NH Region ELECTIONS for Region Director and Northern Section Chief
Take a moment to familiarized yourself with the candidates running during autumn refresher season 2022. This election will be handled via an email sent to all patrolers with a link to an online voting site.
About NH Region Ski Patrol
NH Region Ski Patrol operates the educational infrastructure of National Ski Patrol (NSP) within New Hampshire. NSP has almost five hundred members in NH made up of both volunteers and professionals spread out over 18 member patrols all around New Hampshire.
About National Ski Patrol
NH Region Ski Patrol operates the educational infrastructure of National Ski Patrol (NSP) within New Hampshire. NSP has almost five hundred members in NH made up of both volunteers and professionals spread out over 18 member patrols all around New Hampshire.
NEW HAMPSHIRE REGION SKI PATROL Educational Services
OEC
Outdoor Emergency Care
MTR
Mountain Travel & Rescue
OET
Outdoor Emergency Transportation
AVA
Avalanche Certification
ID
Instructor Development
Women's
Program
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Region Director
Summer Season Update
Hi All
Its been a while since an update and a lot has happened in those months.
Let’s start with National rolling out the new Learning Management System (LMS) using this upcoming Cycle C Refresher as its kick off course. Be prepared, this refreshers online portion takes around 4 to 5 hours to complete. You can do it in sections so no need to do it all at once. Additionally this system is used by Instructors to create new course listings so the process for signing up for courses has changed. Stay tuned for more information on that as we are all learning together on this. Keep an eye on our website calendar for upcoming events.
With the growth of lift served downhill Mountain Biking (it’s no longer just the Highlands) there is now a National Bike Advisor. Eastern Division and NH Region (along with many other Regions) are still looking for Bike Advisors. We’ve had several interested parties but are still looking to finalize positions. For those of you interested feel free to contact me with questions. Also, if you haven’t tried it, get out and give it a go, it’s a blast.
Let the fun begin 😉
Hope everyone had a happy and healthy holiday.
A few of our mountains are open (more will soon) and from what i hear the snow conditions are better than expected. We still have a ways to go temperature wise before we can get serious about higher trail counts and deeper snow depths. That said the man made trails we have are a good start. Now all we need is some help from Mother Nature by way of some natural snow, and consistently colder temps.
The elections for the National Board have closed and the four who will join the board are: Myron Allen, Kristi Ball, Rick Boyce, Julie Stone. Julie was re-elected to her post on the Board. Additionally there was a ballot question as to Mt Host / Bike Hosts member standing. The vote was to maintain the status of Associate member, thus keeping the OEC level as the base level for “Traditional” members.
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Region Board
In Memoriam: Brett E Lund – Pat’s Peak Patroller
Brett E Lund of Henniker, New Hampshire | 1967 - 2022 | Obituary Henniker - Brett E. Lund, age 55, of Hall Ave passed away suddenly on September 17, 2022. He was born in Glenwood, MN the son of the late Torbin and Mary (Gruesz) Lund. He received his master’s degree in...
Followup on April 2019 Mt Washington Avalanche Incident
This post links to an NHPR podcast on the April 2019 avalanche incident involving Nicholas Benedix. Some great food for thought based on radio calls with Mt Washington snow rangers and reflections over the past two years. Much to apply to our patrol experience. NHPR...
In Memoriam: Robert A. Weber – Balsams Wilderness Patroller
Rober A. Weber was the long-time Patrol Director at Balsams Wilderness Resort in Dixville Notch, NH
LACONIA – Robert Alan Weber of Laconia, N.H, and formerly of Colebrook, passed away peacefully at the age of 65 on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, after a long-fought battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, a rare brain disease, and form of Parkinson’s Disease. He was surrounded by his loving wife, Sylvie, and daughter, Allison.
He was born on May 20, 1956, in Cheektowaga, N.Y., to Howard C. Weber and Suzanne (Hoffman) Weber. Bob graduated from Maryvale High School and Buffalo State College majoring in history and education.
In the summer of 1979, with the help of his brother Howie, Bob moved to Dixville Notch, N.H. and began working at The Balsams Grand Resort as the waterfront director. It is there that he met the love of his life, Sylvie (Jolin) Weber. They met in July, got engaged
Avalanche Near-miss in the Adirondacks
Greetings all, The last few storms have deepened the snowpack (for some of us!) but the wild swings in temperature led to some instability. The snowpack is never happy with rapid change. Last Saturday, two skiers on Wright Peak in the Adirondacks had a very close...