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Christopher Ericson
Alpine Examiner Alpine Certification Committee ChairAlpine Steering Committee
Notes
| What is an interesting fact about you? | At one point or another, all of my children have been Snowsports Instructors and at one time, we had three generations of instructors at Belleayre at the same time. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I plan for disasters, literally. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | I am the Director of Training and Instructor for Belleayre Mountain, work as a Trainer for SNOW Operating coaching staff on Terrain Based Learning and work for the Westchester County Department of Health year-round as a Deputy Commissioner. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | As a child, first experiences sliding on the snow were at Fahnestock Ski Area, which is right off the Taconic State Parkway. About 200 vertical feet. |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Teaching SkiWee at Belleayre Mountain in 1987. |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | Active listening to your client and reading their body language. The lesson is not about you. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Show people how to have fun in the winter playground and to feel safe. |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Fishing, hiking, spending time with the family |
Christopher Ericson
Alpine Examiner Alpine Certification Committee ChairAlpine Steering Committee
Notes
| What is an interesting fact about you? | At one point or another, all of my children have been Snowsports Instructors and at one time, we had three generations of instructors at Belleayre at the same time. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I plan for disasters, literally. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | I am the Director of Training and Instructor for Belleayre Mountain, work as a Trainer for SNOW Operating coaching staff on Terrain Based Learning and work for the Westchester County Department of Health year-round as a Deputy Commissioner. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | As a child, first experiences sliding on the snow were at Fahnestock Ski Area, which is right off the Taconic State Parkway. About 200 vertical feet. |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Teaching SkiWee at Belleayre Mountain in 1987. |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | Active listening to your client and reading their body language. The lesson is not about you. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Show people how to have fun in the winter playground and to feel safe. |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Fishing, hiking, spending time with the family |
Christopher Ericson
Alpine Examiner Alpine Certification Committee ChairAlpine Steering Committee
Notes
| What is an interesting fact about you? | At one point or another, all of my children have been Snowsports Instructors and at one time, we had three generations of instructors at Belleayre at the same time. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I plan for disasters, literally. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | I am the Director of Training and Instructor for Belleayre Mountain, work as a Trainer for SNOW Operating coaching staff on Terrain Based Learning and work for the Westchester County Department of Health year-round as a Deputy Commissioner. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | As a child, first experiences sliding on the snow were at Fahnestock Ski Area, which is right off the Taconic State Parkway. About 200 vertical feet. |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Teaching SkiWee at Belleayre Mountain in 1987. |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | Active listening to your client and reading their body language. The lesson is not about you. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Show people how to have fun in the winter playground and to feel safe. |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Fishing, hiking, spending time with the family |
Christopher Ericson
Alpine Examiner Alpine Certification Committee ChairAlpine Steering Committee
Notes
| What is an interesting fact about you? | At one point or another, all of my children have been Snowsports Instructors and at one time, we had three generations of instructors at Belleayre at the same time. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I plan for disasters, literally. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | I am the Director of Training and Instructor for Belleayre Mountain, work as a Trainer for SNOW Operating coaching staff on Terrain Based Learning and work for the Westchester County Department of Health year-round as a Deputy Commissioner. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | As a child, first experiences sliding on the snow were at Fahnestock Ski Area, which is right off the Taconic State Parkway. About 200 vertical feet. |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Teaching SkiWee at Belleayre Mountain in 1987. |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | Active listening to your client and reading their body language. The lesson is not about you. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Show people how to have fun in the winter playground and to feel safe. |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Fishing, hiking, spending time with the family |
Christopher Ericson
Alpine Examiner Alpine Certification Committee ChairAlpine Steering Committee
Notes
| What is an interesting fact about you? | At one point or another, all of my children have been Snowsports Instructors and at one time, we had three generations of instructors at Belleayre at the same time. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I plan for disasters, literally. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | I am the Director of Training and Instructor for Belleayre Mountain, work as a Trainer for SNOW Operating coaching staff on Terrain Based Learning and work for the Westchester County Department of Health year-round as a Deputy Commissioner. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | As a child, first experiences sliding on the snow were at Fahnestock Ski Area, which is right off the Taconic State Parkway. About 200 vertical feet. |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Teaching SkiWee at Belleayre Mountain in 1987. |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | Active listening to your client and reading their body language. The lesson is not about you. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Show people how to have fun in the winter playground and to feel safe. |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Fishing, hiking, spending time with the family |
Christopher Ericson
Alpine Examiner Alpine Certification Committee ChairAlpine Steering Committee
Notes
| What is an interesting fact about you? | At one point or another, all of my children have been Snowsports Instructors and at one time, we had three generations of instructors at Belleayre at the same time. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I plan for disasters, literally. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | I am the Director of Training and Instructor for Belleayre Mountain, work as a Trainer for SNOW Operating coaching staff on Terrain Based Learning and work for the Westchester County Department of Health year-round as a Deputy Commissioner. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | As a child, first experiences sliding on the snow were at Fahnestock Ski Area, which is right off the Taconic State Parkway. About 200 vertical feet. |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Teaching SkiWee at Belleayre Mountain in 1987. |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | Active listening to your client and reading their body language. The lesson is not about you. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Show people how to have fun in the winter playground and to feel safe. |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Fishing, hiking, spending time with the family |
Christopher Ericson
Alpine Examiner Alpine Certification Committee ChairAlpine Steering Committee
Notes
