{"id":9981,"date":"2009-10-13T13:23:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-13T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/ski-bums-apply-within-2\/"},"modified":"2009-10-13T13:23:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-13T13:23:00","slug":"ski-bums-apply-within-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2009\/10\/ski-bums-apply-within-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ski Bums Apply Within"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It turns out that in Canada there are fewer openings for full-time heli-guides than there are applicants, so for the enterprising ski or snowboarding enthusiast who wants to eat, sleep and breathe the mountain, the list of potential jobs is long (snow maker, cat driver, lift operator, cafeteria chump\u2026) but not necessarily distinguished. <\/p>\n

That is, unless you are the all-expenses paid Snow Bum at British Columbia\u2019s Sun Peaks Resort or the Powder Highway Ultimate Ski Bum in BC\u2019s legendary Rocky Mountains.<\/p>\n

No, your eyes aren\u2019t deceiving you. British Columbia, home of some of the best skiing and snowboarding terrain on the planet, is offering not one but two mind-blowing opportunities to be a ski bum for three months in BC this northern winter, and is calling for applicants.<\/p>\n

OPPORTUNITY A:
Sun Peaks, BC\u2019s second-largest ski area (where the Austrian Olympic ski team train), has launched I Want To Be The Snow Bum, a chance for snow lovers to win an all-inclusive stay in BC\u2019s interior mountains for the 2009\/2010 Winter Season. The Snow Bum will spend three months decked out in new outerwear and equipment skiing, snowboarding, tubing, snowmobiling, even dogsledding, and finding ways to spend food vouchers and flash his\/her VIP and backstage passes to all resort events and functions\u2014all whilst sleeping at the finest hotels in the area, of course. <\/p>\n

\u2022 Who need apply: Anyone 19+ years of age
\u2022 Skills required: Intermediate snowboarding or skiing skills
\u2022 The fine print: The winner will be expected to brag\u2014er, blog to the world about their \u201cjob\u201d through a variety of social media outlets (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, and the official Snow Bum blog site)
\u2022 How to apply: A 60-second video is all it takes. Visit www.snowbumcanada.com<\/a> before 15 November<\/p>\n

OPPORTUNITY B:
The dream continues in BC\u2019s Kootenay Rockies region with The Powder Highway Ultimate Ski Bum Blow Your Mind Contest. No agenda, no job, just snow, mountains, alpine lodging, and a road that links seven resorts, the highest concentration of snowcat and heli operations anywhere, endless glaciers, peaks, tree stashes and bowls all together. You\u2019ll even be given a vehicle and petrol to get you around it all. This contest is global, but if an Australian become the Ultimate Ski Bum, s\/he can take a mate to join in the fun for 10 days skiing or boarding at Panorama Mountain Village.*<\/p>\n

\u2022 Who need apply: Anyone 19+ years of age
\u2022 Skills required: Must have valid drivers license
\u2022 The fine print: No fine print. Seriously, how cool is this opportunity?
\u2022 How to apply: An up-to 90-second video is all it takes. Visit www.powderhighway.com<\/a> before 22 November<\/p>\n

* \u201cTake a mate\u201d deal valid for Australian residents only who enter a youtube.com video that mentions Ski Tours Canada will be eligible to win. Applicants must enter the competition via www.skitourscanada.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more information on travelling to BC visit www.BritishColumbia.travel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It turns out that in Canada there are fewer openings for full-time heli-guides than there are applicants, so for the enterprising ski or snowboarding enthusiast who wants to eat, sleep and breathe the mountain, the list of potential jobs is long (snow maker, cat driver, lift operator, cafeteria chump\u2026) but not necessarily distinguished. That is, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}