Bradley Best

Snow school instructor — Instructor of the Year and the Terry Goodman Award, 2025

Legend of Showdown

Born
First skied at Showdown
First worked here
Years at Showdown
Positions: Snow school instructor, by 2024
Mountain crew — the snow-farming crew, January 2024
Awards: Employee of the Week, 19 February 2024
Instructor of the Year, 2024-25 season
Terry Goodman Memorial Award, Great Falls Ski Patrol, July 2025

What they did

6 entries

November 2022On the crews for the first shovelling of the new lodge deck and the cleanup of slash after the summer's commercial thinning
20 February 2023On the lodge deck in the cleanup after the 56-inch storm
January 2024Named on the snow-farming crew that kept the runs in shape before the snow came
19 February 2024Employee of the Week, as a snow school instructor. The card says he had worked for Showdown for four years, that guests had paid him many compliments, and that this was the year he truly hit his stride as a teacher
2024-25 seasonInstructor of the Year
19 July 2025The Great Falls Ski Patrol's Terry Goodman Memorial Award, presented at the patrol's banquet at Showdown. Showdown wrote that he had no idea why he won it, which was part of his charm

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