Welcome to NSP-C Western Region Ski Patrol

• —**NEW** Western Region Spring Meeting!

  The Western Region Spring Meeting is on May 2nd - 4th! The event kicks off on Friday night, May 2nd at 6 pm with a visit to the Wild Mountain Winery. Join us Saturday May 3rd for a day full of fun and educational sessions (9AM-4:30PM) followed by dinner and the Western Region Awards Banquet (6:30PM). Sunday morning May 4th will tentatively feature a Bike 1 - Basic Course as well as the Annual Patrol Representative Breakfast.

  Sessions include (list may expand):
  

  1. Hands-on Session of the Hybrid OEC Course
  2. OECMSP Trainer/Evaluator Clinic
  3. Senior OEC Aid Room (registration closed)
  4. Instructor Development
  5. Bike 1 - Basic Course
  6. Chair Evac Session
  7. Avalanche Awareness

  Register HERE or navigate from the menu selections, Members > Events

  Reserve your lodging now!
  Wild Mountain Ski Patrol has a block of rooms available at AmeriVu Inn and Suites, at 726 S Vincent St, St Croix Falls. The room block is under "Western Region National Ski Patrol." AmeriVu does have a complimentary breakfast. Make your reservations ASAP as they will start to release the block of rooms on March 31st.

  Hope to see you at Wild Mountain May 2nd - 4th!

• —Spirit Mountain Ski Patrol Reunion
  Spirit Mountain recently held a NSP patroller reunion. View the video here
• — 2024 Fall Directors Report
  View Report
• — 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
  Read about it HERE
• — Western Region Director Division Meeting Report Spring - 2024
  Read the Region Directors Division Spring report by clicking this link: HERE
• — WR 2024 Annual Conference Wrap-Up Video
  Here's a link to a summary video of the 2024 Conference and Awards Banquet held May 4th at Welch Village. Click HERE to view video.
• — Division Alumni Presentation
  Considering retirement from active patrolling? You can read the latest info from our Division Alumni Advisors HERE
• — Western Region 2023 Annual Meeting Video

  You can view a slideshow of the 2022-2023 Western Region Annual Meeting clicking this link HERE

• — Western Region 2022-2023 Annual Directors Report

  You can read the 2022-2023 Western Region Annual Meeting Directors Report by clicking this link HERE

• — **CONGRATULATIONS** NSP Hall of Fame Inductee
  

  Western Region is proud to announce that Deb Endly is in the National Ski Patrol’s Hall of Fame. Please read the full article by clicking HERE

• —YouTube Channel Content

  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 .

• — 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

  View Sample Recruit Posters
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