The group of patrollers fan out across the mountain every day, responding to medical emergencies, lost skiers, avalanche control, ski-run upkeep and more
The pilot eyes the sky nervously, as the four red-clad ski patrollers move with heightened urgency. What started as a clear blue sky when the Blackcomb Helicopter landed has now turned into a swirling mass of grey fog, with a single patch of blue directly above the helipad. If the weather closes in, the helicopter will be grounded and the patient being medevaced won’t immediately get the smooth, fast ride to the bottom of Canada’s largest ski resort.
Ski patrollers load a patient onto a Blackcomb Helicopter for transport down to the Whistler Village clinic at Whistler Mountain, on Jan. 23, 2023.What would seem to most to be a critical and intensive call, requiring medical response, cross-mountain transport, and an aerial evacuation, was just one of several calls fielded by the Whistler Ski Patrol during a busy January day.
Moving to dedicated Whistler Mountain professionals in the late 1970s, the ski patrol, as with countless other ski-patrol organizations around the world, dealt with all that comes with alpine winter sports,"‘ouch my knee hurts’, ‘I lost my instructor’ says the little kid. All of that happens at every ski resort,” Cruickshank says. “Here it’s dozens.
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