Lost Valley Patrol

09/29/2025

Thanks to all who joined in our OEC refresher today for Lost Valley and Black Mountain of Maine patrols. A big thanks to or IOR Jamie Juntura. Thanks to our excellent ITs from Camden, Christine and Jeff Nathan, and thanks to all those who got it done. We loved having so many visitors from around Maine join us today. Finally Congratulations to Jeff Blackman our Lost Valley Patrol Volunteer of the Year for 2025 and to Lola Bisson our New Pro of the Year for 2025. Well-deserved for two outstanding patrollers. We are ready and can’t wait to get this season rolling.

07/14/2025

Refresher date is now set and other items of interest
Message from Lost Valley Patrol Co-Director John Chasse:

Hello All Patrollers,

I hope you are all having a great summer. IT is that time of the year when we need to start planning our refresher for this year. The online portion is already out on the NSP website. I encourage you to get it done early. Especially since Lost Valley is having the skills portion of the refresher earlier this year.

We have set the date for Sunday, Sept. 28 At LOST VALLEY plan to arrive for sign-in for 8 a.m. and first rotation starting by 9 a.m. Black Mountain of Maine is joining us this year and we are awaiting word on whether we will have other patrols join in as well.

That's right, it is earlier than usual as we have heard from many that they wish to get it done before the hunting seasons. Jamie Juntura will be the Instructor of Record (IOR) for this course. It will be registered online for sign up in about a week.

Please stay tuned for more details, we will provide updates. Any of you, who are instructors or who are thinking about becoming one, should reach out to Jamie, Scott Thistle or I about helping out with this cycle. The more the merrier!

The non-OEC portions of our annual refresher training including lift-evac and mountain operations as well as our human resources review will be announced later in the fall.

On another note, we have a lot more patrollers this year due to last year's OEC courses.
We expect to have as many as 70 or 80 patrollers at our refresher this year and if any additional patrols join it will be even more than that - so it is important to get your online work done sooner rather than later to come prepared.

This season Lost Valley Patrol Co-Director Scott Thistle, P-7, will be responsible for managing our schedule and roster. He will be the go-to person for questions about shifts, shift changes, swaps and coverage. Please help Scott in this new role by communicating frequently and clearly.

If you have any questions about these changes please speak with Scott or me when you have a chance.

We appreciate all your service and many hours of dedication to our patrol team and we look forward to another fun and exciting ski season.

See you all soon.

Respectfully,

John Chasse
Lost Valley Patrol Co-Director


Below: Gillian and Carolyn share a moment while checking trails off Chair 3 last winter.

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Hey Lost Valley Patrol. You can get an early start on OEC Refresher Cycle C for 2025 by completing the online modules in the LMS at www.NSP.org. The online portion is now open and available. LV patrollers watch your email for more news and information soon on this year’s fall refresher.

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