Resort Perspective – Gunstock

For our summer installment of Resort Perspective we caught up with Kyle Griffin, Safety Services Manager at Gunstock Mountain, in Gilford, New Hampshire.  With 12 full-time and 60 part-time patrollers, Gunstock was one of our first resorts to implement the Dispatch App this past season. At the time, the resort was looking for a quick way to document all the …

Resort Perspective – UFO Parasailing

During the cold months of winter, we decided to check-in on one of our clients located in a much warmer climate.  Briana Thomas is the general manager of UFO Parasailing which has two operations in the Hawaiian Islands. In addition to being regulated by state and local agencies, the US Coast Guard visits UFO monthly to review safety and risk …

Stowe Zips Up Checklists

For this installment of Resort Perspective, 1RISK spoke with Tim Lambert, Assistant Director of Mt. Mansfield Ski Patrol.  This summer, Stowe implemented the checklist system for its summer Zipline and Treetop tour operations.  We caught up with Lambert as the season zipped to a close. When did Stowe first start using checklist? Tim: We actually first began to implement the …

Learning New Tricks

Learning New Tricks It’s been a full season for New Hampshire’s Loon Mountain using 1RISK’s Incident Reporting, Investigation Forms and Terrain Park Management apps. We caught up with Loon’s Incident Investigation Supervisor, Amanda Bennett, who was responsible for the Risk Management software app roll-out to the ski patrol.  Her third season in this role, and her 7th on the patrol …