On Friday the ski community of Jefferson State lost one of it’s brightest and most loved members.  Gene Landsmann passed due to complications from cancer.  Gene joined the Mount Shasta Ski Park family just a few years ago after spending thirty years with his Mt. Ashland family.   Not only was he an incredible and graceful skier but he was intelligent, extremely humorous, and gracious.  His passion and knowledge for skiing enveloped and inspired many skiers over the past thirty five years.  There are few people you can talk to on both ski mountains who didn’t know Gene and everyone who did know him only had kind things to say.  He was quiet but when he spoke it was both eloquent and thoughtful.  Gene was modest about his skiing ability but was touched by no one when on the slopes.  Friday was a sad day and Gene will be missed by both of his skiing families but his spirit will live on in generations to come.  We’ll miss you Gene,

Love the Ski Park Family.

Mount Shasta Ski Park is enjoying a great start to the 07/08 season. Early winter storms have given the Ski Park a base of 145 inches, and given the powder hounds plenty of winter fluff to ski on. The resort has also recieved 40,000 visitors since opening on December 19th. Mount Shasta Ski Park was also named recently in the Washington Post as one of the best ski resorts that no one's heard of. The article "Ski This Mountain and You'll Be a Believer" written by Cindy Loose is a great representation of the Mount Shasta community and the activities that can be enjoyed on a winter visit. With the snow came Andy Blumbert who writes a column for EXPN. He enjoyed a fun visit to the area and gave brief mention to the resort in his blog The High Planes Drift. As the snow continues to fall into February the Ski Park invites all to come play on the winter slopes through April.

SKI PARK OPENS WEDNESDAY FOR 2007/08 SKI & SNOWBOARD SEASON

Officials of the Mt. Shasta Ski Park announced today that the resort will open for full operations on Wednesday December, 19 for the 2007/08 ski and snowboard season and it’s 23 rd year of operation. All three chairlifts are scheduled to operate for day skiing from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. First night skiing is slated for Saturday, December 22. Night skiing is scheduled daily (except Monday, December 24) over the Christmas holidays until December 31. With 19” of snow reported the last 24 hours the resort currently has 28 inches of snow at the base and 38 inches on top.
The Revolution Terrain Park will be open featuring rails and boxes! All base area services will be in full operation. According to Marketing Manager, Jason Young “This are the best snow conditions for our Christmas opening in years. The snow conditions we’ll have for Christmas are the best we’ve had in years.  The abundant fresh snow mixed with our artificial snow promises a great snow experience for everybody from day one!”
Lift ticket for guests ages 13 – 64 will sell for $39, Juniors ages 8 – 12 for $20 and Pups ages 7 & under for $5. Night skiing tickets will sell for $16.
To learn more about the Park’s learning center, weekly specials, rates, web-cam and weather center visit www.skipark.com , call 1.800.SKI.SHASTA (outside Shasta & Siskiyou Counties) or 530.926.8610.
The first Ski Park event named “News Year’s Eve Family Celebration” is scheduled for New Year’s Eve. 

Mt. Shasta Ski Park work crews were busy all summer and fall with maintenance, repairs and improvements of the infrastructure of the facility. The old analog drive on the Coyote chairlift has been replaced with a new $30,000 digital drive. According to the ANSI (American National Standard Institute) code the installation of the new drive is considered a design change to the lift thus requiring a load test. A load test simulates 110% of the load on a lift when it runs at full capacity.
Under the supervision of Kirk Doering, an inspector from the California State Tramway Board, the test of the new drive on the Coyote lift was successfully completed last Thursday. Lance Haywood the designer and engineer and installer of the drive was also on hand.
In order to simulate110% of the weight of passengers on a fully loaded lift the Ski Park used cardboard boxes lined with garbage bags which were filled with water. Each of the 64 triple chairs was loaded with 3 “water boxes” equaling 510 lbs of load.  In total 48,000 gallons of water equaling a weight of 40,000 lbs were loaded unto the chair lift.

Mt. Shasta ski park, CA….. During the winter months the Mt. Shasta Ski Park is one of the largest employers in Siskiyou County. To operate the resort during a typical winter season the ski park needs a labor force of about 300 workers. 
In order to secure it’s labor pool for the up coming winter season the Mt. Shasta Ski Park will slate a Job Fair on Saturday, November 17 from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Mt. Shasta Park. The jobs currently available are divided into indoor operations like Food Service, Rental Shop and Sanitation Services or outdoor operations like Lift Operations and Parking/Security. All jobs will start at an hourly rate of at least $8.00.
In addition department managers will be on hand to answer any questions and prospective employees can inspect their work environment first hand.  According to Human Resource Director Jeff Jeffress:” Working at the Ski Park in a recreational environment is a lot of fun and of course ski/snowboard privileges are an additional job benefit. “
Job fairs are convenient for individuals who are seeking employment as prospective employees can complete the several hiring steps like job applications and interviews at the same time and location. The pool of prospective workers is usually very mixed and represents all walks of life and all ages. Not everyone is seeking a job at the ski park for financial reward. Most of the employees like the lifestyle that allows them to work in one of the most beautiful areas in the country. More and more seniors are applying for employment at the Ski Park. Some indicate that the interaction with young people keeps them young and others simply wish to complement their retirement funds.
Individual who have questions in regard to employment or the job fair please contact Jeff Jeffress at 530-926-8603. Individuals who don’t want to wait for the job fair can apply now at the Corporate Office in Downtown Mt. Shasta at 104 Siskiyou Avenue.  Job applications can be downloaded from the resort’s website at skipark.com.

MT. SHASTA – The Mount Shasta Ski Park annual Season Pass Sale is scheduled to end on Sunday, September 30.
During the last days of the sale Adult Season Passes (ages 18 - 64) sell for $349 (Regular rate $449), Junior (ages 8-12) & Senior (ages 65-69) passes for $119 (Regular rate $139), Pups (ages 7 & under) and Senior (70+) passes for $49 (Regular rate $59) and Family Passes for $1199 (Regular rate $1,399). 
Discounted SEASON PASSES can be purchased from the Ski Park website at www.skipark.com, by mail, by fax (530)-926-8607, by phone (530)-926-8600 or in person by visiting the downtown Ski Park Office at 104 Siskiyou Avenue in Mt. Shasta.  The Ski Park’s season passes are a great value when compared to the average cost of a United States season pass which stood at $630 last season. Marketing Manager, Jason Young adds: “When you consider that in a typical season our season pass holders can hit the slopes on 120 days and 59 nights our Tier 2 season pass rates are a truly a great value!”