Crew Info
Security Crew (Course Stewards)
Race courses are dangerous places for the skiing public, and intermediate skiers who blunder onto a course while it is under construction pose a significant danger to course workers and they can do damage to the track.
Our Course Stewards are assigned the duty of controlling access to the race course by making sure that everyone entering the course has proper credentials.
Stewards are posted at all entry points onto the course, including occasional crossing trails that allow recreational skiers access to their residences or to parts of the mountain cut off by the race course.
Diligence and great care is especially important where the skiing public must cross the race course while a race is taking place. Radio communication provides an important tool that Course Stewards use to help safeguard racers, workers and the public.
When running a speed event, all trails intersecting the race course must be closed to the public. Stewards guard all access points, to protect the race course from damage and course workers and the public from injury. Stewards remain at their posts until the recreational skiers have left the hill.
Stewards provide some crowd control by helping to build fences
to slow down skiers when approaching the race course. This
offers protection for skiers, racers and workers.
Warm clothing is of utmost importance, including warm gloves.
Hand and feet warmers can be a welcome option.
Better be warm than sorry.
Our Course Stewards provide our "public face", so a broad smile is a must. Also, make sure you don't forget your lunch.
Epecially important is a visit or two to the on-hill soup kitchen…….
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