Thinking of doing a ski season??
If, like me, a few weeks here and there simply aren’t enough then why not do a ski season?! It will probably be the hardest work you’ll ever do (getting up every morning at 6.30am after partying all night) but you’ll have the best 5 months of your life!!
I spent a season working as a Chalet Maid (sorry, Chalet host!) in Val d’Isere and it really was an absolute blast. It was bloody hard work to begin with, and you do get to the point where you never ever want to see an onion again, but it’s all worth it to be able to put on your skis every day.
If you love the sound of skiing every day but don’t know your emmental from your mascarpone (a very long story which I wont go into now but when i get really desperate for things to blog about I may well tell you about it!) then there are plenty of other jobs available in resort from Resort Accountant to odd job man to barman to pot washer!! Or if even that sounds too much like hard work then just rent yourself an apartment (you can get very good deals on season long lets) below an apartment of Chalet staff and you’ll get fed and watered all season for free (another long story!).
If you’re umming and ahhing then just go for it, you wont regret it!!
matt 12th October 2009
Hello, So i want to become a employee at a ski resort and really have no idea how to do that…i live in Chicago but want to go somewhere to work out west, how would i do this? do you know any good places to start looking?
Em 14th October 2009
Hi Matt,
Unfortunately all our experience is within the UK/European ski industry, rather than the American one. I personally went directly to a tour operator to find my first job but there also plenty of sites that advertise jobs from different employers. What kind of job are you looking for?
Em
Em 14th October 2009
Found a great article here about the types of jobs on offer in American resorts: http://www.jobjournal.com/thisweek.asp?artid=2784