Welcome to the home of the Professional Ski Patrol Association. The Professional Ski Patrol Association is dedicated to promoting the highest standards of ski patrolling. PSPA educates, tests, and certifies patrollers in ski safety, first aid skills, toboggan handling and ski techniques.

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• 2008 Exam Held at Loon Mountain
  Despite challenges from mother nature a very successful certified exam was held at Loon Mountain in Lincoln, NH on March 5 and 6, 2008. Ski patrollers from as far away as western Pennsylvania to northern Maine participated in the event. Of the fourteen candidates taking part in the exam, seven were completely successful in becoming fully certified as members of the Professional Ski Patrol Association. Thank you to Loon and the Loon Mountain Ski Patrol for their hospitality in hosting the event.
   
• Spring Fling / Recertification Day Held at Loon Mountain
  On March 7, 2008 the annual Spring Fling was held at Loon Mountain. Patrollers from all over the east were invited to get out and enjoy a great day of sunshine, free skiing and fun events. Special mention goes to Spruce Wheelock for his skill in the aerial bamboo toss. In addition to the fun activities, many members had the opportunity to complete their recertification. Thank you to all who participated.
   
• PSPA will come to YOU!
  In addition to the Precourses scheduled at Cannon and Killington on January 23 PSPA is offering to come to you. Interested ski areas should contact Marc Abend. Precourses cover the prerequisite to taking the certified exam. These one day training events cover all aspects/criteria for the exam and orient prospective candidates to the requirements and benefits of the Professional Ski Patrol Association.
   
• Call to Examiners
  All examiners are encouraged to take a proactive roll at their home areas and any neighboring areas that may have an interest in PSPA. You can organize your own precourse. If you recognize any interest, encourage it, if you don’t feel as if you can pull off a precourse on your own please contact us and we will help. These non-scheduled precourses are being referred to as floaters. If you can think of any areas that might be ripe with interest contact the patrol administration and see if you can go for a visit and put on a PSPA floating Precourse.
   
• 2007 Annual Meeting
  The annual meeting was held at Loon Mountain on November 09, 2007. The meeting was well attended with many members from various northeast ski areas. The events schedule was finalized and election of new officers was held. Congratulations to the following new officers:
  • President - Marc Abend
  • Vice President - Carl Chaplin
  • Director for 3 years - Rich Riley
  • Director for 2 years - Kevin Schmit

  Please see the events page for details on this years events.

Congratulations to:

	Tom Sutton shows off a good snowplow technique.

New Certified Members:
    John Boburchuk Jr. (Blue Knob)
    Mike Cronin (Killington)
    Ted Fitzgerald (Ragged Mtn)
    Marc LeBlond (Sunday River)
    Lee Murphy (Ragged Mtn)
    Cathy Wallace (Loon)
    Mike Wess (Blue Knob)

New Affiliate Members:
   Jeff Hutchins (Nashoba Valley)
   Andy Novick (Loon)

New Examiners:
    Andy Borghese (Loon)
    Greg Danti (Loon)
    Ed Sacco (Loon)