Bretton woods week 2

This week started of on saturday instead of friday. Our friday class got cancelled due to a winter storm and ice. We lost a day because of this. However the following day i learned quite a bit about terrain parks. I started off by taking a tour in the groomer during operation. It was interesting to see how a groomer operated. The majority of the groomer was being operated with just two joysticks. Next I learned how to set up jumps and to make them look appealing to the customer. Bretton woods is one of the many that make the sides of their jumps nice and even. This also requires them to chop the sides down even. We also had to rake the surface of the ramp. I finished up the rest of the day by setting kids up in rock climbing gear so that they could climb on the new indoor climbing wall.  One way in which Terrain parks practice sustainability is by using scrap material to make there park features such as rails and boxes (recycling). The park also services the customers, because many like to ride the park. Those how are more experiences like more options. Bretton woods offers lots of terrain park options. The terrain park at bretton also relates to safety in many ways. The terrain park practices safety by inspecting all rails and boxes to make sure there are no sharp edges or ice. These are only a few safety precautions bretton woods follows. Brettons terrain park supports the customers by giving many options as of what to ride or jump for those experienced and non experienced skiers and boarders. It also supports the employee because it gives them something to work on and make money, plus they are allowed to ride the terrain park as well. It also supports the owner because It helps them make profit many experience riders will by tickets just to ride the terrain park. All in all, I enjoyed working in the terrain park department. I was quite an experience

Bretton woods week 1

Lets first start off by saying week one went extremely well. I was put into the lift off world which is actually a very important department . Not only do the employees work for park but they work together to make the guests experience safe and great. So to answer some of the questions that were given to us by our professioner i will take what i learned in week one at bretton woods. The first question is on sustainability. The ski lift world at bretton practices sustainability in a variety of ways. The most important way is by recycling and getting ride of waste (oil), that they use on there lifts in a proper and harmless way. This way no harmful chemicals are getting into our environment. Remember it is this environment that drives many ski resorts today. The ski lift world at bretton also relates to many service and safety practices. One way bretton deals with service is by offering there guest shorter wait lines. With their high speed quad detachables, they are able to send more people up the hill faster therefore reducing the lift line wait time. There ticket scanners also reduce the line wait time. They also practice safety by offering and making there guest use the safety bars on there ski lifts. The Lift attendances make sure that there guest use the saftey bars. Bretton woods lifts also contain many safety features on there ski lifts, such as brittles bars, proximity sensors and many other safety parts. The last 3 questions were to explain how our department supported or benefited, the guest, the employee, and the owner. One way in which bretton wood's ski lift world supports the guest is offering them transportation up the  mountain with 9 working lifts. The major of the lifts are high speed detachables, which are nicer because the carrying capactiy is greater. Bretton woods lifts are also a benefit to the employees because the wait line are shorter and customer complaints wont be so much of a problem. However these lifts may also be a hassle for lift attendances because there are more advanced and sometimes more complicating to use then simple fixed grips. The last question is how the lift world at bretton helps the management and owner. This question is very simple. My offering great services, guest are happy and will come back and spend more money to do it all over again. It is important for these lifts to be running and for friendly staff so that guest have the best possible time on the mountain. I mean think about it, it is these people that keep many resorts such as bretton open and operating. On the final note, I meet a ton of really nice professionals in the lift ops world at bretton. I was show how to operate the lifts as well as how they all functioned. I also learned how to maintance a nice loading and unloading ramp, so that injuries are less likely to happen due to ice. It is extremely important to always make the guest your number one priority, and to practice safety for the guest as well as all the employees operating the lifts. The department I will be working with next week is terrain parks which will be  very interesting.