Nearly 160,000 individuals receive care from NSP patrollers each year. What is a National Ski Patroller? A brief history of the NSP Are you up to the challenge? How to become a ski patroller. We also need Nordic and bike patrollers! What is Nordic patrolling? What is Bike patrolling? A day in the life of a ski patroller (Offered by our friends in the Canadian Ski Patrol.) |
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Member Login "I just wanted to send you a quick note to let you know how impressed I have been with every aspect of Giants Ridge this winter. Snow and grooming: Excellent |
We are always looking for new members. We're a fun group and enjoy some of the best
skiing and panoramic vistas in Minnesota. Interested? |
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Our primary missions are to promote safe skiing, snowboarding and mountain biking attitudes to the public, and to provide emergency rescue and medical services to skiers and mountain bikers at Giants Ridge. If you enjoy helping people and would like to play an important part in the operation of a year-round recreation area, we invite you to join us. | ||
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Giants
Ridge has 34 of the best groomed alpine
ski runs in the Midwest, 60 km of superb cross-country
ski trails, as well as one of the finest terrain
parks for the boarder to be found anywhere. In 2003, SKI Magazine selected Giants Ridge as the best Minnesota ski area. Two NEW purpose-built gravity mountain bike trails are NOW OPEN at Giants Ridge! There are two different trails that include optional “B” lines. Served by the NEW Sarajevo Express chairlift, trails will be intermediate to advanced and will be built to enhance rider enjoyment and fun! The trails that will be opening this year are located south of the Garmisch ski run. The trails are being built by Rock Solid Trail Contracting of Copper Harbor, Michigan. |
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Alpine and Nordic races, along with other special events are held at the resort throughout the ski season. The Patrol provides emergency medical support for these events, and helps with other activities as diverse as fat-tire & mountain bike races held near the end of the ski season, and in summer... |
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...programs to help adaptive skiers reach their full potential, and multi-service rescue training exercizes, like the mass casualty exercise based on a mock chairlift derailment described at right. |
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We provide thorough training in outdoor emergency medical care and in safely transporting an injured person from the hill. Emergency medical training classes generally meet for four hours one night a week, with ski and toboggan-handling training on weekends. Total training takes about a year. If you are interested in being a part of our Patrol, and can put in the time and effort, please fill out our quick on-line application. -- Jerry Ulleberg (past Giants Ridge patroller) |
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www.grpatrol.org |