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Hi Amy,

My name is Paul Benbow, and I recently moved to South Lake Tahoe, CA last October where I am now enrolled in college obtaining my degree in Wilderness Education. In every moment of my spare time I am hiking the many trails throughout the Tahoe Basis no matter what the weather. For the past couple of months though, all of our trails are covered in snow which means that I'm either skiing or snowshoeing. Unfortunately, seeing as how I recently moved here, I haven't met many…

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For people that "live to ski", they often know early on that their dream job will be somewhere on or around the mountain.



Not everyone that heads to the high country right after college for a ski resort job has the plan of taking a break from the so called real world. How do think the leaders in the ski industry got themselves started? F & B, Liftie, Ski Instructor … you start at the base and you work your way up.…



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Two articles in the news this month had me wanting to pack my bags and bike and head to New Mexico where Taos is celebrating the Summer of Love 2009. Couldn’t resist passing this information along.



Quite a bit of publicity lately for this gem of a mountain town in New Mexico.



Las Cruces Sun – News article will give you a taste of this summer’s events, Summer of Love: Counterculture celebrated throughout summer in Taos.… Continue

I just posted my information on my page on Mountainjobs.com. This seems like a great site. Currently I am employed but am actively looking for new opportunities. This seems like the place to be for folks like me who live in the mountains. If anyone has any suggestions feel free to contact me as I am new to this site. My resume is posted as well.

The more I read about the different perspectives of how job seekers, recruiters and employers feel about the current state of the economy and how it is affecting their lives, the more I started thinking about how choosing an alternative lifestyle, in this case, a resort lifestyle, can shift your perspective away from what many consider the norm. Money, career, lifestyle, even fashion, may start to take on a new meaning after settling into the ski resort lifestyle.



I try to follow a… Continue

I've just joined mountainjobs.com and would like to pitch my home town, Durango, Colorado. I have a small, friendly and local real estate company here in Durango, Blue Ribbon Properties. We recently started blogging on our website, www.blueribbondurango.com about lots of fun things about Durango. Check out Shaheen's post on why she moved to Durango (floating down the river) and more. I've taught snowboarding, worked at hotels and restaurants and… Continue

As ski resorts start to close across the state of Colorado, thoughts are now turning to what is happening in the Colorado mountains this summer. There is a festival for just about everything you can think of throughout the summer in the Rocky Mountain region.



Here is a list of Colorado mountain festivals coming up published in the current issue of Elevation Outdoors Magazine, 2009 Colorado Festival Calendar.… Continue

Summit County towns, Breckenridge, Frisco, Dillon, Silverthorne, local Realtor, Joanne Hanson has written an informative article about the current real estate market for the first time home buyer and whether or not this is the time to buy.



If you are young professional looking to settle down in Summit County, Joanne talks about 2-3 bedroom units generally in the $300 – $400,000 range, affordable and attainable housing, and advice to the first time buyer …



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Rocky Mountain Super Pass prices for next season have just been announced. Three popular Colorado ski resorts, unlimited skiing and riding at Winter Park and Copper Mountain plus 6 days at Steamboat for only $399.



$399 will get you about 3 or 4 days of skiing at many resorts so there is doubt about it, this is a deal! Skiing is such a happy, mind-freeing sport, I am sure this will make many Colorado skiers even happier to have the opportunity to purchase a pass that is so… Continue

Spring is here and summer hiring will soon begin for the ski country summer season. If you have been considering mountain living for a while and wonder how you will best make the transition, consider a summer seasonal job. If you are in the mountains looking for a new job, look to volunteer!



I read two articles recently, volunteer your way into a new job an excellent post about volunteering and… Continue

How do you make the move to a ski town, find work/life balance, and enjoy plenty of time in the outdoors while still continuing to build your career? Good economy or not, this is what mountain job seekers often want to know.



Not much information out there about the engineer from Jackson Hole or Vail and their ski breaks on a powder day! It is not that these professionals in ski towns are not important people in their communities (quite the contrary), but when you are “surfing” the… Continue

We have just launched the mountain community network & ski town connection this past weekend, a space for you to talk about life in the different mountain communities, what is going on and what is not!



I have heard the word “daunting” used more than once to describe the feeling when trying to get from A to B, leaving a more traditional lifestyle, and picking up and moving towards a lifestyle that almost seems surreal. It’s actually very real, but it can take some creative… Continue