Pats Peak Patrol Sends Young Adult Patrollers To Eastern Division Young Adult Seminar 2023

Pats Peak, New Hampshire's premier snowsports destination, is proud to announce that Young Adult Patrollers from Pats Peak attended the Eastern Division Young Adult Seminar.

The Young Adult Patrollers (YAP) from Eastern Division ascended on Smugglers Notch, VT for a summit gathering March 10 - 13, 2023. Young Adult Patrollers are aged 15 to 18, currently enrolled in high school and affiliated with a mountain ski patrol. There were 70 YAPs in attendance from as far away as Western PA and NY and Northern ME.

Pats Peak was represented by six attendees at the event. The weekend activities included skiing skills, tobogganing skills, and outdoor emergency care skills. They had the ability to compete or enhance their skills with in each activity. 

“We are proud of our YAPs, all of whom had an amazing weekend with their peers, learning, sharpening and challenging their patroller skills,” says Mark Kendrick, NH Region YAP Advisor.

Although the event is held annually, this is the first time it has been held since 2020, when the event had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This event is sponsored by a host of equipment and gear manufacturers and retailers. YAPs in attendance had an opportunity to receive free gear from these sponsors. 

“We are looking forward to sending our YAPs to the event again next year. In the meantime, look for them on the mountain, doing an amazing job with the Pats Peak Patrol,” says Pats Peak Ski Patrol Director, Stef Costello.

Young Adult Patrollers are high school students who have chosen to volunteer their community service hours to the skiing public of New Hampshire. Students 15 years old and up, who are willing to learn first-responder level first aid, and who enjoy snowboarding or skiing are sought for NH Region’s Young Adult Patroller Program. Most of New Hampshire’s young adult participants, upon graduation, head off to college seeking careers in nursing and medicine.