Equipment Inspections

Are you Ready To Ride?

Before your first day of work, you will need to complete the READY TO RIDE requirements.

Equipment Inspections will include: Helmets/ Boots/ Board or Both Skis

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Snowboard and Skis with Prior Year Stickers

Visual inspections will be done by your manager or the sup team they will be looking for:

  • Broken/cracked skis, snowboards

  • Damaged bindings

  • Edges pulling free or excessively worn

  • Missing screws, bolts, AFD’s

  • Core shots affecting the performance of the equipment.

  • Boots - excessive wear on the sole / correct type of sole for the binding (alpine.)

  • Snowboard bindings - no missing, damaged or cracked parts. All hardware works as intended.

Skis - New or First Year with Vail Resorts

  • All skis not previously inspected are required to undergo the industry standard functionality test.

  • Each employee will be given 2 vouchers from your sup team for a free test at our shop.

  • For newly mounted skis, you may provide a shop ticket from a third-party shop for proof of test.

  • A new test needs to be preformed whenever a piece of equipment changes.

Note* Time spent obtaining the inspection required is working time and must be promptly and accurately recorded.