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Season 1
This half hour truTV series is the opposite of Beach Patrol. Follow the men and women who work the slopes in some of the most extreme environments in the country. As cameras follow their every move, they fight avalanches, perform daring rescues and keep their eyes on unruly mountain-goers looking to party on the slopes. It's high-altitude action, excitement and adventure everyday.
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| 101 | Falling Hard - Crystal Mountain, WA - Chris Morin says there is an avalanche on the blvd, the only way in. Chris Petry says they had 500 inches of show this year. Brooks Werner says it’s dangerous and the worst call. Reider Johnson (14) punctured his throat with a pole. Christina Von Mertens saw him go down. He tried to do a 720 and knocked his head back when he landed on his pole. Devin Platt says it’s Code 1, the worst. It’s the south back country a mile away. They have to bring a backboard and oxygen. The snow is covered in blood, he’s not responsive and had a seizure. Steve Johnson his dad was found and told. They have to ski him down to the base and his vitals are going down. Kevin McKinzey goes to Amy who shattered her wrist snowboarding. Corey Meador goes to toboggan her out. She was with her boyfriend who left her behind. Reider has to be flown out to Seattle and he can’t move his feet, but the chopper can’t get in because of bad weather. The avalanche has buried the road under 9 feet of snow 50 feet wide. They need a bulldozer to clear it. Reider wakes up but doesn’t know his name. They drive him to Greenwater and fly him from there. Liam O’Sullivan & Tino Villanueva put up new signs. Forest McBrian sends them to a snowboard accident. Diana (54) was taking lessons and wiped out on her ankle, she curses and jokes about it. Jeff Henderson works on her and she needs shocks on it. Her ankle is broken and swelled bad. Michel Longstreth says she should be pain, but is in shock. They put a cast on her and she says she’ll be back. Reider built an illegal jump and they dig it up. Craig Wilson says if you are a patroller and you fall they call Auger and you wear a wood necklace and pass it on to the next one who falls, whomever has it on payday has to buy drinks. He lost, but they got word Reider is going to make it. 10/20/08 |
| 102 | Air Raid - Michelle says they have paraskiing now. Luke Aikins says they go up on a chute and fly 60mph through gates. They watch for them to fall, most are parachuters, but not skiers. One guy goes down and says his ankle hurts. Devin goes to Green Valley for a snowboard accident. Justin M did a jump, flipped over and landed on his head in the ice. He can’t breathe, his back hurts and he's bleeding in one eye. They think he broke his spine. Magoo Run has 2 teens making an illegal jump. Forest tells them to take it down and they curse at hhm. If they don't they'll lose their tickets. It's 4 feet high and serious. They ask why he has to be such a dick. It’s his job. They can’t have regular people jumping it. They are all mad they are like cops. Chris was buried alive in an avalanche in 2007. 10/20/08 |
| 103 | Rough Start - Lucky Shot Trail - Andrew Longstreth says two guys went flying by on snowboards on the beginners trail, one is wearing a blue toga. He tells him they are too fast. They say they paid for their tickets and are just having fun. No one should be at the bottom of a jump anyway. He wants to see their tickets. They say whatever man, if you can catch us. He radios down to the guys on the bottom to grab them. He says they weren’t going fast. You are done for the day. The say one more run. If you keep pushing you’ll be done for a week. Liam O’Sullivan goes on a lift to a head injury call, but can’t find them. Ben went right by her. Andrew goes down, supposed to be a 14 year old girl. Jackie Dalton fell over and the ski hit her in the back of the head cutting it open. They are high up, it’s slow going and the visibility is low, it will take a long time to get down. 10/27/08 |
| 104 | Speed Demon - Jack’s Summit - Chris Petry sleeps there and wakes up checking things out. They got 10 inches of snow overnight, it’s 5 below. Chris Morin goes to a collision. Russell has a head injury. Kim Rausch says he needs oxygen. His vitals are low and he needs to be stabilized. The woman he hit, Kaley, hurt her knee and back. He doesn’t remember what happened to him. Jeff Henderson needs information. His brother Ryan says they hit, he fell and she slid down. He wasn’t responsive for a minute. Mike Roley says that’s not a good sign, could be a brain injury. It’s a long drive to the hospital and he needs to be stable. His brother thinks he’s doing better now, they saved his life. 10/27/08 |
