Welcome to the Willamette Pass Ski Patrol website. We are a volunteer organization and part of the National Ski Patrol System. We patrol at Willamette Pass Ski Area, which is 70 miles southeast of Eugene, Oregon in the Cascade Mountains, providing free medical assistance to any injured skiers or snowboarders.
We have about 50 on-hill patrollers and 15 auxiliary patrollers who work in the aid room. On-hill patrollers have at least OEC certification, which is similar to an EMTb. Auxiliary patrollers are doctors, nurses, and paramedics. Each patroller owns all the medical supplies in his/her pack. The patrol replaces those items and owns all of the medical supplies, sleds, etc. used on the hill and in the aid room. We charge nothing for our services or supplies. The primary source of income for the patrol is the annual Ski Swap held in Eugene at the end of each October.
Weekends at Willamette Pass are covered exclusively by volunteer patrollers, while the weekday patrollers, known as Patrol 4, are paid employees of Willamette Pass. Paid employees still must do all of their training on their own time and must buy their own medical supplies. In return, we all get to ski for free.
The patrol actively recruits new patrollers and auxiliary patrollers each year. If you think you might be interested check out our Join page. This page includes the steps and requirements needed to become a patroller.