Levels

    • We have two levels of Patrollers: Candidate or Member and Certified Patroller.

Level One: Candidate- Member: 

• A Entry-level participant, from interest announcement or patrol reference (Candidate)

• To a Member is good standing the following year until they are certified  (Member)

• Level Two:  Certified:  Patroller who has complete the Qualification Standards for Basic Ski Patroller checklist .  

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Additional Information 

• See Position Description:        Position Description

• See Patrol Procedures:           Patrol Procedures

• See Equipment Needed:          Equipment

• See: Qualification Standards for Basic Ski Patroller

• Ski Patrol Handbook download your own CLSP handbook it comes as a PDF file

Are you are interested in joining the patrol? 

1. Click on the the application form of choice, for the Crater Lake Ski Patrol below,

2. Save that file to your computer.

3. Print file 

4. Fill out the form,

5. Send  electronic file to wheels432@charter.net :  Please follow instruction found on form.

6. If you fill out the snail mail form,  Please sent it to Jan Lemons at Crater Lake Oregon,  P.O. Box 7 Crater Lake, OR 97604.

7. For additional information or questions, feel free to call Niel Barrett and leave message @ : 1-541-883-7573

• Snail mail application form for the Crater Lake Ski Patrol 

  • APPLICATION FOR CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK VOLUNTEER SKI PATROL

• Online application form for the Crater Lake Ski Patrol 

  • Online Application

Contact Information

• Ellen Rubenson: Recruitment officer @ elrube@mind.net

• Or contact Niel Barrett:  wheels432@charter.net  CLNP Ski Patrol Director

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