By Brian Low, CSP FIPS Delegate (brian.low@skipatrol.ca) Caroline Elliott is a snow safety expert and France-qualified ski patroller, and a Fédération Internationale des Patrouilles de Ski (FIPS) rescue dog group member. She has written a book for young people related
By Jeffrey Smith, Western Zone Patroller (sibco@execulink.com) Many patrollers across the country have literally been in the dark on calls and this month’s cool tool can help in a variety of dim situations. This tool is especially useful for members
By A.P. Crawford, Kawartha Zone and Dagmar Patroller, Life Member No. 87 (ap.crawford@skipatrol.ca) Charlie Turner was a true builder of the Canadian Ski Patrol. In the CSP Kawartha Zone and at the Dagmar Patrol, we knew him for all of
By Kerri Loudoun, Communications and marketing Portfolio Leader (kerri.loudoun@skipatrol.ca) Last month, we outlined the function of the CSP Financial Oversight Committee and who its current members are. This month, we are profiling the CSP Information Technology (IT) Advisory Committee (ITAC).
By Kerri Loudoun, Communications and marketing portfolio leader (kerri.loudoun@skipatrol.ca) There is just over a month remaining for HH winter uniform orders to be placed by zones. If you still need to submit your uniform order to your PL, please do
By Kerri Loudoun, Portfolio Leader, Communications and Marketing (kerri.loudoun@skipatrol.ca) In 1977, Jake Burton Carpenter founded Burton Snowboards out of his Vermont barn and dedicated the rest of his life to snowboarding. He was the founder, the soul of snowboarding, the
By Shannon Reed, Lake Louise patroller, Calgary Zone (shannon.reed@hotmail.ca) Waterproof notebook and mechanical pencil I always carry these cool tools together whether in wildfire season, ski patrol duty or for recreational use in the backcountry. It’s the Rite in the
By Kerri Loudoun, Communications and Marketing portfolio leader (kerri.loudoun@skipatrol.ca) We are seeking interesting stories and topics for future member newsletters Every month, the 5/5 editorial team works to offer interesting and pertinent stories for the CSP member newsletter, the 5/5.
By Stéphane Niles, Board Chairperson (stephane.niles@skipatrol.ca) Dear CSP members: Please join me in welcoming Sam Morcos from the CSP Gatineau Zone and Amy Scullion from the CSP Calgary Zone to the Canadian Ski Patrol national board of directors. They have
By Kerri Loudoun, Communications and marketing portfolio leader (kerri.loudoun@skipatrol.ca) Get your Helly Hansen uniform orders in now The countdown is on to place your Helly Hansen CSP winter uniform orders with your patrol leader. To help make things easier, you
By A.P. Crawford (ap.crawford@skipatrol.ca) Reed Power-Grimm, Tim Parks, Rod Hull, Andy Maclean (non-CSP), Allison Hunter (non-CSP), Greg Conron (non-CSP), Darryl Rourke (non-CSP) On March 28, 2023, at about 10:20 a.m., a 78-year-old male skier entered the chairlift corral at Ski
