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Forest Service land, the resort will notify federal authorities. At Breckenridge, Colo., which is located on U.S. In some cases, though, resorts do pursue legal action. In most cases, rogue instructors caught in the act will have their pass pulled and be blacklisted from the resort for a year or longer. Forest Service land, they are subject to criminal penalties from the federal government,” says Byrd. “Without insurance, their personal assets are at risk if there’s a lawsuit, there’s no worker’s comp coverage if the instructor is injured during the lesson, and if they are doing this at one of 122 ski areas on U.S. But the risks you’ll face are many, says Byrd: The instructor likely has no insurance in case of injury, no background checks, and no guarantee of instructor certification. Hire an instructor via Craigslist and you’ll pay half that. “With the advent of Craigslist, the problem has grown, and as technology expands and becomes more inventive with smartphone apps, it’s definitely going to become worse.”īook a private lesson through a major ski resort and it’ll run you upwards of $800 or $900 for the day. So we can’t say how frequent these are, but anecdotally, we know it’s happening,” says Dave Byrd, the director of risk and regulatory affairs for the National Ski Areas Association. “It’s difficult to gauge the extent of this problem, because by their very nature, these lessons are underground, so to speak. Rogue ski instructors aren’t a huge problem for ski resorts these days, but they’re reoccurring enough that resorts are beginning to pay attention to sites like Craigslist and keep a close eye on beginner terrain for anyone who looks like they’re teaching a lesson out of uniform. We wanted to catch this guy, get in his face, and say, ‘Never do this again,’” says Homer. Just after the instructor showed up, Homer gave him a stern talking to and had the local police issue him a warning. His son emailed the instructor online, hired him for a lesson, and arranged to meet on a Saturday morning. So Homer did what anyone would do in his situation: He set up a sting operation. Original illustration by Michael Byers, Levy Creative Management, NYC The ski area is on private property and what the seller was doing was illegal. The person was offering private instruction for a fraction of the price that Shawnee Peak charges at their ski school. Last February, Chet Homer, the owner of Maine’s Shawnee Peak ski area, saw an ad posted on Craigslist advertising affordable ski lessons at his resort.
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