Pros
Skiing, keep medical certification, nominal equipment reimbursement. The medical director-a private physician who's not associated with Vail wants to help you.
Cons
Patrol managers mislead, show blatant favoritism, seem to get paid based on how little they can pay patrollers. Managers have poor to very poor medical skills yet certainly don't appreciate how good yours are. If you don't get it in writing it didn't happen with management-don't trust them. It's a publicly traded company along with Google, Microsoft, etc, but stock options don't exist, there's no vacation or holidays. Even slight amounts of overtime are refused. Working in fast food pays more. Even advanced, experienced medical providers can expect pay about $12/hr. It's almost impossible to get FT work. Turnover averages 15-20% per year. Patrol experience is terrible, advancement decisions are based on how You'll work with millennials who rarely are able to provide even basic medical help. Uniforms absorb water like sponges. Unless you're already wealthy seriously expect to live in your car, 50 miles away, or with at least 2 to a bedroom. The snow at Keystone is usually rock hard, so expect to get injured along with receiving terrible care at worker's comp. You really want to work here? Seriously?