Also called: Mountain Resort President, Director of Mountain Operations
Runs a ski resort: lifts, snowmaking, lodging, food, safety, and profits.
You decide when to open the mountain, approve snowmaking during cold snaps, and meet with resort owners about new lifts. You manage hundreds of seasonal employees. Some GMs grew up as liftys at the same resort.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in resort or business management plus years of resort experience.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Resort & Hospitality Management, Business Administration, Recreation Management.
Growing about average.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps forecast snow and crowds; running a whole mountain and its people stays human.
Classes: Business, Earth science, Accounting.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-1021.
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