Status: Seasonal (Full-Time and Part-Time positions available)
The Best Job on the Mountain - if you'd rather spend your winter skiing than standing behind a counter, this is your opportunity. Sugar Bowl Resort is seeking motivated, hardworking, and high-energy Full-Time and Part-Time Race & Events Crew Team Members to join our Race & Events Department for the winter season. Our team is responsible for producing world-class ski races, Freeride and Park competitions, music venues, and signature Sugar Bowl events such as the Silver Belt - at one of California's most historic ski resorts. Race & Events Crew isn't just another mountain job: we spend approximately 90% of our workday on skis, setting up race venues, preparing courses, and supporting some of the highest-level events in the region. Every day is different, and most every day is on snow. You'll work alongside an experienced, passionate team that takes pride in doing things the right way while having an incredible time doing it.
Why Sugar Bowl?
Sugar Bowl Resort has been proudly independent for over 80 years and is one of the oldest ski resorts in California. Situated atop beautiful Donner Summit, Sugar Bowl has a storied past with ties to Austrian ski culture, Hollywood and Walt Disney. This special community helped bring skiing to "sunny California" since December 1939. Since then, it continues to attract adventurous winter sports enthusiasts alike.
Our Race & Events Department works alongside nearly every department across the resort, making Race & Events Crew one of the most respected and connected teams on the mountain - part of a culture built around teamwork, professionalism, adventure, and a genuine love for skiing.
Who You Are:
- Passionate about skiing and excited to spend your winter on snow
- A team player with a positive attitude and strong work ethic
- Dependable, responsible, and willing to do whatever it takes to support the team
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where every day presents new challenges
- Able to maintain a high standard of professionalism while having fun at work
- Committed to delivering exceptional guest and athlete experiences
- Flexible to work weekends, holidays, early mornings, and variable schedules throughout the season
- An advanced skier, capable of confidently skiing most terrain at Sugar Bowl
- Comfortable skiing in all weather and snow conditions
- Able to ski while carrying equipment such as fencing, bamboo, gates, shovels, drills, timing equipment, and tools
- Physically capable of working outdoors in a demanding mountain environment
- A ski racing background is a plus, but not required - we can teach the technical skills; we can't teach passion, attitude, and work ethic
What You'll do:
- Set up and break down race courses and competition venues
- Install and remove fencing, closures, banners, and safety systems
- Set up and operate race equipment and systems
- Prepare start and finish areas
- Maintain race surfaces through slipping, raking, shoveling, and course maintenance
- Assist with snow surface preparation, including water injection and course hardening techniques
- Maintain, organize, repair, and store race equipment
- Support races, training, festivals, and special events throughout the resort
- Assist the Sugar Bowl Academy during training and competitions
- Work alongside Lift Operations, Patrol, Grooming, Mountain Operations, and other resort departments
- Perform additional duties that help create safe, successful events and exceptional guest experiences
Physical Requirements:
- Able to ski confidently on most terrain at Sugar Bowl, in all weather and snow conditions, for the majority of an 8-hour shift
- Able to ski while carrying equipment such as fencing, bamboo, gates, shovels, drills, timing equipment, and tools
- Capable of repetitive bending, lifting, and carrying course equipment and materials
- Comfortable working outdoors in cold, winter weather conditions for extended periods
- Able to stand, walk, and move across varied and often ungroomed mountain terrain throughout a shift
- Manual dexterity for setting up, operating, and repairing race and event equipment
- Sufficient visual and auditory acuity to work safely around race courses, crowds, and mountain operations
Winter Benefits:
- Employer sponsored 401k plan after 1,000 worked hours and one (1) year of service
- Paid sick time
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Professional development opportunities
- Free ski and tubing passes for employees
- Free ski passes for dependents
- 50% off food at our restaurants
- Free group ski and snowboard lessons for employees
- Employee discounted lift tickets for family and friends
- Lift ticket discounts at multiple resorts including 24 Mountain Collective destinations
- Hotel discounts
- Employee ski reciprocal programs
Sugar Bowl Resort believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate against its employees or applicants because of race, color, hair, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender orientation, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship, veteran status, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, or any other status protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. Equal employment opportunity will be extended to all persons in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including recruitment, hiring, upgrading, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, layoff, recall, and termination.