Welcome to our website! We are the Western Region within Central Division of the National Ski Patrol. The Western
Region is comprised of 22 ski areas within the Midwest. Take a look around and if you have any questions, please
feel free to contact us!
Latest News!
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—**NEW** Western Region Conference Video!
The 2025 Western Region Spring meeting conference video is now available for viewing or downloading here:
View Video
A Powerpoint presentation of the Awards recipients can be viewed here:
View Document It includes recognition of the Last Run memorial honorees plus all of the on-site award recipients.
—Spirit Mountain Ski Patrol Reunion
Spirit Mountain recently held a NSP patroller reunion.
View the video here
— Ski Safety U.S.
If you attended MSAA last month, you may have heard that www.SkiSafety.us is live! NSAA created Ski Safety U.S. to provide members a safety resource to share with your staff and guests. It covers everything from lift safety to Your Responsibility Code and is useful to every participant, from first timers to experts.
Check if out HERE!
— Detroit Mountain Ski Patrol literally embraces a family atmosphere
An recently listed audio slideshow presentation talking about the Western Region Senior and Certified programs is up
on our YouTube channel. You can watch and listen, as presented by our Region Director and Senior/Certified Program
Advisors, by clicking this LINK.
The slides themselves, without audio, can be viewed in our Documents library under our Region Program Documents - Senior folder
HERE
— Ever wonder how the Western Region is setup!
Here is a PowerPoint presentation, created by our Jeannine Mogan, that explains how the Western Region is set up and how we fit into the division and NSP.
VIEW HERE
— Ski Patrol Conference
Here's a regional article written on the Detroit Mountain ski and bike patrol making sure they're prepared for emergencies!
Click HERE
— New YAP Program Page Up!
New content from our Region YAP Advisor, Brad Peterson, including some new videos. Check it out
HERE (Members -> Programs -> YAP)
— YAP Article in local newspaper
Wild Mountain and the YAP program appearing in a regional newspaper. Read the arcticle
HERE
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— SENIOR CANDIDATES
See the Latest Updates section on our Senior Programs web page HERE
for information on this year's Remote Training opportunities.
— Patrol Recruitment Posters
Ken Rose, a 50+ year NSP veteran from NSP Central-Ohio and a current Alumni, has created a series of 21 posters for NSP
recruitment.
Ken is allowing our Western Region
patrols to use his posters as templates for creating your own patrol recruitment posters. The art is in an editable Powerpoint
document that you can modify to suit your patrol. To get the Powerpoint file, please contact Jeff Olsen, Western Region Director
at this Email
So you're interested in the National Ski Patrol and want to join a dynamic group of
professionals? To read more, click the image to the left and ... Thanks for your interest!
Region Recruitment
Mont Du Lac -- We are looking to grow our volunteer patrol with people who enjoy helping others and are at least
intermediate
level skiers/boarders. If you have any interest, inquire today by emailing skipatrol@mdlresort.com