| What is an interesting fact about you? | At one point or another, all of my children have been Snowsports Instructors and at one time, we had three generations of instructors at Belleayre at the same time. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I plan for disasters, literally. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | I am the Director of Training and Instructor for Belleayre Mountain, work as a Trainer for SNOW Operating coaching staff on Terrain Based Learning and work for the Westchester County Department of Health year-round as a Deputy Commissioner. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | As a child, first experiences sliding on the snow were at Fahnestock Ski Area, which is right off the Taconic State Parkway. About 200 vertical feet. |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Teaching SkiWee at Belleayre Mountain in 1987. |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | Active listening to your client and reading their body language. The lesson is not about you. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Show people how to have fun in the winter playground and to feel safe. |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Fishing, hiking, spending time with the family |
Christopher Ericson
Alpine Examiner Alpine Certification Committee ChairAlpine Steering Committee
Notes
| What is an interesting fact about you? | At one point or another, all of my children have been Snowsports Instructors and at one time, we had three generations of instructors at Belleayre at the same time. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I plan for disasters, literally. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | I am the Director of Training and Instructor for Belleayre Mountain, work as a Trainer for SNOW Operating coaching staff on Terrain Based Learning and work for the Westchester County Department of Health year-round as a Deputy Commissioner. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | As a child, first experiences sliding on the snow were at Fahnestock Ski Area, which is right off the Taconic State Parkway. About 200 vertical feet. |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Teaching SkiWee at Belleayre Mountain in 1987. |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | Active listening to your client and reading their body language. The lesson is not about you. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Show people how to have fun in the winter playground and to feel safe. |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Fishing, hiking, spending time with the family |
Christopher Ericson
Alpine Examiner Alpine Certification Committee ChairAlpine Steering Committee
Notes
| What is an interesting fact about you? | At one point or another, all of my children have been Snowsports Instructors and at one time, we had three generations of instructors at Belleayre at the same time. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I plan for disasters, literally. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | I am the Director of Training and Instructor for Belleayre Mountain, work as a Trainer for SNOW Operating coaching staff on Terrain Based Learning and work for the Westchester County Department of Health year-round as a Deputy Commissioner. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | As a child, first experiences sliding on the snow were at Fahnestock Ski Area, which is right off the Taconic State Parkway. About 200 vertical feet. |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Teaching SkiWee at Belleayre Mountain in 1987. |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | Active listening to your client and reading their body language. The lesson is not about you. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Show people how to have fun in the winter playground and to feel safe. |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Fishing, hiking, spending time with the family |
Christopher Ericson
Alpine Examiner Alpine Certification Committee ChairAlpine Steering Committee
Notes
| What is an interesting fact about you? | At one point or another, all of my children have been Snowsports Instructors and at one time, we had three generations of instructors at Belleayre at the same time. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I plan for disasters, literally. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | I am the Director of Training and Instructor for Belleayre Mountain, work as a Trainer for SNOW Operating coaching staff on Terrain Based Learning and work for the Westchester County Department of Health year-round as a Deputy Commissioner. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | As a child, first experiences sliding on the snow were at Fahnestock Ski Area, which is right off the Taconic State Parkway. About 200 vertical feet. |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Teaching SkiWee at Belleayre Mountain in 1987. |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | Active listening to your client and reading their body language. The lesson is not about you. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Show people how to have fun in the winter playground and to feel safe. |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Fishing, hiking, spending time with the family |
Christopher Ericson
Alpine Examiner Alpine Certification Committee ChairAlpine Steering Committee
Notes
| What is an interesting fact about you? | At one point or another, all of my children have been Snowsports Instructors and at one time, we had three generations of instructors at Belleayre at the same time. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I plan for disasters, literally. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | I am the Director of Training and Instructor for Belleayre Mountain, work as a Trainer for SNOW Operating coaching staff on Terrain Based Learning and work for the Westchester County Department of Health year-round as a Deputy Commissioner. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | As a child, first experiences sliding on the snow were at Fahnestock Ski Area, which is right off the Taconic State Parkway. About 200 vertical feet. |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Teaching SkiWee at Belleayre Mountain in 1987. |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | Active listening to your client and reading their body language. The lesson is not about you. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Show people how to have fun in the winter playground and to feel safe. |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Fishing, hiking, spending time with the family |
Christopher Ericson
Alpine Examiner Alpine Certification Committee ChairAlpine Steering Committee
Notes
| What is an interesting fact about you? | At one point or another, all of my children have been Snowsports Instructors and at one time, we had three generations of instructors at Belleayre at the same time. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I plan for disasters, literally. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | I am the Director of Training and Instructor for Belleayre Mountain, work as a Trainer for SNOW Operating coaching staff on Terrain Based Learning and work for the Westchester County Department of Health year-round as a Deputy Commissioner. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | As a child, first experiences sliding on the snow were at Fahnestock Ski Area, which is right off the Taconic State Parkway. About 200 vertical feet. |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Teaching SkiWee at Belleayre Mountain in 1987. |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | Active listening to your client and reading their body language. The lesson is not about you. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Show people how to have fun in the winter playground and to feel safe. |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Fishing, hiking, spending time with the family |
Christopher Ericson
Alpine Examiner Alpine Certification Committee ChairAlpine Steering Committee
Notes
| What is an interesting fact about you? | At one point or another, all of my children have been Snowsports Instructors and at one time, we had three generations of instructors at Belleayre at the same time. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I plan for disasters, literally. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | I am the Director of Training and Instructor for Belleayre Mountain, work as a Trainer for SNOW Operating coaching staff on Terrain Based Learning and work for the Westchester County Department of Health year-round as a Deputy Commissioner. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | As a child, first experiences sliding on the snow were at Fahnestock Ski Area, which is right off the Taconic State Parkway. About 200 vertical feet. |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Teaching SkiWee at Belleayre Mountain in 1987. |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | Active listening to your client and reading their body language. The lesson is not about you. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Show people how to have fun in the winter playground and to feel safe. |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Fishing, hiking, spending time with the family |