| 105 | Chairway to Heaven - Blue Mountain - It's Mike Leddy & Joe Urbans’ first day and they are excited. 2 minutes after opening Judy Arnold goes to a call of a guy with a major head bleed. He says a girl hit him. He asks if it’s OK, it’s not stopping. He needs to go to the hospital. The girl is freaking out who hit him. He says it’s 2 stitches, not really dizzy. Ed Kupillas says there is electrical problems with the Comet Lift chairs. They have to switch to another. Jim Dailey says they’ll have to do rescues for those trapped up there. Mike says you can’t expect anything in return from this job but satisfaction. On a lift a girl says she’s freezing, are we stuck? She’s freaking out and scared. They have to shoot lines up over the cables. Mike & Joe ski their first person down. They were going a bit fast for the ice. 11/5/08 |
| 106 | Need for Speed - Snowcats groom the slops at midday. Everyone waits for them to pass and then goes at once. Robin Carosella talks to Ryan, he lost his 18 year old girlfriend Sue Green on the trail. She was in all green. They do a preliminary hasty search and can’t find her. She’s been missing for 2 hours and called that she was hurt, must be off the trail. Brenda Richards is in charge of K-9s. They go out and scout off the trails. They find her off Lazy Mile and she’s out cold after hitting a tree. They have to take her down to a helicopter. She needs a bag valve mask to breathe. They are worried Ryan will pass out. She’s airlifted out with a head trauma and needs 8 weeks to recover. They are out slowing people down because it’s crowded. A snowboarder is stopped and doesn’t think he should be sent home since he stopped. Ed says the big problem is people out of control who don’t know what they are doing and reckless people who go too fast. 11/5/08 |
| 107 | The Final Test - Blue Mountain, PA - First Aid Training - it’s the final toboggan test, if they fail they aren’t going to make it to patrol. Allan Blanchard is working with his daughter Jenna Blanchard who is taking the test. They have to train with a victim and it’s a lot of work. Brian Joho got engaged to someone who didn’t ski, so she joined him. Brian Hohenshilt goes to an injured skier who is the daughter of a person there. Indiana screams she can’t feel her foot, her leg hurts, she’s in pain. They get a call of man on Paradise with a crossbow. Then they hear it’s a bow and arrow. Steve Hopstock goes over Jenna’s vest and how to pack it. She wants to be a doctor. He says triple pack and it won’t bend. They bring Indiana down and pull her boot off and she howls. Mike Leddy says he foot might be broken. Glenn Amey finds a backpack with an arrow. They say their college brought a deer mascot and the opposing team shot at it. Jim Dailey says Jenna was doing tricks, if she gets hurt, no test. She’s bruised from it. Zach & Scott LaBarre are a father and son team. Zach goes to a guy who twisted his knee. They find the guy with the boy coming off the ski lift. He asks what’s the problem. They have him take the backpack off and he has booze on him. He says it’s a prank. No alcohol allowed, he has to pour it out. They are kicked off, but they don’t understand, it was a joke. 11/12/08 |
| 108 | The Great Chase - Blue Mountain, PA - Jim Dailey says they average 300,000 skiers a year. They are the first and last down the mountain. Jim Feeney & Ted do a speed trap. Top Shack - Josh & Courtney Seremula are watching the bad weather for accidents. They get an accident call on Lazy Mile. Tommy, a 14 year old boy broke his leg, it’s turned the wrong way and he’s in pain. He wants them to take the boot off, but they can’t. Kevin Sutjak calls a helicopter. Jim stops a speeder, he says he was killing it dog, like sick. He is getting a ticket warning for the rest, because he’s speeding on a beginner slope. He wants black diamond, but it was closed, he was born to speed. Tommy is brought down, they take the boot off, he’s skied before. Brian Joho says it was a boot top injury, the ski blades make it a common injury. Ted Catranis is out slowing people down. There are kids with leashes. He whistles a guy, they keep going, then Jim gets them. He stops the guy in red who was with the guy in black before who got a ticket. He doesn’t want any part of it. He starts flipping out, he just got out of prison 2 weeks ago, he doesn’t want to go back, he can’t afford this. They are from Philly and are mad. They just like to go fast. They punch their tickets as a warning. 11/12/08 |
| 109 | Who are You? - Blue Mountain, PA - Brain Joho gets to paid to ski the first run and can't believe it. Jenna Blancahrd says it’s like a big family. Courtney’s parents both work there. Josh Wetzel says they work together and date, only time they see each other. Chris dislocates his shoulder, he’s in pain, needs oxygen. His brother tells his parents who don’t believe him. They tell the parents he’s bad and needs to go to the hospital, but needs his parents approval. His dad won’t give it yet. The doctors want them to go, if it was their kid they would. Allan Blanchard says lots of guys are interested in Jenna. They trick her into coming to rescue them and are better when she shows up. The dad finally allows his son to go to the hospital. He broke his clavical. Mitchell (17) smacks his head while snowboarding. Linda Jones says he has a head injury. He doesn’t know where he is or the year. They keep him straight and brace his head. He asks how he got there. They load him up for he ambulance. He had a concussion. Sam Strohl is stopped for speeding by Jim Dailey. 11/19/08 |
