Employment

Essential Job Functions: +18yrs | Starting $14/hr

• Work outside in all weather conditions
• Ensuring guests remain SAFE at all times while using our lifts
• Physically holding chairs while guests load and unload chairlifts
• Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds
• Snow shoveling required
• May be on your feet for the entire shift
• Always be alert and responsive
• Purchase and/or rent a uniform on or before your first shift and follow all dress code requirements

Position Overview: Lift operators are in constant contact with our guests and must be friendly and helpful when greeting and assisting them. You will be outside, sometimes for your entire shift, in all types of weather. You must be agile on soft and hard-packed snow surfaces and able to walk safely down the slopes. You will at times be performing basic lift maintenance and clearing snow. You will work the Magic Carpet lift in the tubing area, and you may be scheduled to work as a tubing attendant during weekday “special open” events for school groups. Lift operators are responsible for making sure customers have a safe and enjoyable experience while using the lifts at Crystal Ridge.

Lift ops are often some of the first employees our guests interact with - friendly customer service is a must! 

Essential Job Functions: (age requirements apply to certain positions)

• Perform job on your feet for the entire shift
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a calm demeanor
• Greet and assist customers to ensure a positive experience while visiting with us
• Flexibility and willingness to perform various duties  

Position Overview: Lodge Guest Services consist of our Ticketing/Guest Services department and our Cafe and Bar areas.  

Our ticketing/guest services department is a wealth of knowledge on all aspects of the customer journey and our products. This department will help solve problems and sell the correct tickets to ensure the customer is set up for success. Ticket scanners will physically check tickets (RFID) out on the hill to ensure a valid ticket scan. Excellent communication skills and an outgoing personality is a must (+16yr).

The Food & Beverage department consists of our Cafe (+14yr) and Bar (+21yr). Both very customer focused positions, these departments provide our guests with a bite to eat or a beverage after some laps out on the hill. Kitchen positions (+18yrs) will be responsible for preparing quick-order style foods while ensuring food safety and quality is at the forefront. The Lodge bar is a full-service bar providing mixed drinks, canned, bottled and tap beer, hot chocolate and more. Bartenders are typically working by themselves or with one other bartender. 

These are among some of the first employees that our guests interact with and they must be friendly and outgoing - don’t be shy! Apply today and chat with department managers! 

Essential Job Functions: +14yrs (limited availability) 

• Perform job on your feet for an entire shift
• Acquire a Head Tyrolia Rentals Staff certification on or before your first shift
• Must be able to lift a minimum of 20 pounds
• Must be able to independently reach a height of 8 feet with the use of a ladder
• Snow shoveling is required
• Purchase a uniform on or before your first shift and follow all dress code requirements

Position Overview: Rentals staff is in charge of providing guests with ski and snowboarding equipment, which is fit to each individual’s size and ability. This may include skis or a snowboard, boots, poles and/or a helmet. It is of utmost importance that each guest feels cared for and comfortable in their rental equipment. No prior experience is required (however an interest in skiing/snowboarding is a plus) , as all training will be paid and conducted through Crystal Ridge. It is of utmost importance that each guest feels cared for and comfortable in their rental equipment. Other job requirements include but are not limited to: general cleaning of the lodge, shoveling snow and salting, emptying outside trash cans and assisting in other departments such as tubing on busy days. 

Essential Job Functions: +14yrs (limited availability)

• 1-2 years previous skiing and/or snowboarding ability required
•  PSIA-AASI membership and/or certification preferred but not required
• Outside work, frequently in extreme weather conditions
• Commitment to improving skills and teaching techniques through practice and clinics
• Attend mandatory clinics, virtual trainings, and online self study
• Excellent customer services skills necessary

• Purchase and/or rent a uniform on or before your first shift and follow all dress code requirements

  Position Overview: Interested in teaching people how to enjoy the sport you love? Join the Crystal Ridge Snow School team! Teaching experience is preferred but not required and will be taught during pre-season training. There will be required instructor training clinics for all instructors – usually beginning in November and ongoing throughout the season.  Previous skiing/snowboarding skills required with understanding of the fundamentals of skiing/snowboarding. This is one of the few jobs where you can get paid to ski/board! 

  Instructors work in high visibility positions and are expected to be friendly, courteous focused, and patient at all times. Instructors teach a variety of lessons including private lessons, group lessons, and teach in our Terrain Based Learning area. Instructors work with learners of all ages and demographics. Snow School instructors are an extremely important position; you can be the reason someone decides to ski or snowboard for the rest of their life!

Essential Job Functions: +14yrs (limited availability) 

• Perform job on your feet for an entire shift
• Must be able to lift a minimum of 40 pounds on a frequent basis
• Must be able to pull loaded snow tubes across the snow
• Excellent customer service skills
• Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions
• Snow shoveling is required
• Purchase and/or rent a uniform on or before your first shift and follow all dress code requirements

Position Overview: Tubing attendants are in constant contact with our guests and must possess friendly and helpful personalities. Attendants will perform all opening, operating and closing procedures at the Tubing Park. They will assist customers at the top and the bottom of the hill with getting into and out of snow tubes. Tubing attendants work to provide a safe and memorable experience for our guests. Communicating, interacting and having fun with your coworkers and guests make this busy spot on the hill one of the most popular positions! This position requires you to be vocal - don't be shy! (limited availability for those 16yr and younger) 

Essential Job Functions: +18yrs | $14/hr

• Greet and provide outstanding guest services at all times
• Inspect, shape and test terrain park features when instructed to do so
• Maintain terrain park features by raking and shoveling features
• Assist lift operations, snowmaking and other outside departments. Being a team player is required of this position, you will be cross trained in lift ops.
• Ensure take offs are groomed/raked each night so they can properly set up for the next day
• Properly document and record daily inspections and repair features as needed
• Educate guests on safety and proper use and etiquette of the terrain parks
• Follow a build plan to efficiently reset or build new features in our parks

Position Overview: Terrain Park Staff are to create and maintain terrain park features including take offs, jumps and other features, and maintaining all signage, markings, and safety features of the terrain parks. Features support rider progression and provide on hill entertainment to a wide variety of skiing/snowboarding skill levels. This position requires the employee to have prior experience/knowledge of freestyle skiing and snowboarding. As a terrain park employee your primary responsibility is to our terrain parks, however, given the nature of the workload and our ski area, terrain park staff will also assist in the lift and hill operations departments. Skiing and snowboarding while on shift is strictly prohibited.

There are two primary roles within the terrain park department - rake shifts and build shifts. Both are paid hourly.

Rake Shifts: Scheduled for Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays & Holiday Hours. These are shifts that take place while we are open, maintaining the already existing features and interacting with our guests. You may be scheduled by yourself or one other park crew member. Weeknight (Mon-Thu) park staff will be scheduled as a lift operator, working lifts until close then completing a closing maintenance rake lap on the terrain parks.

Build Shifts: These shifts take place roughly once a week and are typically during the day before the hill is open to the public (or take place at close). These shifts consist of working with the snow cat operator and other park staff to build and set the features in the park. (Shoveling, raking, & sculpting). This is outside physical labor in all types of weather conditions.