By Geoff Scotton, Ski Improvement Clinic Coordinator, Mountain Division (geoffscotton@skipatrol.ca) The 2023 CSP Mountain Division Ski Improvement Clinic will be our biggest ever, with for the first time not two, but three weeks available from late January through early March,
By Lori Natuik, Manitoba Division President (lori.natuik@skipatrol.ca) Patrollers in Manitoba Division had lots of snow this winter, with record high snowfall amounts giving great ski conditions. Along with that snow the bitter cold resulted in many “closed due to extreme
By Mike Palamarek, Mountain Division President (mike.palamarek@skipatrol.ca) and Geoff Scotton, Mountain Division VP External (geoffscotton@skipatrol.ca) At mid-March, CSP Mountain Division activities are continuing at a busy pace with, in some spots, a full two months of skiing still ahead. After
By Matthew Carr, National Applications Developer (matthew.carr@skipatrol.ca) The patrol operations portfolio is currently seeking three volunteers to fill a new position of Java/Dart Developer to assist in development of future features of the YETI database. A full job description can
By Nancy Price-Hutley, National Recognition Committee Chair (nancy.price-hutley@skipatrol.ca) I want to thank everyone who put forward a patroller’s name for recognition at the national level this year. As you know, recognizing our patrollers for the valuable work they do and
By Maggi McLeod, Marketing and Communications Portfolio Lead (pro tem) (maggi.mcleod@skipatrol.ca) Kerri Loudon is stepping back from her role as the communications and marketing portfolio lead for a period of time due to some personal circumstances that will require her
By A.P. Crawford, National Periodical Editor and Production Manager (ap.crawford@skipatrol.ca) Paul Druitt joined the CSP in Ogopogo Zone in 1977, having developed a love of snow and sliding on it when he was just three years old. As he grew
By A.P. Crawford, National Periodical Editor and Production Manager (ap.crawford@skipatrol.ca) Eric Waddell joined the CSP in Greater Vancouver Zone in 1995, later transferring east to Central Zone in Ontario. To those who knew him, he was an institution, which was
By Meaghan Kells, Atlantic East Division President (meaghan.kells@skipatrol.ca) and Matthew Garvin, Atlantic East Division Training Manager (matthew.garvin@skipatrol.ca) Saturday, March 5, 2022, will go down in Newfoundland’s Marble Mountain history as one memorable day for over 200 guests riding the Lightning
By A.P. Crawford, National Periodical Editor and Production Manager (ap.crawford@skipatrol.ca) Four members of the Deans-Benham family joined the CSP in Parkland Zone, Saskatchewan Division this season and theirs is an interesting story. It all started last year when one of
By A.P. Crawford, National Periodical Editor and Production Manager (ap.crawford@skipatrol.ca) This year Doug MacLean of Nova Scotia Zone celebrated 60 years of service with the Canadian Ski Patrol, only the third person in our history to have achieved that record.