| 110 | Panic at the Ski Slope - Blue Mountain, PA - Jim briefs them, it’s sunny, will be their last run. Brian Hohenshilt is out there for beginners. A girl on Burma freaks out and doesn’t want to move up or down. She’s having a panic attack and is shaking, she’s scared to even take the snowmobile because it might fall. She closed her eyes on the lift and saw the view going down. She thinks the snowmobile will tip, they say it's very sturdy and to close your eyes again and she does. Zach Labarre has wasps at the shack. Steve Hopstock calls him a wimp when they spray and set fire to the nest. He didn’t think it was flammable. It's right on the can. Claire a 12 year old girl got lost from her group. Dad is worried. Bobbi Fluer is checking the lifts. She came into the ticket officer saying she was lost. A mom falls while snowboarding and breaks her arm. Her son takes pictures. She went off a rail and fell off a jump when she celebrated. Her sons are only worried about going home. 11/19/08 |
| 111 | Downed Beginner - Crystal Mountain - Kevin McKinzey leaves the season early to farm. Green Valley - Brooks Werner & Chris go to a bad accident call. Johnny, a beginner went down the most difficult trail and hit a rock off a 15 foot jump. He had to go past many warnings to reach the cliff. Christina Von Mertens reaches Johnny. He’s done, not responding and there is a blood trail. His friend is with him and they have him block traffic. He lacerated his butt and they need a helicopter. They give him oxygen and work on him. Dan Harrington goes to an accident. Aaron Mainer brings the tobaggan. 90% of these calls are knee and wrist injuries. Scott’s friends told him to learn he had to go on the tough slope. They laugh and take pictures of him and leave him. Johnny - Chris Petry says it’s a lot of blood, 8 inch wound. Chris Morin is worried about his spine and hooks him to a snowmobile. It’s a severe wound. Andrew Longstreth says he lost a lot of blood, have to wrap him up warm, need all the medications they can. They drive him to the chopper. Powder Skiing Competition - Seth Waterfall does powder 8s with a partner. Kim Kircher says it takes a lot of teamwork. Lots of patrollers do it do raise money for rescue dogs. Devin Platt & Seth go on huge jumps. Doug’s 7 year kid does it. Dan & Tino Villanueva do huge 8s to impress the crowd. The kids win. Iceberg trail - Kim got stuck in the snow and flipped over. Anne Keller says her knee popped. The snow is melted and she sank. Her husband led her down the wrong hill. They have to lead her down a 2000 foot steep hill on slush. It’s tough on the legs braking most of the way. Kim felt like an idiot going down the hill she shouldn’t have and thought she would get a lecture. Kevin is leaving to go to Idaho. Craig Wilson says it’ sad. Liam O’Sullivan says he’s 33, the old man. They take him to a bar. 11/26/08 |
| 112 | Break a Leg - Kim Kircher says they go out to check the ropes and look for hazards to start the day. Chris Petry meets the Birdman, he’s a regular and one of their best skiers out there. They go down together on a crazy run. Half the time you don’t know what he’s saying. Chris gets the call of a girl Elizabeth (10) that was hit by a snowboarder. She’s OK, says her head hurts. Andrew L works on her, gives her oxygen. Her mom says at least she’s alive and aware. Rich Starrett is looking for the boarder. He said he was going for help, but didn’t. He has light brown hair and a green helmet. Christina looks in the lodge for him. They bring her down. Devin Platt is searching high for him. Liz doesn’t want a shot. Cory Meador says it might be a concussion, not just a bump. She didn’t get up right away, was lying down. Jesse Mears & Curt Osland go to Winny who twisted her knee. Her friend laughs and takes pictures. It was her fault taking her down a run she wasn’t able to do. Brooks Werner comes down and Christina is there with a guy who looks like the hit & run snowboarder. He admits he did it, thought she was OK. They say it’s just like hitting a car. He says it’s lame. They ban him from the mountain permanently. Andy Steiner patrols on a snowboard and he says the older guys give him crap. Chris Petry says he thinks he can run faster than them. He’ll take the challenge. Mrs. Longstreth says he’s like a cute 12 year old. Isaiah goes down on a snowboard, tries to miss others and wipes out. The people with him keep going. They have to put a splint on him and wrap him up. Andrew Longstreth & Doug work on him. He’s claustrophobic and it’s a problem. They take him down where Eric is waiting for him. He waited for him and thought he passed him. They want him to go to the hospital. Chris’s band Bits of Knowledge plays at night. Jeff Henderson says it’s fun. 11/26/08 |
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